diff --git a/p2p/host/basic/basic_host.go b/p2p/host/basic/basic_host.go
index 58b4d5e67..170677c83 100644
--- a/p2p/host/basic/basic_host.go
+++ b/p2p/host/basic/basic_host.go
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ import (
 	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log"
 	ma "github.com/jbenet/go-multiaddr"
 	goprocess "github.com/jbenet/goprocess"
+	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-protocol"
 	metrics "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/metrics"
 	mstream "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/metrics/stream"
 	inet "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net"
-	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol"
 	identify "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol/identify"
 	relay "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol/relay"
 
diff --git a/p2p/host/basic/basic_host_test.go b/p2p/host/basic/basic_host_test.go
index 549931aeb..00a9d20f1 100644
--- a/p2p/host/basic/basic_host_test.go
+++ b/p2p/host/basic/basic_host_test.go
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-protocol"
 	host "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/host"
 	inet "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net"
-	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol"
 	testutil "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/test/util"
 )
 
diff --git a/p2p/host/host.go b/p2p/host/host.go
index 20af1e914..4fee58049 100644
--- a/p2p/host/host.go
+++ b/p2p/host/host.go
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import (
 	pstore "github.com/ipfs/go-libp2p-peerstore"
 	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log"
 	ma "github.com/jbenet/go-multiaddr"
+	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-protocol"
 	metrics "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/metrics"
 	inet "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net"
-	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol"
 	msmux "github.com/whyrusleeping/go-multistream"
 )
 
diff --git a/p2p/host/match.go b/p2p/host/match.go
index 571d652c2..84b5def8f 100644
--- a/p2p/host/match.go
+++ b/p2p/host/match.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package host
 
 import (
-	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol"
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-protocol"
 	"strings"
 
 	semver "github.com/coreos/go-semver/semver"
diff --git a/p2p/host/routed/routed.go b/p2p/host/routed/routed.go
index 2ae808c5f..7737a592a 100644
--- a/p2p/host/routed/routed.go
+++ b/p2p/host/routed/routed.go
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ import (
 	pstore "github.com/ipfs/go-libp2p-peerstore"
 	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log"
 	ma "github.com/jbenet/go-multiaddr"
+	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-protocol"
 	host "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/host"
 	metrics "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/metrics"
 	inet "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net"
-	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol"
 
 	msmux "github.com/whyrusleeping/go-multistream"
 )
diff --git a/p2p/metrics/bw_stats.go b/p2p/metrics/bw_stats.go
index 3b5fedd59..e34ec1c51 100644
--- a/p2p/metrics/bw_stats.go
+++ b/p2p/metrics/bw_stats.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	peer "github.com/ipfs/go-libp2p-peer"
-	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol"
+	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-protocol"
 )
 
 type Stats struct {
diff --git a/p2p/metrics/interface.go b/p2p/metrics/interface.go
index 1ceb1e95c..814e94fcf 100644
--- a/p2p/metrics/interface.go
+++ b/p2p/metrics/interface.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package metrics
 
 import (
 	peer "github.com/ipfs/go-libp2p-peer"
-	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol"
+	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-protocol"
 )
 
 type StreamMeterCallback func(int64, protocol.ID, peer.ID)
diff --git a/p2p/metrics/stream/metered.go b/p2p/metrics/stream/metered.go
index 14de24c57..3eddfd4db 100644
--- a/p2p/metrics/stream/metered.go
+++ b/p2p/metrics/stream/metered.go
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ package meterstream
 
 import (
 	peer "github.com/ipfs/go-libp2p-peer"
+	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-protocol"
 	metrics "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/metrics"
 	inet "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net"
-	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol"
 )
 
 type meteredStream struct {
diff --git a/p2p/metrics/stream/metered_test.go b/p2p/metrics/stream/metered_test.go
index 22b3f9370..9c1d12147 100644
--- a/p2p/metrics/stream/metered_test.go
+++ b/p2p/metrics/stream/metered_test.go
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import (
 
 	randbo "github.com/dustin/randbo"
 	peer "github.com/ipfs/go-libp2p-peer"
+	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-protocol"
 	inet "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net"
-	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol"
 )
 
 type FakeStream struct {
diff --git a/p2p/net/conn/interface.go b/p2p/net/conn/interface.go
index 61cf623ed..cc49606bb 100644
--- a/p2p/net/conn/interface.go
+++ b/p2p/net/conn/interface.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	peer "github.com/ipfs/go-libp2p-peer"
 	ma "github.com/jbenet/go-multiaddr"
 	transport "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-transport"
-	filter "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net/filter"
+	filter "github.com/libp2p/go-maddr-filter"
 )
 
