diff --git a/zenoh-jni/Cargo.toml b/zenoh-jni/Cargo.toml
index 42859c1db..71f74457a 100644
--- a/zenoh-jni/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zenoh-jni/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ json5 = "0.4.1"
 serde_yaml = "0.9.19"
 zenoh = { version = "1.0.0-dev", git = "https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh.git", branch = "main", default-features = false }
 zenoh-ext = { version = "1.0.0-dev", git = "https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh.git", branch = "main", default-features = false }
-zenoh-protocol = { version = "1.0.0-dev", git = "https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh.git", branch = "main", default-features = false }
 tracing = "0.1"
 [lib]
 name = "zenoh_jni"
diff --git a/zenoh-jni/src/scouting.rs b/zenoh-jni/src/scouting.rs
index 2557dd290..bf8e0874f 100644
--- a/zenoh-jni/src/scouting.rs
+++ b/zenoh-jni/src/scouting.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ use jni::{
 };
 use zenoh::{config::WhatAmIMatcher, prelude::Wait};
 use zenoh::{scouting::Scout, Config};
-use zenoh_protocol::core::ZenohIdProto;
 
 use crate::{errors::Result, throw_exception};
 use crate::{
@@ -66,9 +65,8 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn Java_io_zenoh_jni_JNIScout_00024Companion_scoutViaJNI(
                 let _ = || -> jni::errors::Result<()> {
                     let mut env = java_vm.attach_current_thread_as_daemon()?;
                     let whatami = hello.whatami() as jint;
-                    let zenoh_id_proto: ZenohIdProto = hello.zid().into();
                     let zenoh_id = env
-                        .byte_array_from_slice(&zenoh_id_proto.to_le_bytes())
+                        .byte_array_from_slice(&hello.zid().to_le_bytes())
                         .map(|it| env.auto_local(it))?;
                     let locators = env
                         .new_object("java/util/ArrayList", "()V", &[])
diff --git a/zenoh-jni/src/session.rs b/zenoh-jni/src/session.rs
index 0c235e397..9eaea3d79 100644
--- a/zenoh-jni/src/session.rs
+++ b/zenoh-jni/src/session.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ use zenoh::pubsub::{Publisher, Subscriber};
 use zenoh::query::{Query, Queryable, ReplyError, Selector};
 use zenoh::sample::Sample;
 use zenoh::session::{Session, SessionDeclarations};
-use zenoh_protocol::core::ZenohIdProto;
 
 /// Open a Zenoh session via JNI.
 ///
@@ -918,8 +917,7 @@ fn on_reply_success(
         .map_or_else(
             || Ok(JByteArray::default()),
             |replier_id| {
-                let zenoh_id_proto: ZenohIdProto = replier_id.into();
-                env.byte_array_from_slice(&zenoh_id_proto.to_le_bytes())
+                env.byte_array_from_slice(&replier_id.to_le_bytes())
                     .map_err(|err| jni_error!(err))
             },
         )
@@ -1005,8 +1003,7 @@ fn on_reply_error(
         .map_or_else(
             || Ok(JByteArray::default()),
             |replier_id| {
-                let zenoh_id_proto: ZenohIdProto = replier_id.into();
-                env.byte_array_from_slice(&zenoh_id_proto.to_le_bytes())
+                env.byte_array_from_slice(&replier_id.to_le_bytes())
                     .map_err(|err| jni_error!(err))
             },
         )
diff --git a/zenoh-jni/src/zenoh_id.rs b/zenoh-jni/src/zenoh_id.rs
index 22641f993..9b54a1463 100644
--- a/zenoh-jni/src/zenoh_id.rs
+++ b/zenoh-jni/src/zenoh_id.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ use jni::{
     JNIEnv,
 };
 use zenoh::config::ZenohId;
-use zenoh_protocol::core::ZenohIdProto;
 
 /// Returns the string representation of a ZenohID.
 #[no_mangle]
@@ -31,9 +30,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn Java_io_zenoh_jni_JNIZenohID_toStringViaJNI(
 ) -> jstring {
     || -> Result<JString> {
         let bytes = decode_byte_array(&env, zenoh_id)?;
-        let zenohIdProto =
-            ZenohIdProto::try_from(bytes.as_slice()).map_err(|err| session_error!(err))?;
-        let zenohid = ZenohId::from(zenohIdProto);
+        let zenohid = ZenohId::try_from(bytes.as_slice()).map_err(|err| session_error!(err))?;
         env.new_string(zenohid.to_string())
             .map_err(|err| jni_error!(err))
     }()