diff --git a/client/iface/wgaddr/address.go b/client/iface/wgaddr/address.go
index eae26ec85..a90484760 100644
--- a/client/iface/wgaddr/address.go
+++ b/client/iface/wgaddr/address.go
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 package wgaddr
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"net/netip"
-
-	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/netiputil"
 )
 
 // Address WireGuard parsed address
@@ -59,26 +56,6 @@ func (addr Address) IPv6Prefix() netip.Prefix {
 	return netip.PrefixFrom(addr.IPv6, addr.IPv6Net.Bits())
 }
 
-// SetIPv6FromCompact decodes a compact prefix (5 or 17 bytes) and sets the IPv6 fields.
-// Returns an error if the bytes are invalid. A nil or empty input is a no-op.
-//
-//nolint:recvcheck
-func (addr *Address) SetIPv6FromCompact(raw []byte) error {
-	if len(raw) == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
-	prefix, err := netiputil.DecodePrefix(raw)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("decode v6 overlay address: %w", err)
-	}
-	if !prefix.Addr().Is6() {
-		return fmt.Errorf("expected IPv6 address, got %s", prefix.Addr())
-	}
-	addr.IPv6 = prefix.Addr()
-	addr.IPv6Net = prefix.Masked()
-	return nil
-}
-
 // ClearIPv6 removes the IPv6 overlay address, leaving only v4.
 //
 //nolint:recvcheck // ClearIPv6 is the only mutating method on this otherwise value-type struct.
diff --git a/client/internal/connect.go b/client/internal/connect.go
index 4b1448e21..f0836aa0a 100644
--- a/client/internal/connect.go
+++ b/client/internal/connect.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/client/system"
 	mgm "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/client"
 	mgmProto "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/proto"
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/netiputil"
 	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/relay/auth/hmac"
 	relayClient "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/relay/client"
 	signal "github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/signal/client"
@@ -529,8 +530,16 @@ func createEngineConfig(key wgtypes.Key, config *profilemanager.Config, peerConf
 	}
 
 	if !config.DisableIPv6 {
-		if err := wgAddr.SetIPv6FromCompact(peerConfig.GetAddressV6()); err != nil {
-			log.Warn(err)
+		if raw := peerConfig.GetAddressV6(); len(raw) > 0 {
+			prefix, err := netiputil.DecodePrefix(raw)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Warnf("decode v6 overlay address: %v", err)
+			} else if !prefix.Addr().Is6() {
+				log.Warnf("expected IPv6 overlay address, got %s", prefix.Addr())
+			} else {
+				wgAddr.IPv6 = prefix.Addr()
+				wgAddr.IPv6Net = prefix.Masked()
+			}
 		}
 	}