diff --git a/p2p/kademlia/store/sqlite/sqlite.go b/p2p/kademlia/store/sqlite/sqlite.go
index cf57bbd25..a9e23bdf7 100644
--- a/p2p/kademlia/store/sqlite/sqlite.go
+++ b/p2p/kademlia/store/sqlite/sqlite.go
@@ -157,8 +157,6 @@ func NewStore(ctx context.Context, dataDir string, _ time.Duration, _ time.Durat
 		}
 	}
 
-	log.WithContext(ctx).Info("p2p database successfully opened")
-
 	s.db = db
 	dbFilePath = dbFile
 
@@ -172,7 +170,7 @@ func NewStore(ctx context.Context, dataDir string, _ time.Duration, _ time.Durat
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot create meta store: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
-	log.WithContext(ctx).Info("p2p database started")
+
 	return s, nil
 }
 
@@ -440,7 +438,6 @@ func (s *Store) Retrieve(_ context.Context, key []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 		PostAccessUpdate([]string{hkey})
 	}
 
-	fmt.Println("Data from local store")
 	if len(r.Data) > 0 {
 		return r.Data, nil
 	}
diff --git a/walletnode/cmd/app.go b/walletnode/cmd/app.go
index f79571c54..2c00d7e1a 100644
--- a/walletnode/cmd/app.go
+++ b/walletnode/cmd/app.go
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/pastelnetwork/gonode/common/storage/rqstore"
 	"github.com/pastelnetwork/gonode/common/storage/ticketstore"
-	"github.com/pastelnetwork/gonode/p2p"
-	"github.com/pastelnetwork/gonode/p2p/kademlia/store/cloud.go"
 
 	"github.com/pastelnetwork/gonode/common/cli"
 	"github.com/pastelnetwork/gonode/common/configurer"
@@ -276,19 +273,6 @@ func runApp(ctx context.Context, config *configs.Config) error {
 	scoreService := score.NewScoreService(pastelClient)
 	healthCheckChallengeService := healthcheckchallenge.NewHealthCheckChallengeService(pastelClient)
 
-	rqstore, err := rqstore.NewSQLiteRQStore(filepath.Join(defaultPath, "rqstore.db"))
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Errorf("could not create rqstore, %w", err)
-	}
-	defer rqstore.Close()
-
-	// p2p service (currently using kademlia)
-	cloudStorage := cloud.NewRcloneStorage("bucket", "spec")
-	_, err = p2p.New(ctx, &p2p.Config{DataDir: "/home/matee/.pastel/p2pdata"}, pastelClient, nil, rqstore, cloudStorage)
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Errorf("could not create p2p service, %w", err)
-	}
-
 	fileMappings := &sync.Map{}
 	server := api.NewAPIServer(config.API, fileMappings, pastelClient,
 		services.NewNftAPIHandler(apiSrcvConf, fileMappings, nftRegister, nftSearch, nftDownload),
diff --git a/walletnode/go.mod b/walletnode/go.mod
index b8ea5e4ce..112d37fb8 100644
--- a/walletnode/go.mod
+++ b/walletnode/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12
 	github.com/pastelnetwork/gonode/common v0.0.0-20240229105633-1f295fe18563
 	github.com/pastelnetwork/gonode/mixins v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
-	github.com/pastelnetwork/gonode/p2p v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/pastelnetwork/gonode/pastel v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/pastelnetwork/gonode/proto v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/pastelnetwork/gonode/raptorq v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000