diff --git a/apps/chat2/chat2.nim b/apps/chat2/chat2.nim
index eaa5b6ce9..aac21c293 100644
--- a/apps/chat2/chat2.nim
+++ b/apps/chat2/chat2.nim
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import
   ../../waku/v2/node/waku_metrics,
   ../../waku/v2/node/peer_manager,
   ../../waku/v2/utils/compat,
-  ../../waku/v2/utils/peers,
   ../../waku/common/utils/nat,
   ./config_chat2
 
diff --git a/apps/chat2bridge/chat2bridge.nim b/apps/chat2bridge/chat2bridge.nim
index fa82e1803..857add79f 100644
--- a/apps/chat2bridge/chat2bridge.nim
+++ b/apps/chat2bridge/chat2bridge.nim
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import
   libp2p/errors,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_core,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_node,
-  ../../../waku/v2/utils/peers,
   ../../../waku/v2/node/peer_manager,
   ../../waku/v2/waku_filter,
   ../../waku/v2/waku_store,
diff --git a/apps/wakunode2/wakunode2.nim b/apps/wakunode2/wakunode2.nim
index bfe6012c0..be78a8844 100644
--- a/apps/wakunode2/wakunode2.nim
+++ b/apps/wakunode2/wakunode2.nim
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ import
   ../../waku/v2/waku_discv5,
   ../../waku/v2/waku_peer_exchange,
   ../../waku/v2/waku_relay/validators,
-  ../../waku/v2/utils/peers,
   ./wakunode2_setup_rest,
   ./wakunode2_setup_rpc,
   ./config
diff --git a/tests/all_tests_v2.nim b/tests/all_tests_v2.nim
index 85f38a918..f60095a97 100644
--- a/tests/all_tests_v2.nim
+++ b/tests/all_tests_v2.nim
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 import
   ./v2/waku_core/test_namespaced_topics,
   ./v2/waku_core/test_time,
-  ./v2/waku_core/test_message_digest
+  ./v2/waku_core/test_message_digest,
+  ./v2/waku_core/test_peers
 
 
 # Waku archive test suite
@@ -50,7 +51,6 @@ import
   ./v2/test_wakunode_filter,
   ./v2/test_waku_peer_exchange,
   ./v2/test_peer_store_extended,
-  ./v2/test_utils_peers,
   ./v2/test_message_cache,
   ./v2/test_peer_manager,
   ./v2/test_peer_storage,
diff --git a/tests/v2/test_peer_exchange.nim b/tests/v2/test_peer_exchange.nim
index b773f188c..2ee88eaf0 100644
--- a/tests/v2/test_peer_exchange.nim
+++ b/tests/v2/test_peer_exchange.nim
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import
   libp2p/crypto/crypto,
   libp2p/protocols/pubsub/gossipsub
 import
+  ../../waku/v2/waku_core,
   ../../waku/v2/waku_node,
-  ../../waku/v2/utils/peers,
   ./testlib/wakucore,
   ./testlib/wakunode
 
diff --git a/tests/v2/test_waku_keepalive.nim b/tests/v2/test_waku_keepalive.nim
index f91c58aaf..0098cbf7c 100644
--- a/tests/v2/test_waku_keepalive.nim
+++ b/tests/v2/test_waku_keepalive.nim
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import
   libp2p/stream/connection,
   libp2p/crypto/crypto
 import
+  ../../waku/v2/waku_core,
   ../../waku/v2/waku_node,
-  ../../waku/v2/utils/peers,
   ./testlib/wakucore,
   ./testlib/wakunode
 
diff --git a/tests/v2/test_wakunode.nim b/tests/v2/test_wakunode.nim
index efe745d41..df612b51e 100644
--- a/tests/v2/test_wakunode.nim
+++ b/tests/v2/test_wakunode.nim
@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@ import
   libp2p/nameresolving/mockresolver,
   eth/p2p/discoveryv5/enr
 import
+  ../../waku/v2/waku_core,
   ../../waku/v2/waku_node,
   ../../waku/v2/node/peer_manager,
-  ../../waku/v2/waku_core,
   ../../waku/v2/waku_relay,
   ../../waku/v2/waku_peer_exchange,
-  ../../waku/v2/utils/peers,
   ./testlib/wakucore,
   ./testlib/wakunode
 
diff --git a/tests/v2/test_wakunode_filter.nim b/tests/v2/test_wakunode_filter.nim
index 29d62a4ef..1695beb2b 100644
--- a/tests/v2/test_wakunode_filter.nim
+++ b/tests/v2/test_wakunode_filter.nim
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ import
   chronos,
   libp2p/crypto/crypto
 import
+  ../../waku/v2/waku_core,
   ../../waku/v2/node/peer_manager,
   ../../waku/v2/waku_node,
-  ../../waku/v2/waku_core,
-  ../../waku/v2/utils/peers,
   ./testlib/common,
   ./testlib/wakucore,
   ./testlib/wakunode
diff --git a/tests/v2/test_wakunode_lightpush.nim b/tests/v2/test_wakunode_lightpush.nim
index b89280045..88e6a45a3 100644
--- a/tests/v2/test_wakunode_lightpush.nim
+++ b/tests/v2/test_wakunode_lightpush.nim
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import
   ../../waku/v2/waku_core,
   ../../waku/v2/waku_lightpush,
   ../../waku/v2/node/peer_manager,
-  ../../waku/v2/utils/peers,
   ../../waku/v2/waku_node,
   ./testlib/common,
   ./testlib/wakucore,
diff --git a/tests/v2/test_utils_peers.nim b/tests/v2/waku_core/test_peers.nim
similarity index 97%
rename from tests/v2/test_utils_peers.nim
rename to tests/v2/waku_core/test_peers.nim
index 6618fe439..ec68986eb 100644
--- a/tests/v2/test_utils_peers.nim
+++ b/tests/v2/waku_core/test_peers.nim
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ import
   libp2p/peerid,
   libp2p/errors
 import
-  ../../waku/v2/utils/peers
+  ../../waku/v2/waku_core
+
+suite "Waku Core - Peers":
 
