diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 7dcec53e7..75333e21b 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ type ArcConfig struct {
 	MessageQueue    *MessageQueueConfig `mapstructure:"messageQueue"`
 	Tracing         *TracingConfig      `mapstructure:"tracing"`
 	PeerRPC         *PeerRPCConfig      `mapstructure:"peerRpc"`
-	Broadcasting    *BroadcastingConfig `mapstructure:"broadcasting"`
 	Metamorph       *MetamorphConfig    `mapstructure:"metamorph"`
 	Blocktx         *BlocktxConfig      `mapstructure:"blocktx"`
 	API             *APIConfig          `mapstructure:"api"`
@@ -41,21 +40,6 @@ func (p *PrometheusConfig) IsEnabled() bool {
 	return p.Enabled && p.Addr != "" && p.Endpoint != ""
 }
 
-type BroadcastingConfig struct {
-	Mode      string      `mapstructure:"mode"`
-	Multicast *Mulsticast `mapstructure:"multicast"`
-	Unicast   *Unicast    `mapstructure:"unicast"`
-}
-
-type Unicast struct {
-	Peers []*PeerConfig `mapstructure:"peers"`
-}
-type Mulsticast struct {
-	Ipv6Enabled     bool      `mapstructure:"ipv6Enabled"`
-	MulticastGroups []*string `mapstructure:"multicastGroups"`
-	Interfaces      []*string `mapstructure:"interfaces"`
-}
-
 type PeerConfig struct {
 	Host string          `mapstructure:"host"`
 	Port *PeerPortConfig `mapstructure:"port"`
diff --git a/config/defaults.go b/config/defaults.go
index e03ac5c14..022b57ef1 100644
--- a/config/defaults.go
+++ b/config/defaults.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ func getDefaultArcConfig() *ArcConfig {
 		MessageQueue:    getDefaultMessageQueueConfig(),
 		Tracing:         getDefaultTracingConfig(),
 		PeerRPC:         getDefaultPeerRPCConfig(),
-		Broadcasting:    getBroadcastingConfig(),
 		Metamorph:       getMetamorphConfig(),
 		Blocktx:         getBlocktxConfig(),
 		API:             getAPIConfig(),
@@ -54,40 +53,6 @@ func getDefaultPeerRPCConfig() *PeerRPCConfig {
 	}
 }
 
-func getBroadcastingConfig() *BroadcastingConfig {
-	return &BroadcastingConfig{
-		Mode: "unicast",
-		Unicast: &Unicast{
-			Peers: []*PeerConfig{
-				{
-					Host: "localhost",
-					Port: &PeerPortConfig{
-						P2P: 18333,
-						ZMQ: 28332,
-					},
-				},
-				{
-					Host: "localhost",
-					Port: &PeerPortConfig{
-						P2P: 18334,
-					},
-				},
-				{
-					Host: "localhost",
-					Port: &PeerPortConfig{
-						P2P: 18335,
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		Multicast: &Mulsticast{
-			Ipv6Enabled:     false,
-			MulticastGroups: nil,
-			Interfaces:      nil,
-		},
-	}
-}
-
 func getMetamorphConfig() *MetamorphConfig {
 	return &MetamorphConfig{
 		ListenAddr:                              "localhost:8001",
diff --git a/config/example_config.yaml b/config/example_config.yaml
index 6f96d59f3..b2ce2ec51 100644
--- a/config/example_config.yaml
+++ b/config/example_config.yaml
@@ -27,28 +27,6 @@ peerRpc: # rpc configuration for bitcoin node
   host: localhost
   port: 18332
 
-broadcasting: # settings for connection to nodes
-  mode: unicast # one of unicast | multicast
-  multicast:
-    ipv6Enabled: true # indicates whether ipv6 is enabled for multicasting
-    multicastGroups: # must be specified if mode = multicast
-    - "172.28.56.77" # address of multicast group, needs to be ipv6 address if ipv6 is enabled
-    interfaces:
-    - "eth0"
-    - "eth1"
-  unicast:
-    peers: # list of bitcoin node peers to connect to
-    - host: localhost
-      port:
-        p2p: 18333 # port for p2p connection
-        zmq: 28332 # port for zmq connection
-    - host: localhost
-      port:
-        p2p: 18334
-    - host: localhost
-      port:
-        p2p: 18335
-
 cache:
   engine: redis # cache engine - one of in-memory | redis
   redis: # redis cache configuration in case that engine: redis
diff --git a/config/load_test.go b/config/load_test.go
index 2da6cfd27..50f9a9cc8 100644
--- a/config/load_test.go
+++ b/config/load_test.go
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@ func Test_Load(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "INFO", actualConfig.LogLevel)
 		assert.Equal(t, "text", actualConfig.LogFormat)
 		assert.Equal(t, "mainnet", actualConfig.Network)
-		assert.Equal(t, 18335, actualConfig.Broadcasting.Unicast.Peers[2].Port.P2P)
-		assert.Equal(t, "172.28.56.77", *actualConfig.Broadcasting.Multicast.MulticastGroups[0])
-		assert.Equal(t, true, actualConfig.Broadcasting.Multicast.Ipv6Enabled)
-		assert.Equal(t, "unicast", actualConfig.Broadcasting.Mode)
-		assert.Equal(t, "eth1", *actualConfig.Broadcasting.Multicast.Interfaces[1])
-		assert.Equal(t, 18335, actualConfig.Broadcasting.Unicast.Peers[2].Port.P2P)
 		assert.NotNil(t, actualConfig.Tracing)
 		assert.Equal(t, "http://tracing:1234", actualConfig.Tracing.DialAddr)
 	})
diff --git a/config/test_files/config.yaml b/config/test_files/config.yaml
index 2c05415c3..a9cd16ede 100644
--- a/config/test_files/config.yaml
+++ b/config/test_files/config.yaml
@@ -5,24 +5,3 @@ network: mainnet
 tracing:
   dialAddr: http://tracing:1234
   sample: 10 # sampling in percentage
-broadcasting: # settings for connection to nodes
-  mode: unicast # one of unicast | multicast
-  multicast:
-    ipv6Enabled: true # indicates whether ipv6 is enabled for multicasting
-    multicastGroups: # must be specified if mode = multicast
-    - "172.28.56.77" # address of multicast group, needs to be ipv6 address if ipv6 is enabled
-    interfaces:
-    - "eth0"
-    - "eth1"
-  unicast:
-    peers: # list of bitcoin node peers to connect to
-    - host: localhost
-      port:
-        p2p: 18333 # port for p2p connection
-        zmq: 28332 # port for zmq connection
-    - host: localhost
-      port:
-        p2p: 18334
-    - host: localhost
-      port:
-        p2p: 18335
diff --git a/test/config/config.yaml b/test/config/config.yaml
index ba7181c06..dbf4b0ae3 100644
--- a/test/config/config.yaml
+++ b/test/config/config.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ prometheus:
   endpoint: /metrics
   addr: :2112
 grpcMessageSize: 100000000
-network: regtest
 messageQueue:
   streaming:
     enabled: true
@@ -24,23 +23,6 @@ peerRpc:
   host: node1
   port: 18332
 
-broadcasting:
-  mode: unicast
-  unicast:
-    peers:
-    - host: node1
-      port:
-        p2p: 18333
-        zmq: 28332
-    - host: node2
-      port:
-        p2p: 18333
-        zmq: 28332
-    - host: node3
-      port:
-        p2p: 18333
-        zmq: 28332
-
 cache:
   engine: redis
   redis: