diff --git a/api/client/client.go b/api/client/client.go
index 74b75fa8b..4ea7e8cf8 100644
--- a/api/client/client.go
+++ b/api/client/client.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/core/types"
 	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/p2p"
-	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/p2p/host"
 )
 
 // Client represents a node (e.g. a wallet) which  sends transactions and receives responses from the harmony network
@@ -15,11 +14,11 @@ type Client struct {
 	log log.Logger // Log utility
 
 	// The p2p host used to send/receive p2p messages
-	host host.Host
+	host p2p.Host
 }
 
 // NewClient creates a new Client
-func NewClient(host host.Host, leaders *map[uint32]p2p.Peer) *Client {
+func NewClient(host p2p.Host, leaders *map[uint32]p2p.Peer) *Client {
 	client := Client{}
 	client.Leaders = leaders
 	client.host = host
diff --git a/consensus/consensus.go b/consensus/consensus.go
index 9f50b5f2b..d9e6a7256 100644
--- a/consensus/consensus.go
+++ b/consensus/consensus.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ type Consensus struct {
 	uniqueIDInstance *utils.UniqueValidatorID
 
 	// The p2p host used to send/receive p2p messages
-	host host.Host
+	host p2p.Host
 
 	// Signal channel for lost validators
 	OfflinePeers chan p2p.Peer
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ type BlockConsensusStatus struct {
 }
 
 // New creates a new Consensus object
-func New(host host.Host, ShardID string, peers []p2p.Peer, leader p2p.Peer) *Consensus {
+func New(host p2p.Host, ShardID string, peers []p2p.Peer, leader p2p.Peer) *Consensus {
 	consensus := Consensus{}
 	consensus.host = host
 
diff --git a/internal/beaconchain/libs/beaconchain.go b/internal/beaconchain/libs/beaconchain.go
index 40ce153d9..8b4d2bc09 100644
--- a/internal/beaconchain/libs/beaconchain.go
+++ b/internal/beaconchain/libs/beaconchain.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ type BeaconChain struct {
 	log            log.Logger
 	ShardLeaderMap map[int]*node.Info
 	PubKey         kyber.Point
-	host           host.Host
+	host           p2p.Host
 	state          BCState
 	rpcServer      *beaconchain.Server
 	Peer           p2p.Peer
diff --git a/internal/newnode/newnode.go b/internal/newnode/newnode.go
index 09bc09b16..b3a0da198 100644
--- a/internal/newnode/newnode.go
+++ b/internal/newnode/newnode.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type NewNode struct {
 	priK        kyber.Scalar
 	log         log.Logger
 	SetInfo     chan bool
-	host        host.Host
+	host        p2p.Host
 }
 
 // New candidatenode initialization
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index 53bdbd62c..05dc42b9e 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/node/worker"
 	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/p2p"
-	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/p2p/host"
 )
 
 // State is a state of a node.
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ type Node struct {
 	peerRegistrationRecord map[uint32]*syncConfig // record registration time (unixtime) of peers begin in syncing
 
 	// The p2p host used to send/receive p2p messages
-	host host.Host
+	host p2p.Host
 
 	// Channel to stop sending ping message
 	StopPing chan struct{}
@@ -218,7 +217,7 @@ func DeserializeNode(d []byte) *NetworkNode {
 }
 
 // New creates a new node.
-func New(host host.Host, consensus *bft.Consensus, db ethdb.Database) *Node {
+func New(host p2p.Host, consensus *bft.Consensus, db ethdb.Database) *Node {
 	node := Node{}
 
 	if host != nil {
diff --git a/node/p2p.go b/node/p2p.go
index 5cdc1c080..1f38f0227 100644
--- a/node/p2p.go
+++ b/node/p2p.go
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ func (node *Node) BroadcastMessage(peers []p2p.Peer, data []byte) {
 }
 