 type PeerConn interface {
diff --git a/p2p/net/conn/listen.go b/p2p/net/conn/listen.go
index 8bacd0e87..6098ff79c 100644
--- a/p2p/net/conn/listen.go
+++ b/p2p/net/conn/listen.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jbenet/goprocess"
 	goprocessctx "github.com/jbenet/goprocess/context"
 	transport "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-transport"
-	filter "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net/filter"
+	filter "github.com/libp2p/go-maddr-filter"
 	msmux "github.com/whyrusleeping/go-multistream"
 )
 
diff --git a/p2p/net/filter/filter.go b/p2p/net/filter/filter.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c31ad0b75..000000000
--- a/p2p/net/filter/filter.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-package filter
-
-import (
-	"net"
-	"sync"
-
-	ma "github.com/jbenet/go-multiaddr"
-	manet "github.com/jbenet/go-multiaddr-net"
-)
-
-type Filters struct {
-	mu      sync.RWMutex
-	filters map[string]*net.IPNet
-}
-
-func NewFilters() *Filters {
-	return &Filters{
-		filters: make(map[string]*net.IPNet),
-	}
-}
-
-func (fs *Filters) AddDialFilter(f *net.IPNet) {
-	fs.mu.Lock()
-	defer fs.mu.Unlock()
-	fs.filters[f.String()] = f
-}
-
-func (f *Filters) AddrBlocked(a ma.Multiaddr) bool {
-	maddr := ma.Split(a)
-	if len(maddr) == 0 {
-		return false
-	}
-	netaddr, err := manet.ToNetAddr(maddr[0])
-	if err != nil {
-		// if we cant parse it, its probably not blocked
-		return false
-	}
-	netip := net.ParseIP(netaddr.String())
-	if netip == nil {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	f.mu.RLock()
-	defer f.mu.RUnlock()
-	for _, ft := range f.filters {
-		if ft.Contains(netip) {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-func (f *Filters) Filters() []*net.IPNet {
-	var out []*net.IPNet
-	f.mu.RLock()
-	defer f.mu.RUnlock()
-	for _, ff := range f.filters {
-		out = append(out, ff)
-	}
-	return out
-}
-
-func (f *Filters) Remove(ff *net.IPNet) {
-	f.mu.Lock()
-	defer f.mu.Unlock()
-	delete(f.filters, ff.String())
-}
diff --git a/p2p/net/filter/filter_test.go b/p2p/net/filter/filter_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cd0bcc33..000000000
--- a/p2p/net/filter/filter_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-package filter
-
-import (
-	"net"
-	"testing"
-
-	ma "github.com/jbenet/go-multiaddr"
-)
-
-func TestFilter(t *testing.T) {
-	f := NewFilters()
-	for _, cidr := range []string{
-		"1.2.3.0/24",
-		"4.3.2.1/32",
-		"fd00::/8",
-		"fc00::1/128",
-	} {
-		_, ipnet, _ := net.ParseCIDR(cidr)
-		f.AddDialFilter(ipnet)
-	}
-
-	for _, blocked := range []string{
-		"/ip4/1.2.3.4/tcp/123",
-		"/ip4/4.3.2.1/udp/123",
-		"/ip6/fd00::2/tcp/321",
-		"/ip6/fc00::1/udp/321",
-	} {
-		maddr, err := ma.NewMultiaddr(blocked)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Error(err)
-		}
-		if !f.AddrBlocked(maddr) {
-			t.Fatalf("expected %s to be blocked", blocked)
-		}
-	}
-
-	for _, notBlocked := range []string{
-		"/ip4/1.2.4.1/tcp/123",
-		"/ip4/4.3.2.2/udp/123",
-		"/ip6/fe00::1/tcp/321",
-		"/ip6/fc00::2/udp/321",
-	} {
-		maddr, err := ma.NewMultiaddr(notBlocked)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Error(err)
-		}
-		if f.AddrBlocked(maddr) {
-			t.Fatalf("expected %s to not be blocked", notBlocked)
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/p2p/net/interface.go b/p2p/net/interface.go
index 56237b7f6..fffe0cda5 100644
--- a/p2p/net/interface.go
+++ b/p2p/net/interface.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 	pstore "github.com/ipfs/go-libp2p-peerstore"
 	ma "github.com/jbenet/go-multiaddr"
 	"github.com/jbenet/goprocess"
+	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-protocol"
 	conn "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net/conn"
-	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol"
 )
 
 // MessageSizeMax is a soft (recommended) maximum for network messages.
diff --git a/p2p/net/mock/mock_stream.go b/p2p/net/mock/mock_stream.go
index dac95688f..4aa623a6f 100644
--- a/p2p/net/mock/mock_stream.go
+++ b/p2p/net/mock/mock_stream.go
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	process "github.com/jbenet/goprocess"
+	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-protocol"
 	inet "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net"
-	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol"
 )
 
 // stream implements inet.Stream
diff --git a/p2p/net/mock/mock_test.go b/p2p/net/mock/mock_test.go
index 5fe27425b..e00cb10ac 100644
--- a/p2p/net/mock/mock_test.go
+++ b/p2p/net/mock/mock_test.go
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	peer "github.com/ipfs/go-libp2p-peer"
+	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-protocol"
 	inet "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net"
-	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol"
 	testutil "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/testutil"
 
