diff --git a/block/manager_test.go b/block/manager_test.go
index 457b1de05..a3ec388b1 100644
--- a/block/manager_test.go
+++ b/block/manager_test.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func TestInitialState(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(err)
 	assert.NotNil(p2pClient)
 
-	err = p2pClient.Start(context.Background())
+	err = p2pClient.Start(context.Background(), false)
 	defer func() {
 		_ = p2pClient.Close()
 	}()
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index 906214592..688e80308 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ func (n *Node) initGenesisChunks() error {
 // OnStart is a part of Service interface.
 func (n *Node) OnStart() error {
 	n.Logger.Info("starting P2P client")
-	err := n.P2P.Start(n.ctx)
+	err := n.P2P.Start(n.ctx, n.BlockManager.IsSequencer())
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("start P2P client: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/p2p/client.go b/p2p/client.go
index 18b53ec6c..3f97700a6 100644
--- a/p2p/client.go
+++ b/p2p/client.go
@@ -99,17 +99,17 @@ func NewClient(conf config.P2PConfig, privKey crypto.PrivKey, chainID string, lo
 // 2. Setup gossibsub.
 // 3. Setup DHT, establish connection to seed nodes and initialize peer discovery.
 // 4. Use active peer discovery to look for peers from same ORU network.
-func (c *Client) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (c *Client) Start(ctx context.Context, isSequencer bool) error {
 	// create new, cancelable context
 	ctx, c.cancel = context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	host, err := c.listen()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return c.StartWithHost(ctx, host)
+	return c.StartWithHost(ctx, host, isSequencer)
 }
 
-func (c *Client) StartWithHost(ctx context.Context, h host.Host) error {
+func (c *Client) StartWithHost(ctx context.Context, h host.Host, isSequencer bool) error {
 	c.Host = h
 	for _, a := range c.Host.Addrs() {
 		c.logger.Info("Listening on:", "address", fmt.Sprintf("%s/p2p/%s", a, c.Host.ID()))
@@ -127,12 +127,13 @@ func (c *Client) StartWithHost(ctx context.Context, h host.Host) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	c.logger.Debug("Setting up active peer discovery.")
-	err = c.peerDiscovery(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	if !isSequencer {
+		c.logger.Debug("Setting up active peer discovery.")
+		err = c.peerDiscovery(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -264,11 +265,9 @@ func (c *Client) peerDiscovery(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if c.conf.AdvertisingEnabled {
-		err = c.advertise(ctx)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+	err = c.advertise(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	err = c.findPeers(ctx)
diff --git a/p2p/client_test.go b/p2p/client_test.go
index c519996c5..9e570c463 100644
--- a/p2p/client_test.go
+++ b/p2p/client_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func TestClientStartup(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(err)
 	assert.NotNil(client)
 
-	err = client.Start(context.Background())
+	err = client.Start(context.Background(), false)
 	defer func() {
 		_ = client.Close()
 	}()
diff --git a/testutil/block.go b/testutil/block.go
index 9f326dd7d..a86fa7cb0 100644
--- a/testutil/block.go
+++ b/testutil/block.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func GetManagerWithProposerKey(conf config.BlockManagerConfig, proposerKey crypt
 	p2pClient.SetTxValidator(p2pValidator.TxValidator(mp, mpIDs))
 	p2pClient.SetBlockValidator(p2pValidator.BlockValidator())
 
-	if err = p2pClient.Start(context.Background()); err != nil {
+	if err = p2pClient.Start(context.Background(), false); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/testutil/p2p.go b/testutil/p2p.go
index 713a7aada..2997aad28 100644
--- a/testutil/p2p.go
+++ b/testutil/p2p.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func StartTestNetwork(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, n int, conf map[int]Hos
 	}
 
 	for i, c := range clients {
-		err := c.StartWithHost(ctx, mnet.Hosts()[i])
+		err := c.StartWithHost(ctx, mnet.Hosts()[i], false)
 		require.NoError(err)
 	}