diff --git a/mobile/geth.go b/mobile/geth.go
index 8ad931ccbe..be04e46038 100644
--- a/mobile/geth.go
+++ b/mobile/geth.go
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ func NewNode(datadir string, config *NodeConfig) (stack *Node, _ error) {
 		DataDir:     datadir,
 		KeyStoreDir: filepath.Join(datadir, "keystore"), // Mobile should never use internal keystores!
 		P2P: p2p.Config{
+			NoDiscovery:      true,
 			DiscoveryV5:      true,
 			DiscoveryV5Addr:  ":0",
 			BootstrapNodesV5: config.BootstrapNodes.nodes,