diff --git a/cmd/zetaclientd/p2p_diagnostics.go b/cmd/zetaclientd/p2p_diagnostics.go
index 8c8bb5582b..dc8a98621d 100644
--- a/cmd/zetaclientd/p2p_diagnostics.go
+++ b/cmd/zetaclientd/p2p_diagnostics.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/protocol"
 	drouting "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/discovery/routing"
 	dutil "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/discovery/util"
-	"github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr"
 	maddr "github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 
 func RunDiagnostics(
 	startLogger zerolog.Logger,
-	peers []multiaddr.Multiaddr,
+	peers []maddr.Multiaddr,
 	hotkeyPk cryptotypes.PrivKey,
 	cfg config.Config,
 ) error {
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ func RunDiagnostics(
 	if len(IP) == 0 {
 		startLogger.Warn().Msg("empty env MYIP")
 	}
-	var externalAddr Multiaddr
+	var externalAddr maddr.Multiaddr
 	if len(IP) != 0 {
 		externalAddr, err = maddr.NewMultiaddr(fmt.Sprintf("/ip4/%s/tcp/%d", IP, 6668))
 		if err != nil {
@@ -72,9 +71,9 @@ func RunDiagnostics(
 	host, err := libp2p.New(
 		libp2p.ListenAddrs(listenAddress),
 		libp2p.Identity(p2pPriKey),
-		libp2p.AddrsFactory(func(addrs []Multiaddr) []Multiaddr {
+		libp2p.AddrsFactory(func(addrs []maddr.Multiaddr) []maddr.Multiaddr {
 			if externalAddr != nil {
-				return []Multiaddr{externalAddr}
+				return []maddr.Multiaddr{externalAddr}
 			}
 			return addrs
 		}),
diff --git a/cmd/zetaclientd/start.go b/cmd/zetaclientd/start.go
index ee912a7220..37251c04af 100644
--- a/cmd/zetaclientd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/zetaclientd/start.go
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/cometbft/cometbft/crypto/secp256k1"
 	ethcommon "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
-	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core"
-	"github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr"
 	maddr "github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
@@ -34,8 +32,6 @@ import (
 	mc "github.com/zeta-chain/zetacore/zetaclient/tss"
 )
 
-type Multiaddr = core.Multiaddr
-
 var StartCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "start",
 	Short: "Start ZetaClient Observer",
@@ -361,14 +357,14 @@ func start(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func initPeers(peer string) ([]multiaddr.Multiaddr, error) {
-	var peers []multiaddr.Multiaddr
+func initPeers(peer string) ([]maddr.Multiaddr, error) {
+	var peers []maddr.Multiaddr
 
 	if peer != "" {
 		address, err := maddr.NewMultiaddr(peer)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error().Err(err).Msg("NewMultiaddr error")
-			return []multiaddr.Multiaddr{}, err
+			return []maddr.Multiaddr{}, err
 		}
 		peers = append(peers, address)
 	}