diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea7e0b2a18..26f6769174 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ c4/workspace.json
 .vscode
 packages/.DS_Store
 .idea
-*.log
-packages/backend-bundle/deps/node_datachannel.node
+*.log
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/backend/node_datachannel.cjs b/packages/backend/node_datachannel.cjs
deleted file mode 100644
index c7820176a1..0000000000
--- a/packages/backend/node_datachannel.cjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import { createRequire } from 'node:module'
-import path from 'path'
-import fs from 'fs'
-
-const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
-
-let bindings = null
-
-let binaryPath = path.normalize(path.join(__dirname, '/deps', 'node_datachannel.node'))
-let exists = fs.existsSync(binaryPath)
-
-if (!exists) {
-  throw new Error(
-    `You must copy node_datachannel.node from the built verson of node-datachannel in node_modules before running webpack!  Rerun bootstrap!`
-  )
-}
-
-bindings = require(binaryPath)
-
-export default bindings
diff --git a/packages/backend/webpack.config.js b/packages/backend/webpack.config.js
index 29d447ae30..27f55a888b 100644
--- a/packages/backend/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/backend/webpack.config.js
@@ -79,10 +79,6 @@ const webpackConfig = (env) => {
                 /node_modules[\/\\]classic-level[\/\\]binding.js/,
                 root('classic_level.cjs')
             ),
-            new webpack.NormalModuleReplacementPlugin(
-                /node_modules[\/\\]node-datachannel[\/\\]dist[\/\\]cjs[\/\\]lib[\/\\]node-datachannel.cjs/,
-                root('node_datachannel.cjs')
-            ),
             new webpack.NormalModuleReplacementPlugin(
                 /node_modules[\/\\]ipfs-utils[\/\\]src[\/\\]http[\/\\]fetch.js/,
                 'fetch.node.js'
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/src/tests/multipleClients.test.ts b/packages/e2e-tests/src/tests/multipleClients.test.ts
index 4ab3442190..1f4807f530 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/src/tests/multipleClients.test.ts
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/src/tests/multipleClients.test.ts
@@ -137,9 +137,7 @@ describe('Multiple Clients', () => {
         await settingsModal.switchTab('invite')
         await sleep(2000)
         const invitationLinkElement = await settingsModal.invitationLink()
-        await sleep(2000)
         invitationLink = await invitationLinkElement.getText()
-        await sleep(2000)
         expect(invitationLink).not.toBeUndefined()
         logger.info('Received invitation link:', invitationLink)
         logger.warn('closing invite tab')
diff --git a/packages/mobile/nodejs-assets/deps/android/arm64/node-datachannel/node_datachannel.node b/packages/mobile/nodejs-assets/deps/android/arm64/node-datachannel/node_datachannel.node
deleted file mode 100755
index 57004dc69a..0000000000
Binary files a/packages/mobile/nodejs-assets/deps/android/arm64/node-datachannel/node_datachannel.node and /dev/null differ