-suite "Utils - Peers":
-  
   test "Peer info parses correctly":
-    ## Given 
+    ## Given
     let address = "/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/65002/p2p/16Uuu2HBmAcHvhLqQKwSSbX6BG5JLWUDRcaLVrehUVqpw7fz1hbYc"
-      
+
     ## When
     let remotePeerInfoRes = parsePeerInfo(address)
     require remotePeerInfoRes.isOk()
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ suite "Utils - Peers":
       $(remotePeerInfo.peerId) == "16Uuu2HBmAcHvhLqQKwSSbX6BG5JLWUDRcaLVrehUVqpw7fz1hbYc"
       $(remotePeerInfo.addrs[0][0].tryGet()) == "/ip4/127.0.0.1"
       $(remotePeerInfo.addrs[0][1].tryGet()) == "/tcp/65002"
-    
+
   test "DNS multiaddrs parsing - dns peer":
     ## Given
     let address = "/dns/localhost/tcp/65012/p2p/16Uuu2HBmAcHvhLqQKwSSbX6BG5JLWUDRcaLVrehUVqpw7fz1hbYc"
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ suite "Utils - Peers":
   test "DNS multiaddrs parsing - dnsaddr peer":
     ## Given
     let address = "/dnsaddr/localhost/tcp/65022/p2p/16Uuu2HBmAcHvhLqQKwSSbX6BG5JLWUDRcaLVrehUVqpw7fz1hbYc"
-    
+
     ## When
     let dnsAddrPeerRes = parsePeerInfo(address)
     require dnsAddrPeerRes.isOk()
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ suite "Utils - Peers":
       $(dns4Peer.peerId) == "16Uuu2HBmAcHvhLqQKwSSbX6BG5JLWUDRcaLVrehUVqpw7fz1hbYc"
       $(dns4Peer.addrs[0][0].tryGet()) == "/dns4/localhost"
       $(dns4Peer.addrs[0][1].tryGet()) == "/tcp/65032"
-  
+
   test "DNS multiaddrs parsing - dns6 peer":
     ## Given
     let address = "/dns6/localhost/tcp/65042/p2p/16Uuu2HBmAcHvhLqQKwSSbX6BG5JLWUDRcaLVrehUVqpw7fz1hbYc"
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ suite "Utils - Peers":
   test "Multiaddr parsing should fail with trailing whitespace":
     ## Given
     let address = "/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/65072/p2p/16Uuu2HBmAcHvhLqQKwSSbX6BG5JLWUDRcaLVrehUVqpw7fz1hbYc "
-    
+
     ## Then
     check:
       parsePeerInfo(address).isErr()
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ suite "Utils - Peers":
   test "Multiaddress parsing should fail with invalid IP address":
     ## Given
     let address = "/ip4/127.0.0.0.1/tcp/65082/p2p/16Uuu2HBmAcHvhLqQKwSSbX6BG5JLWUDRcaLVrehUVqpw7fz1hbYc"
-    
+
     ## Then
     check:
       parsePeerInfo(address).isErr()
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ suite "Utils - Peers":
   test "Multiaddress parsing should fail with no peer ID":
     ## Given
     let address = "/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/65092"
-    
+
     # Then
     check:
       parsePeerInfo(address).isErr()
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ suite "Utils - Peers":
   test "Multiaddress parsing should fail with unsupported transport":
     ## Given
     let address = "/ip4/127.0.0.1/udp/65102/p2p/16Uuu2HBmAcHvhLqQKwSSbX6BG5JLWUDRcaLVrehUVqpw7fz1hbYc"
-    
+
     ## Then
     check:
       parsePeerInfo(address).isErr()
diff --git a/tests/v2/waku_relay/test_wakunode_relay.nim b/tests/v2/waku_relay/test_wakunode_relay.nim
index 279ddcfa9..4c7cd3b37 100644
--- a/tests/v2/waku_relay/test_wakunode_relay.nim
+++ b/tests/v2/waku_relay/test_wakunode_relay.nim
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import
 import
   ../../waku/v2/waku_core,
   ../../waku/v2/node/peer_manager,
-  ../../waku/v2/utils/peers,
   ../../waku/v2/waku_node,
   ../../waku/v2/waku_relay,
   ../../waku/v2/waku_relay/validators,
diff --git a/tests/v2/waku_rln_relay/test_wakunode_rln_relay.nim b/tests/v2/waku_rln_relay/test_wakunode_rln_relay.nim
index 001414825..1839478be 100644
--- a/tests/v2/waku_rln_relay/test_wakunode_rln_relay.nim
+++ b/tests/v2/waku_rln_relay/test_wakunode_rln_relay.nim
@@ -14,11 +14,10 @@ import
   libp2p/protocols/pubsub/pubsub,
   eth/keys
 import
-  ../../../waku/v2/waku_node,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_core,
+  ../../../waku/v2/waku_node,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_rln_relay,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_keystore,
-  ../../../waku/v2/utils/peers,
   ../testlib/wakucore,
   ../testlib/wakunode
 
