diff --git a/iroh-net/src/discovery/dns.rs b/iroh-net/src/discovery/dns.rs
index 939972b220..ada51944d5 100644
--- a/iroh-net/src/discovery/dns.rs
+++ b/iroh-net/src/discovery/dns.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use anyhow::Result;
 use futures::{future::FutureExt, stream::BoxStream, StreamExt};
-use hickory_resolver::TokioAsyncResolver;
 
 use crate::dns;
 
@@ -29,25 +28,12 @@ pub const N0_TESTDNS_NODE_ORIGIN: &str = "testdns.iroh.link";
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct DnsDiscovery {
     node_origin: String,
-    resolver: Option<TokioAsyncResolver>,
 }
 
 impl DnsDiscovery {
     /// Create a new DNS discovery with `node_origin` appended to all lookups.
     pub fn new(node_origin: String) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            node_origin,
-            resolver: None,
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Create a new DNS discovery with `node_origin` appended to all lookups, and a custom DNS
-    /// resolver instance
-    pub fn with_resolver(resolver: TokioAsyncResolver, node_origin: String) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            node_origin,
-            resolver: Some(resolver),
-        }
+        Self { node_origin }
     }
 
     /// Create a new DNS discovery which uses the n0 testdns origin.
@@ -59,16 +45,13 @@ impl DnsDiscovery {
 impl Discovery for DnsDiscovery {
     fn resolve(
         &self,
-        _ep: MagicEndpoint,
+        ep: MagicEndpoint,
         node_id: NodeId,
     ) -> Option<BoxStream<'_, Result<DiscoveryItem>>> {
+        let resolver = ep.dns_resolver().clone();
         let fut = async move {
-            let resolver = match &self.resolver {
-                Some(resolver) => resolver,
-                None => dns::resolver(),
-            };
             let node_addr =
-                dns::node_info::lookup_by_id(resolver, &node_id, &self.node_origin).await?;
+                dns::node_info::lookup_by_id(&resolver, &node_id, &self.node_origin).await?;
             Ok(DiscoveryItem {
                 provenance: "iroh-dns",
                 last_updated: None,
diff --git a/iroh-net/src/magic_endpoint.rs b/iroh-net/src/magic_endpoint.rs
index 6301fd695d..4a2c6f3d29 100644
--- a/iroh-net/src/magic_endpoint.rs
+++ b/iroh-net/src/magic_endpoint.rs
@@ -505,6 +505,11 @@ impl MagicEndpoint {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Get a reference to the DNS resolver used in this [`MagicEndpoint`].
+    pub fn dns_resolver(&self) -> &DnsResolver {
+        &self.msock.dns_resolver()
+    }
+
     /// Close the QUIC endpoint and the magic socket.
     ///
     /// This will close all open QUIC connections with the provided error_code and reason. See
diff --git a/iroh-net/src/magicsock.rs b/iroh-net/src/magicsock.rs
index b6302b44db..40f2897b77 100644
--- a/iroh-net/src/magicsock.rs
+++ b/iroh-net/src/magicsock.rs
@@ -1362,6 +1362,11 @@ impl MagicSock {
         self.inner.node_map.add_node_addr(addr);
     }
 
+    /// Get a reference to the DNS resolver used in this [`MagicSock`].
+    pub fn dns_resolver(&self) -> &DnsResolver {
+        &self.inner.dns_resolver
+    }
+
     /// Closes the connection.
     ///
     /// Only the first close does anything. Any later closes return nil.