 	"context"
diff --git a/p2p/net/swarm/swarm.go b/p2p/net/swarm/swarm.go
index 4eebf626b..19ccf13ee 100644
--- a/p2p/net/swarm/swarm.go
+++ b/p2p/net/swarm/swarm.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	mconn "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/metrics/conn"
 	inet "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net"
 	conn "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net/conn"
-	filter "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net/filter"
 	addrutil "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net/swarm/addr"
 
 	ci "github.com/ipfs/go-libp2p-crypto"
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jbenet/goprocess"
 	goprocessctx "github.com/jbenet/goprocess/context"
 	transport "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-transport"
+	filter "github.com/libp2p/go-maddr-filter"
 	tcpt "github.com/libp2p/go-tcp-transport"
 	psmss "github.com/whyrusleeping/go-smux-multistream"
 	spdy "github.com/whyrusleeping/go-smux-spdystream"
diff --git a/p2p/net/swarm/swarm_stream.go b/p2p/net/swarm/swarm_stream.go
index dc365e8c0..51c846001 100644
--- a/p2p/net/swarm/swarm_stream.go
+++ b/p2p/net/swarm/swarm_stream.go
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package swarm
 
 import (
+	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-protocol"
 	inet "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net"
-	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol"
 
 	ps "github.com/jbenet/go-peerstream"
 )
diff --git a/p2p/protocol/protocol.go b/p2p/protocol/protocol.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f7e4a32ba..000000000
--- a/p2p/protocol/protocol.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-package protocol
-
-// ID is an identifier used to write protocol headers in streams.
-type ID string
-
-// These are reserved protocol.IDs.
-const (
-	TestingID ID = "/p2p/_testing"
-)
diff --git a/p2p/protocol/relay/relay.go b/p2p/protocol/relay/relay.go
index 0b90f9918..c485d700f 100644
--- a/p2p/protocol/relay/relay.go
+++ b/p2p/protocol/relay/relay.go
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import (
 	peer "github.com/ipfs/go-libp2p-peer"
 	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log"
 	mh "github.com/jbenet/go-multihash"
+	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-protocol"
 	host "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/host"
 	inet "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net"
-	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol"
 )
 
 var log = logging.Logger("github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol/relay")
diff --git a/p2p/protocol/relay/relay_test.go b/p2p/protocol/relay/relay_test.go
index 598bdc7f8..d541876c3 100644
--- a/p2p/protocol/relay/relay_test.go
+++ b/p2p/protocol/relay/relay_test.go
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import (
 
 	"context"
 	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log"
+	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-protocol"
 	inet "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net"
-	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol"
 	relay "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol/relay"
 	testutil "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/test/util"
 	msmux "github.com/whyrusleeping/go-multistream"
diff --git a/p2p/test/backpressure/backpressure_test.go b/p2p/test/backpressure/backpressure_test.go
index c4873ce10..6b6af8238 100644
--- a/p2p/test/backpressure/backpressure_test.go
+++ b/p2p/test/backpressure/backpressure_test.go
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ import (
 	u "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-util"
 	peer "github.com/ipfs/go-libp2p-peer"
 	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log"
+	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-protocol"
 	host "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/host"
 	inet "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net"
-	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol"
 	testutil "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/test/util"
 )
 
diff --git a/p2p/test/reconnects/reconnect_test.go b/p2p/test/reconnects/reconnect_test.go
index d60d6c437..017c80d04 100644
--- a/p2p/test/reconnects/reconnect_test.go
+++ b/p2p/test/reconnects/reconnect_test.go
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ import (
 	u "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-util"
 	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log"
 	ps "github.com/jbenet/go-peerstream"
+	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-protocol"
 	host "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/host"
 	inet "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net"
 	swarm "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net/swarm"
-	protocol "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/protocol"
 	testutil "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/test/util"
 )
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e68f2a77d..f289bbe0f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -188,6 +188,18 @@
       "hash": "QmXFU6HbpMaxJ3wtw96aSSqBcdJJqtuE2ipMopmh1T3be8",
       "name": "go-tcp-transport",
       "version": "1.0.2"
+    },
+    {
+      "author": "whyrusleeping",
+      "hash": "QmaRNdghe7SY53L9WfyVesio7yvVnyXtgSpbBd9CJYfvJg",
+      "name": "go-maddr-filter",
+      "version": "1.0.0"
+    },
+    {
+      "author": "whyrusleeping",
+      "hash": "QmZNkThpqfVXs9GNbexPrfBbXSLNYeKrE7jwFM2oqHbyqN",
+      "name": "go-libp2p-protocol",
+      "version": "1.0.0"
     }
   ],
   "gxVersion": "0.4.0",