diff --git a/packages/pubsub/package.json b/packages/pubsub/package.json
index 255e8a3a87..ad5047b3b3 100644
--- a/packages/pubsub/package.json
+++ b/packages/pubsub/package.json
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@
     "@libp2p/logger": "^2.0.0",
     "@libp2p/peer-collections": "^3.0.0",
     "@libp2p/peer-id": "^2.0.0",
-    "@libp2p/topology": "^4.0.0",
     "abortable-iterator": "^5.0.1",
     "it-length-prefixed": "^9.0.1",
     "it-pipe": "^3.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/pubsub/test/utils/index.ts b/packages/pubsub/test/utils/index.ts
index 5181d7258f..4b112f9337 100644
--- a/packages/pubsub/test/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/pubsub/test/utils/index.ts
@@ -134,18 +134,14 @@ export const ConnectionPair = (): [Connection, Connection] => {
       // @ts-expect-error incomplete implementation
       newStream: async (protocol: string[]) => Promise.resolve({
         ...d0,
-        stat: {
-          protocol: protocol[0]
-        }
+        protocol: protocol[0]
       })
     },
     {
       // @ts-expect-error incomplete implementation
       newStream: async (protocol: string[]) => Promise.resolve({
         ...d1,
-        stat: {
-          protocol: protocol[0]
-        }
+        protocol: protocol[0]
       })
     }
   ]