diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 92dd1ced9ae..86b5abd8825 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3047,7 +3047,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "dotenv",
  "futures",
  "gateway-client",
- "gateway-requests",
  "getset",
  "hex",
  "humantime-serde",
diff --git a/gateway/gateway-requests/src/registration/handshake/mod.rs b/gateway/gateway-requests/src/registration/handshake/mod.rs
index abcebf946e2..64d56f21294 100644
--- a/gateway/gateway-requests/src/registration/handshake/mod.rs
+++ b/gateway/gateway-requests/src/registration/handshake/mod.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 use self::client::ClientHandshake;
 use self::error::HandshakeError;
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 use self::gateway::GatewayHandshake;
 pub use self::shared_key::{SharedKeySize, SharedKeys};
 use crypto::asymmetric::identity;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ pub(crate) type WsItem = Result<WsMessage, WsError>;
 
 mod client;
 pub mod error;
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 mod gateway;
 pub mod shared_key;
 mod state;
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ where
     ClientHandshake::new(rng, ws_stream, identity, gateway_pubkey, coconut_credential).await
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 pub async fn gateway_handshake<'a, S>(
     rng: &mut (impl RngCore + CryptoRng),
     ws_stream: &'a mut S,
diff --git a/gateway/gateway-requests/src/registration/handshake/state.rs b/gateway/gateway-requests/src/registration/handshake/state.rs
index b3a347006f0..805c1b4eb2c 100644
--- a/gateway/gateway-requests/src/registration/handshake/state.rs
+++ b/gateway/gateway-requests/src/registration/handshake/state.rs
@@ -40,14 +40,17 @@ impl InitMessage {
         }
     }
 
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
     pub fn local_id_pubkey(&self) -> identity::PublicKey {
         identity::PublicKey::from_bytes(&self.local_id_pubkey).unwrap()
     }
 
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
     pub fn ephemeral_key(&self) -> encryption::PublicKey {
         encryption::PublicKey::from_bytes(&self.ephemeral_key).unwrap()
     }
 
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
     pub fn credential(&self) -> Credential {
         self.credential.clone().unwrap()
     }
@@ -107,6 +110,7 @@ impl<'a, S> State<'a, S> {
         }
     }
 
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
     pub(crate) fn local_ephemeral_key(&self) -> &encryption::PublicKey {
         self.ephemeral_keypair.public_key()
     }
@@ -124,6 +128,7 @@ impl<'a, S> State<'a, S> {
     }
 
     // this will need to be adjusted when REMOTE_ID_PUBKEY is removed
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
     pub(crate) fn parse_init_message(init_message: Vec<u8>) -> Result<InitMessage, HandshakeError> {
         match InitMessage::try_from(init_message.as_slice()) {
             Ok(init_message) => Ok(init_message),
@@ -225,6 +230,7 @@ impl<'a, S> State<'a, S> {
             .map_err(|_| HandshakeError::InvalidSignature)
     }
 
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
     pub(crate) fn update_remote_identity(&mut self, remote_pubkey: identity::PublicKey) {
         self.remote_pubkey = Some(remote_pubkey)
     }
diff --git a/validator-api/Cargo.toml b/validator-api/Cargo.toml
index 83315061275..a19d46d2e16 100644
--- a/validator-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/validator-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ coconut-rs = { git = "https://github.com/nymtech/coconut.git", branch = "0.4.0"
 config = { path = "../common/config" }
 crypto = { path = "../common/crypto" }
 gateway-client = { path = "../common/client-libs/gateway-client" }
-gateway-requests = { path = "../gateway/gateway-requests" }
 mixnet-contract = { path = "../common/mixnet-contract" }
 nymsphinx = { path = "../common/nymsphinx" }
 topology = { path = "../common/topology" }