diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/light-node/index.ts b/packages/sdk/src/create/create.ts
similarity index 76%
rename from packages/sdk/src/light-node/index.ts
rename to packages/sdk/src/create/create.ts
index 713aec7d1f..8b1ca9562d 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/light-node/index.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/create/create.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-import { type Libp2pComponents, type LightNode } from "@waku/interfaces";
+import { type LightNode } from "@waku/interfaces";
 
-import { createLibp2pAndUpdateOptions } from "../utils/libp2p.js";
 import { CreateWakuNodeOptions, WakuNode, WakuOptions } from "../waku.js";
 
-export { Libp2pComponents };
+import { createLibp2pAndUpdateOptions } from "./libp2p.js";
 
 /**
  * Create a Waku node that uses Waku Light Push, Filter and Store to send and
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/utils/discovery.ts b/packages/sdk/src/create/discovery.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/sdk/src/utils/discovery.ts
rename to packages/sdk/src/create/discovery.ts
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/create/index.ts b/packages/sdk/src/create/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea0315451a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/create/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export { createLightNode } from "./create.js";
+export { defaultLibp2p } from "./libp2p.js";
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/utils/libp2p.ts b/packages/sdk/src/create/libp2p.ts
similarity index 89%
rename from packages/sdk/src/utils/libp2p.ts
rename to packages/sdk/src/create/libp2p.ts
index bb199e40e3..4307e33d53 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/utils/libp2p.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/create/libp2p.ts
@@ -92,24 +92,13 @@ export async function defaultLibp2p(
 export async function createLibp2pAndUpdateOptions(
   options: CreateWakuNodeOptions
 ): Promise<Libp2p> {
-  logWhichShardInfoIsUsed(options);
-
-  if (options.contentTopics) {
-    options.shardInfo = { contentTopics: options.contentTopics };
-  }
-
-  const shardInfo = options.shardInfo
-    ? ensureShardingConfigured(options.shardInfo)
-    : undefined;
-
-  options.pubsubTopics = shardInfo?.pubsubTopics ??
-    options.pubsubTopics ?? [DefaultPubsubTopic];
+  const shardInfo = configureNetworkOptions(options);
 
   const libp2pOptions = options?.libp2p ?? {};
   const peerDiscovery = libp2pOptions.peerDiscovery ?? [];
 
   if (options?.defaultBootstrap) {
-    peerDiscovery.push(...defaultPeerDiscoveries(options.pubsubTopics));
+    peerDiscovery.push(...defaultPeerDiscoveries(options.pubsubTopics!));
   }
 
   if (options?.bootstrapPeers) {
@@ -119,7 +108,7 @@ export async function createLibp2pAndUpdateOptions(
   libp2pOptions.peerDiscovery = peerDiscovery;
 
   const libp2p = await defaultLibp2p(
-    shardInfo?.shardInfo,
+    shardInfo,
     wakuGossipSub(options),
     libp2pOptions,
     options?.userAgent
@@ -128,6 +117,37 @@ export async function createLibp2pAndUpdateOptions(
   return libp2p;
 }
 
+function configureNetworkOptions(
+  options: CreateWakuNodeOptions
+): ShardInfo | undefined {
+  const flags = [
+    options.contentTopics,
+    options.pubsubTopics,
+    options.shardInfo
+  ].filter((v) => !!v);
+
+  if (flags.length > 1) {
+    throw Error(
+      "Too many network configurations provided. Pass only one of: pubsubTopic, contentTopics or shardInfo."
+    );
+  }
+
+  logWhichShardInfoIsUsed(options);
+
+  if (options.contentTopics) {
+    options.shardInfo = { contentTopics: options.contentTopics };
+  }
+
+  const shardInfo = options.shardInfo
+    ? ensureShardingConfigured(options.shardInfo)
+    : undefined;
+
+  options.pubsubTopics = shardInfo?.pubsubTopics ??
+    options.pubsubTopics ?? [DefaultPubsubTopic];
+
+  return shardInfo?.shardInfo;
+}
+
 function logWhichShardInfoIsUsed(options: CreateWakuNodeOptions): void {
   if (options.pubsubTopics) {
     logger.info("Using pubsubTopics array to bootstrap the node.");
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/index.ts b/packages/sdk/src/index.ts
index 4157f55c32..94be6647de 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/index.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ export {
 
 export { utf8ToBytes, bytesToUtf8 } from "@waku/utils/bytes";
 
-export { defaultLibp2p } from "./utils/libp2p.js";
 export * from "./utils/content_topic.js";
 export * from "./waku.js";
 
-export { createLightNode } from "./light-node/index.js";
+export { createLightNode, defaultLibp2p } from "./create/index.js";
 export { wakuLightPush } from "./protocols/light_push.js";
 export { wakuFilter } from "./protocols/filter.js";
 export { wakuStore } from "./protocols/store.js";
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/relay-node/index.ts b/packages/sdk/src/relay-node/index.ts
index 3ef337c460..f30eb27113 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/relay-node/index.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/relay-node/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { type FullNode, type RelayNode } from "@waku/interfaces";
 import { RelayCreateOptions } from "@waku/relay";
 
-import { createLibp2pAndUpdateOptions } from "../utils/libp2p.js";
+import { createLibp2pAndUpdateOptions } from "../create/libp2p.js";
 import { CreateWakuNodeOptions, WakuNode, WakuOptions } from "../waku.js";
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/utils/content_topic.ts b/packages/sdk/src/utils/content_topic.ts
index 68c5eeb320..2f10de0e79 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/utils/content_topic.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/utils/content_topic.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   shardInfoToPubsubTopics
 } from "@waku/utils";
 
-import { createLightNode } from "../light-node/index.js";
+import { createLightNode } from "../create/index.js";
 
 interface CreateTopicOptions {
   waku?: LightNode;
diff --git a/packages/tests/tests/filter/utils.ts b/packages/tests/tests/filter/utils.ts
index 093d2e2ef0..444ba0ed15 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tests/filter/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/tests/filter/utils.ts
@@ -88,19 +88,23 @@ export async function runMultipleNodes(
     withoutFilter
   );
 
-  const waku_options: ProtocolCreateOptions = {
+  const wakuOptions: ProtocolCreateOptions = {
     staticNoiseKey: NOISE_KEY_1,
     libp2p: {
       addresses: { listen: ["/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/0/ws"] }
-    },
-    pubsubTopics,
-    shardInfo
+    }
   };
 
-  log.info("Starting js waku node with :", JSON.stringify(waku_options));
+  if (shardInfo) {
+    wakuOptions.shardInfo = shardInfo;
+  } else {
+    wakuOptions.pubsubTopics = pubsubTopics;
+  }
+
+  log.info("Starting js waku node with :", JSON.stringify(wakuOptions));
   let waku: LightNode | undefined;
   try {
-    waku = await createLightNode(waku_options);
+    waku = await createLightNode(wakuOptions);
     await waku.start();
   } catch (error) {
     log.error("jswaku node failed to start:", error);