diff --git a/tests/v2/waku_store/test_wakunode_store.nim b/tests/v2/waku_store/test_wakunode_store.nim
index de45282ee..37c5fb9f9 100644
--- a/tests/v2/waku_store/test_wakunode_store.nim
+++ b/tests/v2/waku_store/test_wakunode_store.nim
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@ import
   libp2p/protocols/pubsub/gossipsub
 import
   ../../../waku/common/sqlite,
-  ../../../waku/v2/node/peer_manager,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_core,
+  ../../../waku/v2/node/peer_manager,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_archive,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_archive/driver/sqlite_driver,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_store,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_filter,
-  ../../../waku/v2/utils/peers,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_node,
   ../testlib/common,
   ../testlib/wakucore,
diff --git a/tests/v2/wakunode_jsonrpc/test_jsonrpc_admin.nim b/tests/v2/wakunode_jsonrpc/test_jsonrpc_admin.nim
index 39b01ccd2..6bb54d4cf 100644
--- a/tests/v2/wakunode_jsonrpc/test_jsonrpc_admin.nim
+++ b/tests/v2/wakunode_jsonrpc/test_jsonrpc_admin.nim
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import
   libp2p/crypto/crypto,
   json_rpc/[rpcserver, rpcclient]
 import
+  ../../../waku/v2/waku_core,
   ../../../waku/v2/node/peer_manager,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_node,
   ../../../waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/admin/handlers as admin_api,
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ import
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_archive/driver/queue_driver,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_store,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_filter,
-  ../../../waku/v2/utils/peers,
   ../testlib/wakucore,
   ../testlib/wakunode
 
diff --git a/tests/v2/wakunode_jsonrpc/test_jsonrpc_filter.nim b/tests/v2/wakunode_jsonrpc/test_jsonrpc_filter.nim
index 5ff1ed6fa..b41f0c186 100644
--- a/tests/v2/wakunode_jsonrpc/test_jsonrpc_filter.nim
+++ b/tests/v2/wakunode_jsonrpc/test_jsonrpc_filter.nim
@@ -8,16 +8,15 @@ import
   libp2p/crypto/crypto,
   json_rpc/[rpcserver, rpcclient]
 import
+  ../../../waku/v2/waku_core,
   ../../../waku/v2/node/peer_manager,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_node,
   ../../../waku/v2/node/message_cache,
   ../../../waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/filter/handlers as filter_api,
   ../../../waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/filter/client as filter_api_client,
-  ../../../waku/v2/waku_core,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_filter,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_filter/rpc,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_filter/client,
-  ../../../waku/v2/utils/peers,
   ../testlib/wakucore,
   ../testlib/wakunode
 
diff --git a/tests/v2/wakunode_jsonrpc/test_jsonrpc_relay.nim b/tests/v2/wakunode_jsonrpc/test_jsonrpc_relay.nim
index 09fadc904..b851b3aa0 100644
--- a/tests/v2/wakunode_jsonrpc/test_jsonrpc_relay.nim
+++ b/tests/v2/wakunode_jsonrpc/test_jsonrpc_relay.nim
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import
   json_rpc/[rpcserver, rpcclient]
 import
   ../../../waku/common/base64,
+  ../../../waku/v2/waku_core,
   ../../../waku/v2/node/peer_manager,
   ../../../waku/v2/node/message_cache,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_node,
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ import
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_core,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_relay,
   ../../../waku/v2/utils/compat,
-  ../../../waku/v2/utils/peers,
   ../testlib/common,
   ../testlib/wakucore,
   ../testlib/wakunode
diff --git a/tests/v2/wakunode_jsonrpc/test_jsonrpc_store.nim b/tests/v2/wakunode_jsonrpc/test_jsonrpc_store.nim
index 1933d49eb..22b559374 100644
--- a/tests/v2/wakunode_jsonrpc/test_jsonrpc_store.nim
+++ b/tests/v2/wakunode_jsonrpc/test_jsonrpc_store.nim
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import
   libp2p/crypto/crypto,
   json_rpc/[rpcserver, rpcclient]
 import
-  ../../../waku/v2/node/peer_manager,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_core,
+  ../../../waku/v2/node/peer_manager,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_node,
   ../../../waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/store/handlers as store_api,
   ../../../waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/store/client as store_api_client,
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_archive/driver/queue_driver,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_store,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_store/rpc,
-  ../../../waku/v2/utils/peers,
   ../../v2/testlib/common,
   ../../v2/testlib/wakucore,
   ../../v2/testlib/wakunode
diff --git a/tests/v2/wakunode_rest/test_rest_store.nim b/tests/v2/wakunode_rest/test_rest_store.nim
index 961869854..37c3bb600 100644
--- a/tests/v2/wakunode_rest/test_rest_store.nim
+++ b/tests/v2/wakunode_rest/test_rest_store.nim
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_archive,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_archive/driver/queue_driver,
   ../../../waku/v2/waku_store as waku_store,
-  ../../../waku/v2/utils/peers,
   ../../v2/testlib/common,
   ../../v2/testlib/wakucore,
   ../../v2/testlib/wakunode
diff --git a/tests/wakubridge/test_wakubridge.nim b/tests/wakubridge/test_wakubridge.nim
index cbb1a8581..c89d67e4e 100644
--- a/tests/wakubridge/test_wakubridge.nim
+++ b/tests/wakubridge/test_wakubridge.nim
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import
   ../../waku/v2/waku_core,
   ../../waku/v2/waku_node,
   ../../waku/v2/utils/compat,
-  ../../waku/v2/utils/peers,
   ../test_helpers
 
