diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index 315494dee..2bc38b8cc 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -21,13 +21,12 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/txpool/bundlepool"
 	"math/big"
 	"runtime"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/txpool/bundlepool"
-
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
@@ -312,7 +311,6 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 	// Permit the downloader to use the trie cache allowance during fast sync
 	cacheLimit := cacheConfig.TrieCleanLimit + cacheConfig.TrieDirtyLimit + cacheConfig.SnapshotLimit
 	if eth.handler, err = newHandler(&handlerConfig{
-		StaticNodes:    stack.Config().P2P.StaticNodes,
 		Database:       chainDb,
 		Chain:          eth.blockchain,
 		TxPool:         eth.txPool,
diff --git a/eth/handler.go b/eth/handler.go
index 31d851e03..db8f0ed5c 100644
--- a/eth/handler.go
+++ b/eth/handler.go
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/enode"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/triedb/pathdb"
 )
 
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ type txPool interface {
 // handlerConfig is the collection of initialization parameters to create a full
 // node network handler.
 type handlerConfig struct {
-	StaticNodes    []*enode.Node
 	Database       ethdb.Database         // Database for direct sync insertions
 	Chain          *core.BlockChain       // Blockchain to serve data from
 	TxPool         txPool                 // Transaction pool to propagate from
@@ -139,8 +137,6 @@ type handler struct {
 
 	handlerStartCh chan struct{}
 	handlerDoneCh  chan struct{}
-
-	staticNodes map[string]struct{}
 }
 
 // newHandler returns a handler for all Ethereum chain management protocol.
@@ -163,12 +159,7 @@ func newHandler(config *handlerConfig) (*handler, error) {
 		quitSync:       make(chan struct{}),
 		handlerDoneCh:  make(chan struct{}),
 		handlerStartCh: make(chan struct{}),
-		staticNodes:    make(map[string]struct{}),
-	}
-	for _, node := range config.StaticNodes {
-		h.staticNodes[node.ID().String()] = struct{}{}
 	}
-
 	if config.Sync == downloader.FullSync {
 		// The database seems empty as the current block is the genesis. Yet the snap
 		// block is ahead, so snap sync was enabled for this node at a certain point.
@@ -651,7 +642,6 @@ func (h *handler) BroadcastTransactions(txs types.Transactions) {
 		peers := h.peers.peersWithoutTransaction(tx.Hash())
 
 		var numDirect int
-		var direct, announce []*ethPeer = nil, peers
 		switch {
 		case tx.Type() == types.BlobTxType:
 			blobTxs++
@@ -659,34 +649,14 @@ func (h *handler) BroadcastTransactions(txs types.Transactions) {
 			largeTxs++
 		default:
 			numDirect = int(math.Sqrt(float64(len(peers))))
-			// Split the peers into direct-peers and announce-peers
-			// we send the tx directly to direct-peers; all static nodes are direct-peers
-			// we announce the tx to announce-peers
-			direct = make([]*ethPeer, 0, numDirect)
-			announce = make([]*ethPeer, 0, len(peers)-numDirect)
-			for _, peer := range peers {
-				if _, ok := h.staticNodes[peer.ID()]; ok {
-					direct = append(direct, peer)
-				} else {
-					announce = append(announce, peer)
-				}
-			}
-
-			// if directly-peers are not enough, move some announce-peers into directly pool
-			for len(direct) < numDirect && len(announce) > 0 {
-				// shift one peer to trusted
-				direct = append(direct, announce[0])
-				announce = announce[1:]
-			}
 		}
-
 		// Send the tx unconditionally to a subset of our peers
-		for _, peer := range direct {
+		for _, peer := range peers[:numDirect] {
 			txset[peer] = append(txset[peer], tx.Hash())
 			log.Trace("Broadcast transaction", "peer", peer.ID(), "hash", tx.Hash())
 		}
 		// For the remaining peers, send announcement only
-		for _, peer := range announce {
+		for _, peer := range peers[numDirect:] {
 			annos[peer] = append(annos[peer], tx.Hash())
 			log.Trace("Announce transaction", "peer", peer.ID(), "hash", tx.Hash())
 		}