diff --git a/p2p/discv5/net.go b/p2p/discv5/net.go
index 9518022694..b16c065b17 100644
--- a/p2p/discv5/net.go
+++ b/p2p/discv5/net.go
@@ -565,10 +565,7 @@ loop:
 			if lookupChn := searchInfo[res.target.topic].lookupChn; lookupChn != nil {
 				lookupChn <- net.ticketStore.radius[res.target.topic].converged
 			}
-			net.ticketStore.searchLookupDone(res.target, res.nodes, func(n *Node) []byte {
-				net.ping(n, n.addr())
-				return n.pingEcho
-			}, func(n *Node, topic Topic) []byte {
+			net.ticketStore.searchLookupDone(res.target, res.nodes, func(n *Node, topic Topic) []byte {
 				if n.canQuery() {
 					return net.conn.send(n, topicQueryPacket, topicQuery{Topic: topic}) // TODO: set expiration
 				} else {
@@ -1088,7 +1085,7 @@ func (net *Network) transition(n *Node, next *nodeState) {
 	if n.state != next {
 		if next.canQuery {
 			if !n.state.canQuery {
-				n.canQueryAfter = mclock.Now()+mclock.AbsTime(time.Second)
+				n.canQueryAfter = mclock.Now()+mclock.AbsTime(queryDelay)
 			}
 		} else {
 			n.canQueryAfter = 0
diff --git a/p2p/discv5/ticket.go b/p2p/discv5/ticket.go
index 37ce8d23cb..b3d1ac4baf 100644
--- a/p2p/discv5/ticket.go
+++ b/p2p/discv5/ticket.go
@@ -494,13 +494,13 @@ func (s *ticketStore) registerLookupDone(lookup lookupInfo, nodes []*Node, ping
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *ticketStore) searchLookupDone(lookup lookupInfo, nodes []*Node, ping func(n *Node) []byte, query func(n *Node, topic Topic) []byte) {
+func (s *ticketStore) searchLookupDone(lookup lookupInfo, nodes []*Node, query func(n *Node, topic Topic) []byte) {
 	now := mclock.Now()
 	for i, n := range nodes {
 		if i == 0 || (binary.BigEndian.Uint64(n.sha[:8])^binary.BigEndian.Uint64(lookup.target[:8])) < s.radius[lookup.topic].minRadius {
 			if lookup.radiusLookup {
 				if lastReq, ok := s.nodeLastReq[n]; !ok || time.Duration(now-lastReq.time) > radiusTC {
-					s.nodeLastReq[n] = reqInfo{pingHash: ping(n), lookup: lookup, time: now}
+					s.nodeLastReq[n] = reqInfo{pingHash: nil, lookup: lookup, time: now}
 				}
 			} // else {
 			if s.canQueryTopic(n, lookup.topic) {
diff --git a/p2p/discv5/udp.go b/p2p/discv5/udp.go
index 5437718173..fead1b6159 100644
--- a/p2p/discv5/udp.go
+++ b/p2p/discv5/udp.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ var (
 // Timeouts
 const (
 	respTimeout = 500 * time.Millisecond
-	sendTimeout = 500 * time.Millisecond
+	queryDelay = 1000 * time.Millisecond
 	expiration  = 20 * time.Second
 
 	ntpFailureThreshold = 32               // Continuous timeouts after which to check NTP