diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ac5fecc538..b8d344ebcc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.13.4
 	github.com/go-redis/redis/v8 v8.11.5
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
 	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint v1.22.2
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ require (
 
 require (
 	github.com/c2h5oh/datasize v0.0.0-20220606134207-859f65c6625b
-	github.com/grafana/pyroscope-go v1.0.4
 	github.com/holiman/bloomfilter/v2 v2.0.3
+	github.com/holiman/uint256 v1.2.3
 	github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib v0.0.0-20230607152933-42c9c28cac68
 	github.com/ledgerwatch/log/v3 v3.8.0
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5
@@ -148,14 +148,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20230405160723-4a4c7d95572b // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gostaticanalysis/analysisutil v0.0.0-20190318220348-4088753ea4d3 // indirect
-	github.com/grafana/pyroscope-go/godeltaprof v0.1.4 // indirect
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/holiman/big v0.0.0-20221017200358-a027dc42d04e // indirect
-	github.com/holiman/uint256 v1.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/huin/goupnp v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.4.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4f620c9014..115ec6ebab 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -632,10 +632,6 @@ github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0 h1:PPwGk2jz7EePpoHN/+ClbZu8SPxiqlu12wZP/3sWm
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
 github.com/gostaticanalysis/analysisutil v0.0.0-20190318220348-4088753ea4d3 h1:JVnpOZS+qxli+rgVl98ILOXVNbW+kb5wcxeGx8ShUIw=
 github.com/gostaticanalysis/analysisutil v0.0.0-20190318220348-4088753ea4d3/go.mod h1:eEOZF4jCKGi+aprrirO9e7WKB3beBRtWgqGunKl6pKE=
-github.com/grafana/pyroscope-go v1.0.4 h1:oyQX0BOkL+iARXzHuCdIF5TQ7/sRSel1YFViMHC7Bm0=
-github.com/grafana/pyroscope-go v1.0.4/go.mod h1:0d7ftwSMBV/Awm7CCiYmHQEG8Y44Ma3YSjt+nWcWztY=
-github.com/grafana/pyroscope-go/godeltaprof v0.1.4 h1:mDsJ3ngul7UfrHibGQpV66PbZ3q1T8glz/tK3bQKKEk=
-github.com/grafana/pyroscope-go/godeltaprof v0.1.4/go.mod h1:1HSPtjU8vLG0jE9JrTdzjgFqdJ/VgN7fvxBNq3luJko=
 github.com/graph-gophers/graphql-go v1.3.0/go.mod h1:9CQHMSxwO4MprSdzoIEobiHpoLtHm77vfxsvsIN5Vuc=
 github.com/gregjones/httpcache v0.0.0-20180305231024-9cad4c3443a7/go.mod h1:FecbI9+v66THATjSRHfNgh1IVFe/9kFxbXtjV0ctIMA=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware v1.0.0/go.mod h1:FiyG127CGDf3tlThmgyCl78X/SZQqEOJBCDaAfeWzPs=
diff --git a/hmy/downloader/downloader.go b/hmy/downloader/downloader.go
index 01ec242abb..96e389b573 100644
--- a/hmy/downloader/downloader.go
+++ b/hmy/downloader/downloader.go
@@ -185,8 +185,6 @@ func (d *Downloader) waitForBootFinish() {
 }
 
 func (d *Downloader) loop() {
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(10 * time.Second)
-	defer ticker.Stop()
 	initSync := true
 	trigger := func() {
 		select {
@@ -198,9 +196,6 @@ func (d *Downloader) loop() {
 
 	for {
 		select {
-		case <-ticker.C:
-			go trigger()
-
 		case <-d.downloadC:
 			addedBN, err := d.doDownload(initSync)
 			if err != nil {