 import
diff --git a/tools/networkmonitor/networkmonitor.nim b/tools/networkmonitor/networkmonitor.nim
index fd37f8064..7fb6b40a2 100644
--- a/tools/networkmonitor/networkmonitor.nim
+++ b/tools/networkmonitor/networkmonitor.nim
@@ -20,13 +20,12 @@ import
   metrics/chronos_httpserver,
   presto/[route, server, client]
 import
+  ../../waku/v2/waku_core,
   ../../waku/v2/node/peer_manager,
   ../../waku/v2/waku_node,
-  ../../waku/v2/waku_core,
   ../../waku/v2/waku_enr,
   ../../waku/v2/waku_discv5,
   ../../waku/v2/waku_dnsdisc,
-  ../../waku/v2/utils/peers,
   ./networkmonitor_metrics,
   ./networkmonitor_config,
   ./networkmonitor_utils
diff --git a/tools/wakucanary/wakucanary.nim b/tools/wakucanary/wakucanary.nim
index b97ec88c1..5cf19afbb 100644
--- a/tools/wakucanary/wakucanary.nim
+++ b/tools/wakucanary/wakucanary.nim
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import
   libp2p/multicodec
 import
   ../../waku/v2/node/peer_manager,
-  ../../waku/v2/waku_node,
-  ../../waku/v2/utils/peers
+  ../../waku/v2/waku_core,
+  ../../waku/v2/waku_node
 
 # protocols and their tag
 const ProtocolsTable = {
diff --git a/waku/v2/node/peer_manager/peer_manager.nim b/waku/v2/node/peer_manager/peer_manager.nim
index e7fe447fb..8224df400 100644
--- a/waku/v2/node/peer_manager/peer_manager.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/node/peer_manager/peer_manager.nim
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import
   libp2p/muxers/muxer
 import
   ../../../common/nimchronos,
+  ../../waku_core,
   ../../waku_relay,
-  ../../utils/peers,
   ./peer_store/peer_storage,
   ./waku_peer_store
 
diff --git a/waku/v2/node/peer_manager/peer_store/peer_storage.nim b/waku/v2/node/peer_manager/peer_store/peer_storage.nim
index d41c959fe..dcb456b2f 100644
--- a/waku/v2/node/peer_manager/peer_store/peer_storage.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/node/peer_manager/peer_store/peer_storage.nim
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ else:
 import
   stew/results
 import
-  ../waku_peer_store,
-  ../../../utils/peers
+  ../../../waku_core,
+  ../waku_peer_store
 
 ## This module defines a peer storage interface. Implementations of
 ## PeerStorage are used to store and retrieve peers
diff --git a/waku/v2/node/peer_manager/peer_store/waku_peer_storage.nim b/waku/v2/node/peer_manager/peer_store/waku_peer_storage.nim
index 7abe05c5f..e2fb8200d 100644
--- a/waku/v2/node/peer_manager/peer_store/waku_peer_storage.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/node/peer_manager/peer_store/waku_peer_storage.nim
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import
   libp2p/protobuf/minprotobuf
 import
   ../../../../common/sqlite,
+  ../../../waku_core,
   ../waku_peer_store,
-  ../../../utils/peers,
   ./peer_storage
 
 export sqlite
diff --git a/waku/v2/node/peer_manager/waku_peer_store.nim b/waku/v2/node/peer_manager/waku_peer_store.nim
index 8d614caed..7d1d93eea 100644
--- a/waku/v2/node/peer_manager/waku_peer_store.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/node/peer_manager/waku_peer_store.nim
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ else:
   {.push raises: [].}
 
 import
-  std/[tables, sequtils, sets, options, times, math, strutils],
+  std/[tables, sequtils, sets, options, times, strutils],
   chronos,
   eth/p2p/discoveryv5/enr,
   libp2p/builders,
   libp2p/peerstore
 
 import
-  ../../utils/peers,
+  ../../waku_core,
   ../../../common/utils/sequence
 
