diff --git a/waku-bindings/src/node/discv5.rs b/waku-bindings/src/node/discv5.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b2a3f6..0000000
--- a/waku-bindings/src/node/discv5.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-// std
-use std::ffi::CStr;
-
-// crates
-use crate::general::JsonResponse;
-use crate::Result;
-
-/// Starts the DiscoveryV5 service to discover and connect to new peers
-pub fn waku_discv5_start() -> Result<bool> {
-    let result = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(waku_sys::waku_discv5_start()) }
-        .to_str()
-        .expect("Response should always succeed to load to a &str");
-
-    let response: JsonResponse<bool> =
-        serde_json::from_str(result).expect("JsonResponse should always succeed to deserialize");
-
-    response.into()
-}
-
-/// Stops the DiscoveryV5 service
-pub fn waku_discv5_stop() -> Result<bool> {
-    let result = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(waku_sys::waku_discv5_stop()) }
-        .to_str()
-        .expect("Response should always succeed to load to a &str");
-
-    let response: JsonResponse<bool> =
-        serde_json::from_str(result).expect("JsonResponse should always succeed to deserialize");
-
-    response.into()
-}
diff --git a/waku-bindings/src/node/mod.rs b/waku-bindings/src/node/mod.rs
index 47a39a3..4f247df 100644
--- a/waku-bindings/src/node/mod.rs
+++ b/waku-bindings/src/node/mod.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 mod config;
 mod discovery;
-mod discv5;
 mod filter;
 mod lightpush;
 mod management;
@@ -89,16 +88,6 @@ fn stop_node() -> Result<()> {
 }
 
 impl WakuNodeHandle<Initialized> {
-    /// Starts the DiscoveryV5 service to discover and connect to new peers
-    pub fn discv5_start(&self) -> Result<bool> {
-        discv5::waku_discv5_start()
-    }
-
-    /// Stops the DiscoveryV5 service
-    pub fn discv5_stop(&self) -> Result<bool> {
-        discv5::waku_discv5_stop()
-    }
-
     /// Start a Waku node mounting all the protocols that were enabled during the Waku node instantiation.
     /// as per the [specification](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/36/#extern-char-waku_start)
     pub fn start(self) -> Result<WakuNodeHandle<Running>> {
@@ -119,16 +108,6 @@ impl WakuNodeHandle<Running> {
         stop_node()
     }
 
-    /// Starts the DiscoveryV5 service to discover and connect to new peers
-    pub fn discv5_start(&self) -> Result<bool> {
-        discv5::waku_discv5_start()
-    }
-
-    /// Stops the DiscoveryV5 service
-    pub fn discv5_stop(&self) -> Result<bool> {
-        discv5::waku_discv5_stop()
-    }
-
     /// Dial peer using a multiaddress
     /// If `timeout` as milliseconds doesn't fit into a `i32` it is clamped to [`i32::MAX`]
     /// If the function execution takes longer than `timeout` value, the execution will be canceled and an error returned.
diff --git a/waku-bindings/tests/node.rs b/waku-bindings/tests/node.rs
index c62a32a..5850ae4 100644
--- a/waku-bindings/tests/node.rs
+++ b/waku-bindings/tests/node.rs
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ pub fn main() -> Result<(), String> {
     let node = node.start()?;
     println!("Node peer id: {}", node.peer_id()?);
 
-    let result = node.discv5_start()?;
-    println!("Discv5 started: {}", result);
-
     for node_address in NODES {
         let address: Multiaddr = node_address.parse().unwrap();
         let peer_id = node.add_peer(&address, ProtocolId::Relay)?;
diff --git a/waku-sys/vendor b/waku-sys/vendor
index 183d782..2c9c763 160000
--- a/waku-sys/vendor
+++ b/waku-sys/vendor
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 183d7822bfb5d7149a10823a782b007cc2476b1b
+Subproject commit 2c9c763c306dfa10dc371134d830702d4e0fbf0f