diff --git a/ot-node.js b/ot-node.js
index cb8283521a..309fc60261 100644
--- a/ot-node.js
+++ b/ot-node.js
@@ -74,14 +74,6 @@ class OTNode {
             // set default user configuration filename
             this.config.configFilename = '.origintrail_noderc';
         }
-        const fileService = new FileService({ config: this.config });
-        const updateFilePath = fileService.getUpdateFilePath();
-        if (fs.existsSync(updateFilePath)) {
-            this.config.otNodeUpdated = true;
-            fileService.removeFile(updateFilePath).catch((error) => {
-                this.logger.warn(`Unable to remove update file. Error: ${error}`);
-            });
-        }
     }
 
     async initializeDependencyContainer() {
diff --git a/src/modules/network/implementation/libp2p-service.js b/src/modules/network/implementation/libp2p-service.js
index ac3a483428..8ef0119b5e 100644
--- a/src/modules/network/implementation/libp2p-service.js
+++ b/src/modules/network/implementation/libp2p-service.js
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ class Libp2pService {
         this.config = config;
         this.logger = logger;
 
-        initializationObject.dht = new KadDHT({ kBucketSize: this.config.kBucketSize });
+        initializationObject.dht = new KadDHT({
+            kBucketSize: this.config.kBucketSize,
+            clientMode: false,
+        });
         initializationObject.peerRouting = this.config.peerRouting;
         initializationObject.connectionManager = this.config.connectionManager;