 // GetHost returns the p2p host
-func (node *Node) GetHost() host.Host {
+func (node *Node) GetHost() p2p.Host {
 	return node.host
 }
diff --git a/p2p/host.go b/p2p/host.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a61d9c99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/p2p/host.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package p2p
+
+import "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-peer"
+
+// Host is the client + server in p2p network.
+type Host interface {
+	GetSelfPeer() Peer
+	SendMessage(Peer, []byte) error
+	BindHandlerAndServe(handler StreamHandler)
+	Close() error
+	AddPeer(*Peer) error
+	GetID() peer.ID
+}
diff --git a/p2p/host/host.go b/p2p/host/host.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 483692710..000000000
--- a/p2p/host/host.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package host
-
-import (
-	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/p2p"
-	peer "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-peer"
-)
-
-// Host is the client + server in p2p network.
-type Host interface {
-	GetSelfPeer() p2p.Peer
-	SendMessage(p2p.Peer, []byte) error
-	BindHandlerAndServe(handler p2p.StreamHandler)
-	Close() error
-	AddPeer(*p2p.Peer) error
-	GetID() peer.ID
-}
diff --git a/p2p/host/message.go b/p2p/host/message.go
index 3736c9a61..26b9a3fce 100644
--- a/p2p/host/message.go
+++ b/p2p/host/message.go
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ import (
 
 // SendMessage is to connect a socket given a port and send the given message.
 // TODO(minhdoan, rj): need to check if a peer is reachable or not.
-func SendMessage(host Host, p p2p.Peer, message []byte, lostPeer chan p2p.Peer) {
+func SendMessage(host p2p.Host, p p2p.Peer, message []byte, lostPeer chan p2p.Peer) {
 	// Construct normal p2p message
 	content := ConstructP2pMessage(byte(0), message)
 	go send(host, p, content, lostPeer)
 }
 
 // BroadcastMessage sends the message to a list of peers
-func BroadcastMessage(h Host, peers []p2p.Peer, msg []byte, lostPeer chan p2p.Peer) {
+func BroadcastMessage(h p2p.Host, peers []p2p.Peer, msg []byte, lostPeer chan p2p.Peer) {
 	if len(peers) == 0 {
 		return
 	}
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func BroadcastMessage(h Host, peers []p2p.Peer, msg []byte, lostPeer chan p2p.Pe
 }
 
 // BroadcastMessageFromLeader sends the message to a list of peers from a leader.
-func BroadcastMessageFromLeader(h Host, peers []p2p.Peer, msg []byte, lostPeer chan p2p.Peer) {
+func BroadcastMessageFromLeader(h p2p.Host, peers []p2p.Peer, msg []byte, lostPeer chan p2p.Peer) {
 	// TODO(minhdoan): Enable back for multicast.
 	peers = SelectMyPeers(peers, 1, MaxBroadCast)
 	BroadcastMessage(h, peers, msg, lostPeer)
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func ConstructP2pMessage(msgType byte, content []byte) []byte {
 }
 
 // BroadcastMessageFromValidator sends the message to a list of peers from a validator.
-func BroadcastMessageFromValidator(h Host, selfPeer p2p.Peer, peers []p2p.Peer, msg []byte) {
+func BroadcastMessageFromValidator(h p2p.Host, selfPeer p2p.Peer, peers []p2p.Peer, msg []byte) {
 	peers = SelectMyPeers(peers, selfPeer.ValidatorID*MaxBroadCast+1, (selfPeer.ValidatorID+1)*MaxBroadCast)
 	BroadcastMessage(h, peers, msg, nil)
 }
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func SelectMyPeers(peers []p2p.Peer, min int, max int) []p2p.Peer {
 }
 
 // Send a message to another node with given port.
-func send(h Host, peer p2p.Peer, message []byte, lostPeer chan p2p.Peer) {
+func send(h p2p.Host, peer p2p.Peer, message []byte, lostPeer chan p2p.Peer) {
 	// Add attack code here.
 	//attack.GetInstance().Run()
 	backoff := p2p.NewExpBackoff(150*time.Millisecond, 5*time.Second, 2)
diff --git a/p2p/p2pimpl/p2pimpl.go b/p2p/p2pimpl/p2pimpl.go
index 484d39820..5c589c86a 100644
--- a/p2p/p2pimpl/p2pimpl.go
+++ b/p2p/p2pimpl/p2pimpl.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"net"
 
 	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/p2p"
-	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/p2p/host"
 	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/p2p/host/hostv1"
 	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/p2p/host/hostv2"
 
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ const Version = 2
 // for hostv2, it generates multiaddress, keypair and add PeerID to peer, add priKey to host
 // TODO (leo) the PriKey of the host has to be persistent in disk, so that we don't need to regenerate it
 // on the same host if the node software restarted. The peerstore has to be persistent as well.
-func NewHost(self *p2p.Peer) (host.Host, error) {
+func NewHost(self *p2p.Peer) (p2p.Host, error) {
 	if Version == 1 {
 		h := hostv1.New(self)
 		return h, nil