 export peerstore, builders
diff --git a/waku/v2/node/waku_node.nim b/waku/v2/node/waku_node.nim
index 8fdd1d51e..95d34e689 100644
--- a/waku/v2/node/waku_node.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/node/waku_node.nim
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import
   ../waku_dnsdisc,
   ../waku_discv5,
   ../waku_peer_exchange,
-  ../utils/peers,
   ./config,
   ./peer_manager,
   ./waku_switch
diff --git a/waku/v2/utils/DEPRECATION_NOTICE.md b/waku/v2/utils/DEPRECATION_NOTICE.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..391ec92e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waku/v2/utils/DEPRECATION_NOTICE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# :warning: DEPRECATION NOTICE :warning:
+
+The `utils` module has been marked as deprecated.
+This package submodules are planned to be moved to different modules.
+
+**No new sub-modules must be added to this folder.**
diff --git a/waku/v2/utils/README.md b/waku/v2/utils/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a021e7d8..000000000
--- a/waku/v2/utils/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Utils
-
-Collection of misc utilities that don't fit anywhere else, and are used by
-multiple independent modules.
diff --git a/waku/v2/utils/peers.nim b/waku/v2/utils/peers.nim
deleted file mode 100644
index d6b4bab23..000000000
--- a/waku/v2/utils/peers.nim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,261 +0,0 @@
-when (NimMajor, NimMinor) < (1, 4):
-  {.push raises: [Defect].}
-else:
-  {.push raises: [].}
-
-# Collection of utilities related to Waku peers
-import
-  std/[options, sequtils, strutils, uri],
-  chronos,
-  stew/results,
-  stew/shims/net,
-  eth/keys,
-  eth/p2p/discoveryv5/enr,
-  libp2p/crypto/[crypto, secp],
-  libp2p/[errors,
-          multiaddress,
-          multicodec,
-          peerid,
-          peerinfo,
-          routing_record]
-
-#import
-#  ../node/peer_manager/waku_peer_store
-# todo organize this
-
-type
-  Connectedness* = enum
-    # NotConnected: default state for a new peer. No connection and no further information on connectedness.
-    NotConnected,
-    # CannotConnect: attempted to connect to peer, but failed.
-    CannotConnect,
-    # CanConnect: was recently connected to peer and disconnected gracefully.
-    CanConnect,
-    # Connected: actively connected to peer.
-    Connected
-
-  PeerOrigin* = enum
-    UnknownOrigin,
-    Discv5,
-    Static,
-    PeerExcahnge,
-    Dns
-
-  PeerDirection* = enum
-    UnknownDirection,
-    Inbound,
-    Outbound
-
-type
-  RemotePeerInfo* = ref object of RootObj
-    peerId*: PeerID
-    addrs*: seq[MultiAddress]
-    enr*: Option[enr.Record]
-    protocols*: seq[string]
-
-    agent*: string
-    protoVersion*: string
-    publicKey*: crypto.PublicKey
-    connectedness*: Connectedness
-    disconnectTime*: int64
-    origin*: PeerOrigin
-    direction*: PeerDirection
-    lastFailedConn*: Moment
-    numberFailedConn*: int
-
-func `$`*(remotePeerInfo: RemotePeerInfo): string =
-  $remotePeerInfo.peerId
-
-proc init*(
-  p: typedesc[RemotePeerInfo],
-  peerId: PeerID,
-  addrs: seq[MultiAddress] = @[],
-  enr: Option[enr.Record] = none(enr.Record),
-  protocols: seq[string] = @[]): RemotePeerInfo =
-
-  let remotePeerInfo = RemotePeerInfo(
-    peerId: peerId,
-    addrs: addrs,
-    enr: enr,
-    protocols: protocols)
-
-  return remotePeerInfo
-
-proc init*(p: typedesc[RemotePeerInfo],
-           peerId: string,
-           addrs: seq[MultiAddress] = @[],
-           enr: Option[enr.Record] = none(enr.Record),
-           protocols: seq[string] = @[]): RemotePeerInfo
-           {.raises: [Defect, ResultError[cstring], LPError].} =
-
-  let remotePeerInfo = RemotePeerInfo(
-    peerId: PeerID.init(peerId).tryGet(),
-    addrs: addrs,
-    enr: enr,
-    protocols: protocols)
-
-  return remotePeerInfo
-
-## Check if wire Address is supported
-proc validWireAddr*(ma: MultiAddress): bool =
-  const
-    ValidTransports = mapOr(TCP, WebSockets)
-  return ValidTransports.match(ma)
-
-func getTransportProtocol(typedR: TypedRecord): Option[IpTransportProtocol] =
-  if typedR.tcp6.isSome or typedR.tcp.isSome:
-    return some(IpTransportProtocol.tcpProtocol)
-
-  if typedR.udp6.isSome or typedR.udp.isSome:
-    return some(IpTransportProtocol.udpProtocol)
-
-  return none(IpTransportProtocol)
-
-
-proc parsePeerInfo*(peer: RemotePeerInfo|string):
-                    Result[RemotePeerInfo, string] =
-  ## Parses a fully qualified peer multiaddr, in the
-  ## format `(ip4|ip6)/tcp/p2p`, into dialable PeerInfo
-
-  if peer is RemotePeerInfo:
-    return ok(cast[RemotePeerInfo](peer))
-
-  let multiAddr = ? MultiAddress.init($peer)
-                    .mapErr(proc(err: string):
-                        string = "MultiAddress.init [" & err & "]")
-
-  var p2pPart: MultiAddress
-  var wireAddr = MultiAddress()
-  for addrPart in multiAddr.items():
-    case addrPart[].protoName()[]
-    # All protocols listed here: https://github.com/multiformats/multiaddr/blob/b746a7d014e825221cc3aea6e57a92d78419990f/protocols.csv
