diff --git a/waku/waku_filter/protocol.nim b/waku/waku_filter/protocol.nim
index 6ec7ad7fa..b3c53b8e0 100644
--- a/waku/waku_filter/protocol.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_filter/protocol.nim
@@ -120,14 +120,6 @@ proc new*(T: type WakuFilterLegacy,
   wf.initProtocolHandler()
   return wf
 
-proc init*(T: type WakuFilterLegacy,
-           peerManager: PeerManager,
-           rng: ref rand.HmacDrbgContext,
-           timeout: Duration = WakuLegacyFilterTimeout): T {.
-  deprecated: "WakuFilterLegacy.new()' instead".} =
-  WakuFilterLegacy.new(peerManager, rng, timeout)
-
-
 proc sendFilterRpc(wf: WakuFilterLegacy, rpc: FilterRPC, peer: PeerId|RemotePeerInfo): Future[WakuFilterResult[void]] {.async, gcsafe.}=
   let connOpt = await wf.peerManager.dialPeer(peer, WakuLegacyFilterCodec)
   if connOpt.isNone():
diff --git a/waku/waku_filter_v2/protocol.nim b/waku/waku_filter_v2/protocol.nim
index a0d9d2cdc..fd422e6fc 100644
--- a/waku/waku_filter_v2/protocol.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_filter_v2/protocol.nim
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ proc new*(T: type WakuFilter,
 
 const MaintainSubscriptionsInterval* = 1.minutes
 
-proc startMaintainingSubscriptions*(wf: WakuFilter, interval: Duration) =
+proc startMaintainingSubscriptions(wf: WakuFilter, interval: Duration) =
   trace "starting to maintain subscriptions"
   var maintainSubs: CallbackFunc
   maintainSubs = CallbackFunc(
diff --git a/waku/waku_lightpush/protocol.nim b/waku/waku_lightpush/protocol.nim
index 746262667..d62dc0b79 100644
--- a/waku/waku_lightpush/protocol.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_lightpush/protocol.nim
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ proc handleRequest*(wl: WakuLightPush, peerId: PeerId, buffer: seq[byte]): Futur
   let rpc = PushRPC(requestId: requestId, response: some(response))
   return rpc
 
-proc initProtocolHandler*(wl: WakuLightPush) =
+proc initProtocolHandler(wl: WakuLightPush) =
   proc handle(conn: Connection, proto: string) {.async.} =
     let buffer = await conn.readLp(MaxRpcSize.int)
     let rpc = await handleRequest(wl, conn.peerId, buffer)
diff --git a/waku/waku_metadata/protocol.nim b/waku/waku_metadata/protocol.nim
index 1fbe1e271..ff4eaa29b 100644
--- a/waku/waku_metadata/protocol.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_metadata/protocol.nim
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ proc request*(m: WakuMetadata, conn: Connection): Future[Result[WakuMetadataResp
 
   return ok(response)
 
-proc initProtocolHandler*(m: WakuMetadata) =
+proc initProtocolHandler(m: WakuMetadata) =
   proc handle(conn: Connection, proto: string) {.async, gcsafe, closure.} =
     let res = catch: await conn.readLp(RpcResponseMaxBytes)
     let buffer = res.valueOr:
diff --git a/waku/waku_relay/protocol.nim b/waku/waku_relay/protocol.nim
index cef60cb13..aea62105e 100644
--- a/waku/waku_relay/protocol.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_relay/protocol.nim
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ proc isSubscribed*(w: WakuRelay, topic: PubsubTopic): bool =
 proc subscribedTopics*(w: WakuRelay): seq[PubsubTopic] =
   return toSeq(GossipSub(w).topics.keys())
 
-proc generateOrderedValidator*(w: WakuRelay): auto {.gcsafe.} =
+proc generateOrderedValidator(w: WakuRelay): auto {.gcsafe.} =
   # rejects messages that are not WakuMessage
   let wrappedValidator = proc(pubsubTopic: string,
                               message: messages.Message): Future[ValidationResult] {.async.} =