diff --git a/substrate/client/network/src/transport.rs b/substrate/client/network/src/transport.rs
index 626f84b6b5..a18aa3d56f 100644
--- a/substrate/client/network/src/transport.rs
+++ b/substrate/client/network/src/transport.rs
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ pub fn build_transport(
 
 		// Legacy noise configurations for backward compatibility.
 		let mut noise_legacy = noise::LegacyConfig::default();
-		noise_legacy.send_legacy_handshake = true;
 		noise_legacy.recv_legacy_handshake = true;
 
 		let mut xx_config = noise::NoiseConfig::xx(noise_keypair_spec);