-    of "p2p":
-      p2pPart = ? addrPart.mapErr(proc(err: string):string = "Error getting p2pPart [" & err & "]")
-    of "ip4", "ip6", "dns", "dnsaddr", "dns4", "dns6", "tcp", "ws", "wss":
-      let val = ? addrPart.mapErr(proc(err: string):string = "Error getting addrPart [" & err & "]")
-      ? wireAddr.append(val).mapErr(proc(err: string):string = "Error appending addrPart [" & err & "]")
-
-  let p2pPartStr = p2pPart.toString()[]
-  if not p2pPartStr.contains("/"):
-    let msg = "Error in parsePeerInfo: p2p part should contain / [p2pPartStr:" &
-          p2pPartStr & "] [peer:" & $peer & "]"
-    return err(msg)
-
-  let peerId = ? PeerID.init(p2pPartStr.split("/")[^1])
-                        .mapErr(proc (e:cstring):string = $e)
-
-  if not wireAddr.validWireAddr():
-    return err("Error in parsePeerInfo: Invalid node multiaddress")
-
-  return ok(RemotePeerInfo.init(peerId, @[wireAddr]))
-
-
-# Checks whether the peerAddr parameter represents a valid p2p multiaddress.
-# The param must be in the format `(ip4|ip6)/tcp/p2p/$peerId` but URL-encoded
-proc parseUrlPeerAddr*(peerAddr: Option[string]):
-                       Result[Option[RemotePeerInfo], string] =
-
-  if not peerAddr.isSome() or peerAddr.get() == "":
-    return ok(none(RemotePeerInfo))
-
-  let parsedAddr = decodeUrl(peerAddr.get())
-  let parsedPeerInfo = parsePeerInfo(parsedAddr)
-
-  if parsedPeerInfo.isOk():
-    return ok(some(parsedPeerInfo.value))
-  else:
-    return err("Failed parsing remote peer info [" &
-               parsedPeerInfo.error & "]")
-
-## Converts an ENR to dialable RemotePeerInfo
-proc toRemotePeerInfo*(enr: enr.Record): Result[RemotePeerInfo, cstring] =
-  let typedR = ? enr.toTypedRecord
-
-  if not typedR.secp256k1.isSome:
-    return err("enr: no secp256k1 key in record")
-
-  let
-    pubKey = ? keys.PublicKey.fromRaw(typedR.secp256k1.get)
-    peerId = ? PeerID.init(crypto.PublicKey(scheme: Secp256k1,
-                                            skkey: secp.SkPublicKey(pubKey)))
-
-  var addrs = newSeq[MultiAddress]()
-
-  let transportProto = getTransportProtocol(typedR)
-  if transportProto.isNone:
-    return err("enr: could not determine transport protocol")
-
-  case transportProto.get()
-  of tcpProtocol:
-    if typedR.ip.isSome and typedR.tcp.isSome:
-      let ip = ipv4(typedR.ip.get)
-      addrs.add MultiAddress.init(ip, tcpProtocol, Port typedR.tcp.get)
-
-    if typedR.ip6.isSome:
-      let ip = ipv6(typedR.ip6.get)
-      if typedR.tcp6.isSome:
-        addrs.add MultiAddress.init(ip, tcpProtocol, Port typedR.tcp6.get)
-      elif typedR.tcp.isSome:
-        addrs.add MultiAddress.init(ip, tcpProtocol, Port typedR.tcp.get)
-      else:
-        discard
-
-  of udpProtocol:
-    if typedR.ip.isSome and typedR.udp.isSome:
-      let ip = ipv4(typedR.ip.get)
-      addrs.add MultiAddress.init(ip, udpProtocol, Port typedR.udp.get)
-
-    if typedR.ip6.isSome:
-      let ip = ipv6(typedR.ip6.get)
-      if typedR.udp6.isSome:
-        addrs.add MultiAddress.init(ip, udpProtocol, Port typedR.udp6.get)
-      elif typedR.udp.isSome:
-        addrs.add MultiAddress.init(ip, udpProtocol, Port typedR.udp.get)
-      else:
-        discard
-
-  if addrs.len == 0:
-    return err("enr: no addresses in record")
-
-  return ok(RemotePeerInfo.init(peerId, addrs, some(enr)))
-
-## Converts peer records to dialable RemotePeerInfo
-## Useful if signed peer records have been received in an exchange
-proc toRemotePeerInfo*(peerRecord: PeerRecord): RemotePeerInfo =
-  RemotePeerInfo.init(peerRecord.peerId,
-                      peerRecord.addresses.mapIt(it.address))
-
-## Converts the local peerInfo to dialable RemotePeerInfo
-## Useful for testing or internal connections
-proc toRemotePeerInfo*(peerInfo: PeerInfo): RemotePeerInfo =
-  RemotePeerInfo.init(peerInfo.peerId,
-                      peerInfo.listenAddrs,
-                      none(enr.Record), # we could generate an ENR from PeerInfo
-                      peerInfo.protocols)
-
-## Checks if a multiaddress contains a given protocol
-## Useful for filtering multiaddresses based on their protocols
-proc hasProtocol*(ma: MultiAddress, proto: string): bool =
-  ## Returns ``true`` if ``ma`` contains protocol ``proto``.
-  let protos = ma.protocols()
-  if protos.isErr():
-    return false
-  for p in protos.get():
-    if p == MultiCodec.codec(proto):
-      return true
-  return false
-
-func hasUdpPort*(peer: RemotePeerInfo): bool =
-  if peer.enr.isNone():
-   return false
-
-  let
-    enr = peer.enr.get()
-    typedEnrRes = enr.toTypedRecord()
-
-  if typedEnrRes.isErr():
-    return false
-
-  let typedEnr = typedEnrRes.get()
-  typedEnr.udp.isSome() or typedEnr.udp6.isSome()
-
diff --git a/waku/v2/waku_core.nim b/waku/v2/waku_core.nim
index 3ee5a3d57..8ffcf489a 100644
--- a/waku/v2/waku_core.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/waku_core.nim
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import
   ./waku_core/topics,
   ./waku_core/time,
-  ./waku_core/message
+  ./waku_core/message,
+  ./waku_core/peers
 
