diff --git a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Configuration/TopologyP2P.hs b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Configuration/TopologyP2P.hs
index 2e7517bf31e..8d75351255b 100644
--- a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Configuration/TopologyP2P.hs
+++ b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Configuration/TopologyP2P.hs
@@ -250,7 +250,12 @@ readTopologyFile nc tr = do
       ]
     genesisIncompatible
       = Text.pack $  "Cardano.Node.Configuration.Topology.readTopologyFile: "
-                  <> "Bootstrap peers are not used in Genesis consensus mode."
+                  <> "Bootstrap peers (field 'bootstrapPeers') are not compatible "
+                  <> "with Genesis syncing mode, reverting to 'DontUseBootstrapPeers'. "
+                  <> "Big ledger peers will be leveraged for decentralized syncing - it "
+                  <> "is recommened to provide an up-to-date big ledger peer snapshot file "
+                  <> "(field 'peerSnapshotFile' in topology configuration) to facilitate "
+                  <> "this process."
     handlerBootstrap :: Text
     handlerBootstrap = mconcat
       [ "You seem to have not configured any trustable peers. "
diff --git a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Run.hs b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Run.hs
index e627b75934d..e1e5bdb3633 100644
--- a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Run.hs
+++ b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Run.hs
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ mkP2PArguments NodeConfiguration {
       , P2P.daMinBigLedgerPeersForTrustedState = ncMinBigLedgerPeersForTrustedState
       }
   where
-    deadlineTargets = Configuration.defaultDeadlineTargets {
+    deadlineTargets = PeerSelectionTargets {
         targetNumberOfRootPeers        = ncDeadlineTargetOfRootPeers,
         targetNumberOfKnownPeers       = ncDeadlineTargetOfKnownPeers,
         targetNumberOfEstablishedPeers = ncDeadlineTargetOfEstablishedPeers,
@@ -939,7 +939,10 @@ mkP2PArguments NodeConfiguration {
         targetNumberOfEstablishedBigLedgerPeers = ncDeadlineTargetOfEstablishedBigLedgerPeers,
         targetNumberOfActiveBigLedgerPeers      = ncDeadlineTargetOfActiveBigLedgerPeers
     }
-    syncTargets = Configuration.defaultSyncTargets {
+    syncTargets = PeerSelectionTargets {
+      targetNumberOfRootPeers        = 0,
+      targetNumberOfKnownPeers       = 0,
+      targetNumberOfEstablishedPeers = 0,
       targetNumberOfActivePeers               = ncSyncTargetOfActivePeers,
       targetNumberOfKnownBigLedgerPeers       = ncSyncTargetOfKnownBigLedgerPeers,
       targetNumberOfEstablishedBigLedgerPeers = ncSyncTargetOfEstablishedBigLedgerPeers,
diff --git a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Tracing/OrphanInstances/Network.hs b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Tracing/OrphanInstances/Network.hs
index c36aa985814..a69a89f7494 100644
--- a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Tracing/OrphanInstances/Network.hs
+++ b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Tracing/OrphanInstances/Network.hs
@@ -465,7 +465,6 @@ instance HasSeverityAnnotation (TracePeerSelection addr) where
       TraceGovernorWakeup        {} -> Info
       TraceChurnWait             {} -> Info
       TraceChurnMode             {} -> Info
-      -- TraceVerifyPeerSnapshot    {} -> Info
 
       TraceForgetBigLedgerPeers  {} -> Info
 
diff --git a/configuration/cardano/mainnet-p2p-toplogy.json b/configuration/cardano/mainnet-p2p-toplogy.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c2d22807aa..00000000000
--- a/configuration/cardano/mainnet-p2p-toplogy.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "LocalRoots": {
-    "groups": []
-  },
-  "PublicRoots": [
-    {
-      "publicRoots": {
-        "accessPoints": [
-          {
-            "address": "relays-new.cardano-mainnet.iohk.io",
-            "port": 3001
-          }
-        ],
-        "advertise": false
-      }
-    }
-  ]
-}