diff --git a/packages/client/api.ts b/packages/client/api.ts
index dd4f50bf..d9f79c71 100644
--- a/packages/client/api.ts
+++ b/packages/client/api.ts
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ export class MainAPI {
     await ResponseError.assertStatus(response, 200)
     return response.json()
   }
+
+  public peers(): Promise<PeerJson[]> {
+    return getPeers(this.http)
+  }
 }
 
 async function handleQueryResponse(resp: Response): Promise<dm.QueryResponse> {
@@ -248,21 +252,11 @@ export class TelemetryAPI {
     return response.arrayBuffer().then((buffer) => getCodec(dm.Status).decode(new Uint8Array(buffer)))
   }
 
-  // TODO: move once metrics are updated
-  public async peers(): Promise<PeerJson[]> {
-    const response = await this.http.getFetch()(urlJoinPath(this.http.toriiBaseURL, ENDPOINT_PEERS))
-    await ResponseError.assertStatus(response, 200)
-    return response.json().then(
-      // array of strings in format `<pub key multihash>@<socket addr>`
-      (ids: string[]) => {
-        assert(Array.isArray(ids))
-        return ids.map((id) => {
-          assert(typeof id === 'string')
-          const [pubkey, address] = id.split('@')
-          return { id: dm.PublicKey.fromMultihash(pubkey), address }
-        })
-      },
-    )
+  /**
+   * @deprecated use {@linkcode MainAPI#peers}
+   */
+  public peers(): Promise<PeerJson[]> {
+    return getPeers(this.http)
   }
 
   public async metrics(): Promise<string> {
@@ -271,3 +265,19 @@ export class TelemetryAPI {
     return response.text()
   }
 }
+
+async function getPeers(http: HttpTransport) {
+  const response = await http.getFetch()(urlJoinPath(http.toriiBaseURL, ENDPOINT_PEERS))
+  await ResponseError.assertStatus(response, 200)
+  return response.json().then(
+    // array of strings in format `<pub key multihash>@<socket addr>`
+    (ids: string[]) => {
+      assert(Array.isArray(ids))
+      return ids.map((id) => {
+        assert(typeof id === 'string')
+        const [pubkey, address] = id.split('@')
+        return { id: dm.PublicKey.fromMultihash(pubkey), address }
+      })
+    },
+  )
+}
diff --git a/tests/node/tests/client-apis.spec.ts b/tests/node/tests/client-apis.spec.ts
index 1fff3914..91c64470 100644
--- a/tests/node/tests/client-apis.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/node/tests/client-apis.spec.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ describe('Telemetry API methods', () => {
   test('peers (network of 4)', async () => {
     const { peers } = await useNetwork({ peers: 4, seed: new Uint8Array(Buffer.from('deadbeef', 'hex')) })
 
-    const peersData = await peers[0].client.api.telemetry.peers()
+    const peersData = await peers[0].client.api.peers()
 
     expect(peersData.map((x) => x.id.multihash())).contain.all.members(
       peers.slice(1).map((x) => x.keypair.publicKey().multihash()),