 export
   topics,
   time,
-  message
+  message,
+  peers
diff --git a/waku/v2/waku_core/peers.nim b/waku/v2/waku_core/peers.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19520ebcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waku/v2/waku_core/peers.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+when (NimMajor, NimMinor) < (1, 4):
+  {.push raises: [Defect].}
+else:
+  {.push raises: [].}
+
+import
+  std/[options, sequtils, strutils, uri],
+  stew/results,
+  stew/shims/net,
+  chronos,
+  eth/keys,
+  eth/p2p/discoveryv5/enr,
+  libp2p/crypto/crypto,
+  libp2p/crypto/secp,
+  libp2p/errors,
+  libp2p/multiaddress,
+  libp2p/multicodec,
+  libp2p/peerid,
+  libp2p/peerinfo,
+  libp2p/routing_record
+
+
+type
+  Connectedness* = enum
+    # NotConnected: default state for a new peer. No connection and no further information on connectedness.
+    NotConnected,
+    # CannotConnect: attempted to connect to peer, but failed.
+    CannotConnect,
+    # CanConnect: was recently connected to peer and disconnected gracefully.
+    CanConnect,
+    # Connected: actively connected to peer.
+    Connected
+
+  PeerOrigin* = enum
+    UnknownOrigin,
+    Discv5,
+    Static,
+    PeerExcahnge,
+    Dns
+
+  PeerDirection* = enum
+    UnknownDirection,
+    Inbound,
+    Outbound
+
+type RemotePeerInfo* = ref object
+    peerId*: PeerID
+    addrs*: seq[MultiAddress]
+    enr*: Option[enr.Record]
+    protocols*: seq[string]
+
+    agent*: string
+    protoVersion*: string
+    publicKey*: crypto.PublicKey
+    connectedness*: Connectedness
+    disconnectTime*: int64
+    origin*: PeerOrigin
+    direction*: PeerDirection
+    lastFailedConn*: Moment
+    numberFailedConn*: int
+
+func `$`*(remotePeerInfo: RemotePeerInfo): string =
+  $remotePeerInfo.peerId
+
+proc init*(
+  T: typedesc[RemotePeerInfo],
+  peerId: PeerID,
+  addrs: seq[MultiAddress] = @[],
+  enr: Option[enr.Record] = none(enr.Record),
+  protocols: seq[string] = @[]): T =
+
+  RemotePeerInfo(peerId: peerId, addrs: addrs, enr: enr, protocols: protocols)
+
+proc init*(T: typedesc[RemotePeerInfo],
+           peerId: string,
+           addrs: seq[MultiAddress] = @[],
+           enr: Option[enr.Record] = none(enr.Record),
+           protocols: seq[string] = @[]): T
+           {.raises: [Defect, ResultError[cstring], LPError].} =
+
+  let peerId = PeerID.init(peerId).tryGet()
+  RemotePeerInfo(peerId: peerId, addrs: addrs, enr: enr, protocols: protocols)
+
+
+## Parse
+
+proc validWireAddr*(ma: MultiAddress): bool =
+  ## Check if wire Address is supported
+  const
+    ValidTransports = mapOr(TCP, WebSockets)
+  return ValidTransports.match(ma)
+
+proc parsePeerInfo*(peer: RemotePeerInfo): Result[RemotePeerInfo, string] =
+  ## Parses a fully qualified peer multiaddr, in the
+  ## format `(ip4|ip6)/tcp/p2p`, into dialable PeerInfo
+  ok(peer)
+
+proc parsePeerInfo*(peer: MultiAddress): Result[RemotePeerInfo, string] =
+  ## Parses a fully qualified peer multiaddr, in the
+  ## format `(ip4|ip6)/tcp/p2p`, into dialable PeerInfo
+  var p2pPart: MultiAddress
+  var wireAddr = MultiAddress()
+  for addrPart in peer.items():
+    case addrPart[].protoName()[]
+    # All protocols listed here: https://github.com/multiformats/multiaddr/blob/b746a7d014e825221cc3aea6e57a92d78419990f/protocols.csv
+    of "p2p":
+      p2pPart = ? addrPart.mapErr(proc(err: string): string = "Error getting p2pPart [" & err & "]")
+    of "ip4", "ip6", "dns", "dnsaddr", "dns4", "dns6", "tcp", "ws", "wss":
+      let val = ? addrPart.mapErr(proc(err: string): string = "Error getting addrPart [" & err & "]")
+      ? wireAddr.append(val).mapErr(proc(err: string): string = "Error appending addrPart [" & err & "]")
+
+  let p2pPartStr = p2pPart.toString().get()
+  if not p2pPartStr.contains("/"):
+    let msg = "Error in parsePeerInfo: p2p part should contain / [p2pPartStr:" & p2pPartStr & "] [peer:" & $peer & "]"
+    return err(msg)
+
+  let peerId = ? PeerID.init(p2pPartStr.split("/")[^1])
+                        .mapErr(proc(e: cstring): string = $e)
+
+  if not wireAddr.validWireAddr():
+    return err("invalid multiaddress: no supported transport found")
+
+  return ok(RemotePeerInfo.init(peerId, @[wireAddr]))
+
+proc parsePeerInfo*(peer: string): Result[RemotePeerInfo, string] =
+  ## Parses a fully qualified peer multiaddr, in the
+  ## format `(ip4|ip6)/tcp/p2p`, into dialable PeerInfo
+  let multiAddr = ? MultiAddress.init(peer)
+                    .mapErr(proc(err: string): string = "MultiAddress.init [" & err & "]")
+
+  parsePeerInfo(multiAddr)
+
+
+func getTransportProtocol(typedR: TypedRecord): Option[IpTransportProtocol] =
+  if typedR.tcp6.isSome() or typedR.tcp.isSome():
