diff --git a/conn/dialer.c b/conn/dialer.c
index 56899fa..fee893b 100644
--- a/conn/dialer.c
+++ b/conn/dialer.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "libp2p/conn/transport_dialer.h"
 #include "libp2p/crypto/key.h"
 #include "libp2p/utils/linked_list.h"
-#include "libp2p/utils/multiaddress.h"
+#include "multiaddr/multiaddr.h"
 #include "libp2p/net/multistream.h"
 
 struct TransportDialer* libp2p_conn_tcp_transport_dialer_new();
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ struct Stream* libp2p_conn_dialer_get_stream(const struct Dialer* dialer, const
 	if (strcmp(protocol, "multistream") != 0)
 		return NULL;
 	char* ip;
-	int port;
-	if (!libp2p_utils_multiaddress_parse_ip4_tcp(multiaddress, &ip, &port)) {
+	int port = multiaddress_get_ip_port(multiaddress);
+	if (!multiaddress_get_ip_address(multiaddress, &ip)) {
 		free(ip);
 		return NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/conn/tcp_transport_dialer.c b/conn/tcp_transport_dialer.c
index 0ae1133..30d4bbb 100644
--- a/conn/tcp_transport_dialer.c
+++ b/conn/tcp_transport_dialer.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "libp2p/net/p2pnet.h"
 #include "libp2p/conn/connection.h"
 #include "libp2p/conn/transport_dialer.h"
-#include "libp2p/utils/multiaddress.h"
+#include "multiaddr/multiaddr.h"
 
 /**
  * An implementation of a tcp transport dialer
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ struct Connection* libp2p_conn_tcp_dial(const struct TransportDialer* transport_
 	struct Connection* conn = (struct Connection*) malloc(sizeof(struct Connection*));
 	conn->socket_handle = socket_open4();
 	char* ip;
-	int port;
-	libp2p_utils_multiaddress_parse_ip4_tcp(addr, &ip, &port);
+	int port = multiaddress_get_ip_port(addr);
+	if (!multiaddress_get_ip_address(addr, &ip))
+		return NULL;
 	struct hostent* host = gethostbyname(ip);
 	struct in_addr** addr_list = (struct in_addr**)host->h_addr_list;
 	socket_connect4(conn->socket_handle, (*addr_list[0]).s_addr, port);
diff --git a/include/libp2p/utils/multiaddress.h b/include/libp2p/utils/multiaddress.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 274d946..0000000
--- a/include/libp2p/utils/multiaddress.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-#include "multiaddr/multiaddr.h"
-
-/**
- * This is a hack to get ip4/tcp working
- * TODO: this should be moved further down in the networking stack and generified for different multiaddresses
- * This makes too many assumptions
- * @param address the multiaddress to parse
- * @param ip the first IP address in the multiaddress
- * @param port the first port in the multiaddress
- * @returns true(1) on success, false(0) on failure
- */
-int libp2p_utils_multiaddress_parse_ip4_tcp(const struct MultiAddress* address, char** ip, int* port);
diff --git a/utils/Makefile b/utils/Makefile
index 6df187a..1921f2c 100644
--- a/utils/Makefile
+++ b/utils/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ endif
 
 LFLAGS = 
 DEPS = 
-OBJS = string_list.o vector.o linked_list.o multiaddress.o
+OBJS = string_list.o vector.o linked_list.o
 
 %.o: %.c $(DEPS)
 	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS)
diff --git a/utils/multiaddress.c b/utils/multiaddress.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 163603a..0000000
--- a/utils/multiaddress.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdlib.h>
-/**
- * A central repository for parsing Multiaddress structs
- */
-
-#include "libp2p/utils/multiaddress.h"
-
-/**
- * This is a hack to get ip4/tcp working
- * TODO: this should be moved further down in the networking stack and generified for different multiaddresses
- * This makes too many assumptions
- * @param address the multiaddress to parse
- * @param ip the first IP address in the multiaddress
- * @param port the first port in the multiaddress
- * @returns true(1) on success, false(0) on failure
- */
-int libp2p_utils_multiaddress_parse_ip4_tcp(const struct MultiAddress* address, char** ip, int* port) {
-	// the incoming address is not what was expected
-	if (strncmp(address->string, "/ip4/", 5) != 0)
-		return 0;
-	if (strstr(address->string, "/tcp/") == NULL)
-		return 0;
-	// ip
-	char* str = malloc(strlen(address->string));
-	if (str == NULL)
-		return 0;
-	strcpy(str, &address->string[5]); // gets rid of /ip4/
-	char* pos = strchr(str, '/');
-	pos[0] = 0;
-	*ip = malloc(strlen(str) + 1);
-	strcpy(*ip, str);
-	free(str);
-	// port
-	str = strstr(address->string, "/tcp/");
-	str += 5;
-	*port = atoi(str);
-	return 1;
-}