diff --git a/lib/bcoin/pool.js b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
index 386e245f..847cc45b 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/pool.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
@@ -1581,35 +1581,10 @@ Pool.prototype.usableSeed = function usableSeed(priority, connecting) {
     }
   }
 
-  // Try the rest of the peers second.
-  for (i = 0; i < seeds.length; i++) {
-    addr = seeds[i];
-    assert(addr.host);
-    if (this.getPeer(addr))
-      continue;
-    if (this.isMisbehaving(addr.host))
-      continue;
-    return addr;
-  }
-
-  // If we are a priority socket, try to find a
-  // peer this time with looser requirements.
-  if (priority) {
-    for (i = 0; i < seeds.length; i++) {
-      addr = seeds[i];
-      assert(addr.host);
-      if (this.peers.load && this.getPeer(addr) === this.peers.load)
-        continue;
-      if (this.isMisbehaving(addr.host))
-        continue;
-      return addr;
-    }
-  }
-
   // If we have no block peers, always return
   // an address.
   if (!priority) {
-    if (all.length === 1)
+    if (connecting)
       return all[Math.random() * (all.length - 1) | 0];
   }