diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index 28b95b677..e035d78e6 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"reflect"
+	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -71,7 +72,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ledgerwatch/log/v3"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
-	"modernc.org/sortutil"
 )
 
 // Config contains the configuration options of the ETH protocol.
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ func (s *Ethereum) NodesInfo(limit int) (*remote.NodesInfoReply, error) {
 	}
 
 	nodesInfo := &remote.NodesInfoReply{NodesInfo: nodes}
-	nodesInfo.NodesInfo = nodesInfo.NodesInfo[:sortutil.Dedupe(nodesInfo)]
+	sort.Sort(nodesInfo)
 
 	return nodesInfo, nil
 }
diff --git a/eth/backend_test.go b/eth/backend_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1506d0432..000000000
--- a/eth/backend_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-package eth
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/direct"
-	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/gointerfaces/sentry"
-	"github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/gointerfaces/types"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc"
-	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/emptypb"
-)
-
-func TestNodesInfo_Deduplication(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name  string
-		limit int
-		nodes []*types.NodeInfoReply
-		want  []*types.NodeInfoReply
-	}{
-		{
-			name:  "one node",
-			nodes: []*types.NodeInfoReply{{Name: "name", Enode: "enode"}},
-			want:  []*types.NodeInfoReply{{Name: "name", Enode: "enode"}},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "two different nodes",
-			nodes: []*types.NodeInfoReply{
-				{Name: "name1", Enode: "enode1"},
-				{Name: "name", Enode: "enode"},
-			},
-			want: []*types.NodeInfoReply{
-				{Name: "name", Enode: "enode"},
-				{Name: "name1", Enode: "enode1"},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "two same nodes",
-			nodes: []*types.NodeInfoReply{
-				{Name: "name", Enode: "enode"},
-				{Name: "name", Enode: "enode"},
-			},
-			want: []*types.NodeInfoReply{
-				{Name: "name", Enode: "enode"},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "three nodes",
-			nodes: []*types.NodeInfoReply{
-				{Name: "name2", Enode: "enode2"},
-				{Name: "name", Enode: "enode"},
-				{Name: "name1", Enode: "enode1"},
-			},
-			want: []*types.NodeInfoReply{
-				{Name: "name", Enode: "enode"},
-				{Name: "name1", Enode: "enode1"},
-				{Name: "name2", Enode: "enode2"},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "three nodes with repeats",
-			nodes: []*types.NodeInfoReply{
-				{Name: "name", Enode: "enode"},
-				{Name: "name1", Enode: "enode1"},
-				{Name: "name", Enode: "enode"},
-			},
-			want: []*types.NodeInfoReply{
-				{Name: "name", Enode: "enode"},
-				{Name: "name1", Enode: "enode1"},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "three same nodes",
-			nodes: []*types.NodeInfoReply{
-				{Name: "name", Enode: "enode"},
-				{Name: "name", Enode: "enode"},
-				{Name: "name", Enode: "enode"},
-			},
-			want: []*types.NodeInfoReply{
-				{Name: "name", Enode: "enode"},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			eth := Ethereum{}
-
-			for _, n := range tt.nodes {
-				n := n
-				eth.sentries = append(eth.sentries,
-					direct.NewSentryClientRemote(&sentry.SentryClientMock{
-						NodeInfoFunc: func(context.Context, *emptypb.Empty, ...grpc.CallOption) (*types.NodeInfoReply, error) {
-							return n, nil
-						},
-					}),
-				)
-			}
-
-			got, err := eth.NodesInfo(tt.limit)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Error(err)
-			}
-
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, got.NodesInfo)
-		})
-	}
-}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5faccbd7a..ad9b663f3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -63,6 +63,5 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15
 	gopkg.in/olebedev/go-duktape.v3 v3.0.0-20200619000410-60c24ae608a6
-	modernc.org/sortutil v1.1.0 // indirect
 	pgregory.net/rapid v0.4.7
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 84c4dc75c..79872288a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -832,7 +832,6 @@ github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.3.0/go.mod h1:lV6e/gmhEcM9IjHGsFOCxxuZ+z1YqCvr4O
 github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard/dsl v0.3.6 h1:W2wnISJifyda0x/RXq15Qjrsu9iOhX2gy4+Ku+owylw=
 github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard/dsl v0.3.6/go.mod h1:KeCP03KrjuSO0H1kTuZQCWlQPulDV6YMIXmpQss17rU=
 github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20181016184325-3113b8401b8a/go.mod h1:bCqnVzQkZxMG4s8nGwiZ5l3QUCyqpo9Y+/ZMZ9VjZe4=
-github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20190728182440-6a916e37a237/go.mod h1:qqbHyh8v60DhA7CoWK5oRCqLrMHRGoxYCSS9EjAz6Eo=
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v0.0.0-20150106093220-6724a57986af/go.mod h1:XWv6SoW27p1b0cqNHllgS5HIMJraePCO15w5zCzIWYg=
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jVj6XXZzXRy/MSR5jhDC/2q6DgLz+nrA6LYCDYWNEvQ=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFRclV5y23lUDJ4=
@@ -1507,9 +1506,6 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
-modernc.org/mathutil v1.0.0/go.mod h1:wU0vUrJsVWBZ4P6e7xtFJEhFSNsfRLJ8H458uRjg03k=
-modernc.org/sortutil v1.1.0 h1:oP3U4uM+NT/qBQcbg/K2iqAX0Nx7B1b6YZtq3Gk/PjM=
-modernc.org/sortutil v1.1.0/go.mod h1:ZyL98OQHJgH9IEfN71VsamvJgrtRX9Dj2gX+vH86L1k=
 pgregory.net/rapid v0.4.7 h1:MTNRktPuv5FNqOO151TM9mDTa+XHcX6ypYeISDVD14g=
 pgregory.net/rapid v0.4.7/go.mod h1:UYpPVyjFHzYBGHIxLFoupi8vwk6rXNzRY9OMvVxFIOU=
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=