+    return some(IpTransportProtocol.tcpProtocol)
+
+  if typedR.udp6.isSome() or typedR.udp.isSome():
+    return some(IpTransportProtocol.udpProtocol)
+
+  return none(IpTransportProtocol)
+
+proc parseUrlPeerAddr*(peerAddr: Option[string]): Result[Option[RemotePeerInfo], string] =
+  # Checks whether the peerAddr parameter represents a valid p2p multiaddress.
+  # The param must be in the format `(ip4|ip6)/tcp/p2p/$peerId` but URL-encoded
+  if not peerAddr.isSome() or peerAddr.get() == "":
+    return ok(none(RemotePeerInfo))
+
+  let parsedAddr = decodeUrl(peerAddr.get())
+  let parsedPeerInfo = parsePeerInfo(parsedAddr)
+  if parsedPeerInfo.isErr():
+    return err("Failed parsing remote peer info [" & parsedPeerInfo.error & "]")
+
+  return ok(some(parsedPeerInfo.value))
+
+proc toRemotePeerInfo*(enr: enr.Record): Result[RemotePeerInfo, cstring] =
+  ## Converts an ENR to dialable RemotePeerInfo
+  let typedR = ? enr.toTypedRecord()
+  if not typedR.secp256k1.isSome():
+    return err("enr: no secp256k1 key in record")
+
+  let
+    pubKey = ? keys.PublicKey.fromRaw(typedR.secp256k1.get())
+    peerId = ? PeerID.init(crypto.PublicKey(scheme: Secp256k1,
+                                            skkey: secp.SkPublicKey(pubKey)))
+
+  let transportProto = getTransportProtocol(typedR)
+  if transportProto.isNone():
+    return err("enr: could not determine transport protocol")
+
+  var addrs = newSeq[MultiAddress]()
+  case transportProto.get()
+  of tcpProtocol:
+    if typedR.ip.isSome() and typedR.tcp.isSome():
+      let ip = ipv4(typedR.ip.get())
+      addrs.add MultiAddress.init(ip, tcpProtocol, Port(typedR.tcp.get()))
+
+    if typedR.ip6.isSome():
+      let ip = ipv6(typedR.ip6.get())
+      if typedR.tcp6.isSome():
+        addrs.add MultiAddress.init(ip, tcpProtocol, Port(typedR.tcp6.get()))
+      elif typedR.tcp.isSome():
+        addrs.add MultiAddress.init(ip, tcpProtocol, Port(typedR.tcp.get()))
+      else:
+        discard
+
+  of udpProtocol:
+    if typedR.ip.isSome() and typedR.udp.isSome():
+      let ip = ipv4(typedR.ip.get())
+      addrs.add MultiAddress.init(ip, udpProtocol, Port(typedR.udp.get()))
+
+    if typedR.ip6.isSome():
+      let ip = ipv6(typedR.ip6.get())
+      if typedR.udp6.isSome():
+        addrs.add MultiAddress.init(ip, udpProtocol, Port(typedR.udp6.get()))
+      elif typedR.udp.isSome():
+        addrs.add MultiAddress.init(ip, udpProtocol, Port(typedR.udp.get()))
+      else:
+        discard
+
+  if addrs.len == 0:
+    return err("enr: no addresses in record")
+
+  return ok(RemotePeerInfo.init(peerId, addrs, some(enr)))
+
+converter toRemotePeerInfo*(peerRecord: PeerRecord): RemotePeerInfo =
+  ## Converts peer records to dialable RemotePeerInfo
+  ## Useful if signed peer records have been received in an exchange
+  RemotePeerInfo.init(
+    peerRecord.peerId,
+    peerRecord.addresses.mapIt(it.address)
+  )
+
+converter toRemotePeerInfo*(peerInfo: PeerInfo): RemotePeerInfo =
+  ## Converts the local peerInfo to dialable RemotePeerInfo
+  ## Useful for testing or internal connections
+  RemotePeerInfo.init(
+    peerInfo.peerId,
+    peerInfo.listenAddrs,
+    none(enr.Record),
+    peerInfo.protocols
+  )
+
+proc hasProtocol*(ma: MultiAddress, proto: string): bool =
+  ## Checks if a multiaddress contains a given protocol
+  ## Useful for filtering multiaddresses based on their protocols
+  ##
+  ## Returns ``true`` if ``ma`` contains protocol ``proto``.
+  let proto = MultiCodec.codec(proto)
+
+  let protos = ma.protocols()
+  if protos.isErr():
+    return false
+
+  return protos.get().anyIt(it == proto)
+
+func hasUdpPort*(peer: RemotePeerInfo): bool =
+  if peer.enr.isNone():
+   return false
+
+  let
+    enr = peer.enr.get()
+    typedEnrRes = enr.toTypedRecord()
+
+  if typedEnrRes.isErr():
+    return false
+
+  let typedEnr = typedEnrRes.get()
+  typedEnr.udp.isSome() or typedEnr.udp6.isSome()
+
diff --git a/waku/v2/waku_discv5.nim b/waku/v2/waku_discv5.nim
index 2a210d875..259dd1633 100644
--- a/waku/v2/waku_discv5.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/waku_discv5.nim
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import
   eth/p2p/discoveryv5/node,
   eth/p2p/discoveryv5/protocol
 import
-  ./utils/peers,
+  ./waku_core,
   ./waku_enr
 
 export protocol, waku_enr
diff --git a/waku/v2/waku_dnsdisc.nim b/waku/v2/waku_dnsdisc.nim
index 5cc3db2a0..3058bb1b3 100644
--- a/waku/v2/waku_dnsdisc.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/waku_dnsdisc.nim
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import
   libp2p/peerid,
   discovery/dnsdisc/client
 import
-  ./utils/peers
+  ./waku_core
 
 export client