diff --git a/protos/payload.proto b/protos/payload.proto
deleted file mode 100644
index c337dac..0000000
--- a/protos/payload.proto
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-syntax = "proto3";
-package pb;
-
-message NoiseHandshakePayload {
-    bytes identity_key = 1;
-    bytes identity_sig = 2;
-    bytes data = 3;
-}
diff --git a/src/proto/payload.json b/src/proto/payload.json
index 94a6924..0689d82 100644
--- a/src/proto/payload.json
+++ b/src/proto/payload.json
@@ -2,21 +2,17 @@
   "nested": {
     "NoiseHandshakePayload": {
       "fields": {
-        "libp2pKey": {
+        "identity_key": {
           "type": "bytes",
           "id": 1
         },
-        "noiseStaticKeySignature": {
+        "identity_sig": {
           "type": "bytes",
           "id": 2
         },
-        "libp2pData": {
+        "data": {
           "type": "bytes",
           "id": 3
-        },
-        "libp2pDataSignature": {
-          "type": "bytes",
-          "id": 4
         }
       }
     }