diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 3d06fdca0a53808e9db12011842e7a0c1f7af33f..c503509465e27494564dcc2d84f59dd731e7ffe8 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -35,12 +35,7 @@ type AddrsFactory = bhost.AddrsFactory
 // NATManagerC is a NATManager constructor.
 type NATManagerC func(inet.Network) bhost.NATManager
 
-type BasicRouting interface {
-	routing.ContentRouting
-	routing.PeerRouting
-}
-
-type RoutingC func(host.Host) (BasicRouting, error)
+type RoutingC func(host.Host) (routing.PeerRouting, error)
 
 // Config describes a set of settings for a libp2p node
 //
@@ -178,21 +173,24 @@ func (cfg *Config) NewNode(ctx context.Context) (host.Host, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		if cfg.Relay {
-			discovery := discovery.NewRoutingDiscovery(router)
-
-			hop := false
-			for _, opt := range cfg.RelayOpts {
-				if opt == circuit.OptHop {
-					hop = true
-					break
+		crouter, ok := router.(routing.ContentRouting)
+		if ok {
+			if cfg.Relay {
+				discovery := discovery.NewRoutingDiscovery(crouter)
+
+				hop := false
+				for _, opt := range cfg.RelayOpts {
+					if opt == circuit.OptHop {
+						hop = true
+						break
+					}
 				}
-			}
 
-			if hop {
-				h = relay.NewRelayHost(swrm.Context(), h.(*bhost.BasicHost), discovery)
-			} else {
-				h = relay.NewAutoRelayHost(swrm.Context(), h.(*bhost.BasicHost), discovery)
+				if hop {
+					h = relay.NewRelayHost(swrm.Context(), h.(*bhost.BasicHost), discovery)
+				} else {
+					h = relay.NewAutoRelayHost(swrm.Context(), h.(*bhost.BasicHost), discovery)
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/libp2p.go b/libp2p.go
index 6c928c31595259ea0b1809351b21f789878b928f..ad026ad4bd8439099b78ed749af57cab2baccf1c 100644
--- a/libp2p.go
+++ b/libp2p.go
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ type Config = config.Config
 // (`libp2p.New`).
 type Option = config.Option
 
-// BasicRouting is the combination of PeerRouting and ContentRouting
-type BasicRouting = config.BasicRouting
-
 // ChainOptions chains multiple options into a single option.
 func ChainOptions(opts ...Option) Option {
 	return func(cfg *Config) error {
diff --git a/p2p/host/relay/autorelay_test.go b/p2p/host/relay/autorelay_test.go
index 241e33f65e3d7b12865c013be554eaaeeea27512..a3ac7dd2954d32336855f1ab98a3011c8bbf7881 100644
--- a/p2p/host/relay/autorelay_test.go
+++ b/p2p/host/relay/autorelay_test.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func TestAutoRelay(t *testing.T) {
 	defer cancel()
 
 	mtab := newMockRoutingTable()
-	makeRouting := func(h host.Host) (libp2p.BasicRouting, error) {
+	makeRouting := func(h host.Host) (routing.PeerRouting, error) {
 		mr := newMockRouting(h, mtab)
 		return mr, nil
 	}