diff --git a/nym-ip-packet-client/src/connect.rs b/nym-ip-packet-client/src/connect.rs
index 3c80882edb..b49d87daa5 100644
--- a/nym-ip-packet-client/src/connect.rs
+++ b/nym-ip-packet-client/src/connect.rs
@@ -207,7 +207,9 @@ fn maybe_wrap_stream_frame(stream_id: u64, sequence_num: u32, payload: Vec<u8>)
 fn ipr_response_from_reconstructed_message(
     msg: &nym_sdk::mixnet::ReconstructedMessage,
 ) -> std::result::Result<IpPacketResponse, bincode::Error> {
-    let payload = crate::lp_stream::unwrap_ipr_payload_from_reconstructed(msg);
+    let warn_on_unexpected = crate::lp_stream::current_requires_sphinx_stream_transport();
+    let payload =
+        crate::lp_stream::maybe_unwrap_lp_stream_payload(&msg.message, warn_on_unexpected);
     IpPacketResponse::from_bytes(payload)
 }
 
diff --git a/nym-ip-packet-client/src/lp_stream.rs b/nym-ip-packet-client/src/lp_stream.rs
index 262c65ebcb..736d55f378 100644
--- a/nym-ip-packet-client/src/lp_stream.rs
+++ b/nym-ip-packet-client/src/lp_stream.rs
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ pub fn maybe_unwrap_lp_stream_payload_from_reconstructed(message: &Reconstructed
     maybe_unwrap_lp_stream_payload(&message.message, false)
 }
 
-pub fn unwrap_ipr_payload_from_reconstructed(message: &ReconstructedMessage) -> &[u8] {
-    maybe_unwrap_lp_stream_payload(&message.message, current_requires_sphinx_stream_transport())
-}
-
 pub fn encode_stream_frame(stream_id: u64, sequence_num: u32, payload: Vec<u8>) -> Vec<u8> {
     let attrs = SphinxStreamFrameAttributes {
         stream_id,