diff --git a/p2p/discover/portal_protocol.go b/p2p/discover/portal_protocol.go
index 4a94a0822d..b974aab2b0 100644
--- a/p2p/discover/portal_protocol.go
+++ b/p2p/discover/portal_protocol.go
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ func (p *PortalProtocol) setupUDPListening() error {
 			if id, ok := p.cachedIds[addr.String()]; ok {
 				//_, err := p.DiscV5.TalkRequestToID(id, addr, string(portalwire.UTPNetwork), buf)
 				req := &v5wire.TalkRequest{Protocol: string(portalwire.Utp), Message: buf}
-				p.DiscV5.sendFromAnotherThreadWithCall(id, netip.AddrPortFrom(netutil.IPToAddr(addr.IP), uint16(addr.Port)), req)
+				p.DiscV5.sendFromAnotherThread(id, netip.AddrPortFrom(netutil.IPToAddr(addr.IP), uint16(addr.Port)), req)
 
 				return len(buf), err
 			} else {
diff --git a/p2p/discover/v5_udp.go b/p2p/discover/v5_udp.go
index 8240f4106c..d4d9a054d9 100644
--- a/p2p/discover/v5_udp.go
+++ b/p2p/discover/v5_udp.go
@@ -686,11 +686,6 @@ func (t *UDPv5) sendFromAnotherThread(toID enode.ID, toAddr netip.AddrPort, pack
 	}
 }
 
-func (t *UDPv5) sendFromAnotherThreadWithCall(toID enode.ID, toAddr netip.AddrPort, packet v5wire.Packet) {
-	resp := t.callToID(toID, toAddr, v5wire.TalkRequestMsg, packet)
-	defer t.callDone(resp)
-}
-
 // send sends a packet to the given node.
 func (t *UDPv5) send(toID enode.ID, toAddr netip.AddrPort, packet v5wire.Packet, c *v5wire.Whoareyou) (v5wire.Nonce, error) {
 	addr := toAddr.String()