diff --git a/dual/dual.go b/dual/dual.go
index d75555b30..efaa461da 100644
--- a/dual/dual.go
+++ b/dual/dual.go
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, h host.Host, options ...Option) (*DHT, error) {
 			dht.QueryFilter(dht.PublicQueryFilter),
 			dht.RoutingTableFilter(dht.PublicRoutingTableFilter),
 			dht.RoutingTablePeerDiversityFilter(dht.NewRTPeerDiversityFilter(h, maxPrefixCountPerCpl, maxPrefixCount)),
-			// filter out all private addresses
-			dht.AddressFilter(func(addrs []ma.Multiaddr) []ma.Multiaddr { return ma.FilterAddrs(addrs, manet.IsPublicAddr) }),
 		),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 530de1014..47e10e984 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peer"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/protocol"
 	ma "github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr"
+	manet "github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr/net"
 )
 
 // DefaultPrefix is the application specific prefix attached to all DHT protocols by default.
@@ -128,6 +129,9 @@ var Defaults = func(o *Config) error {
 	// MAGIC: It makes sense to set it to a multiple of OptProvReturnRatio * BucketSize. We chose a multiple of 4.
 	o.OptimisticProvideJobsPoolSize = 60
 
+	// filter out all private addresses by default
+	o.AddressFilter = func(addrs []ma.Multiaddr) []ma.Multiaddr { return ma.FilterAddrs(addrs, manet.IsPublicAddr) }
+
 	return nil
 }