diff --git a/pkg/mimicry/p2p/execution/cache/duplicate.go b/pkg/mimicry/p2p/execution/cache/duplicate.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a3980382..00000000
--- a/pkg/mimicry/p2p/execution/cache/duplicate.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package cache
-
-import (
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/savid/ttlcache/v3"
-)
-
-type DuplicateCache struct {
-	Transaction *ttlcache.Cache[string, time.Time]
-}
-
-func NewDuplicateCache() *DuplicateCache {
-	return &DuplicateCache{
-		Transaction: ttlcache.New(
-			ttlcache.WithTTL[string, time.Time](30 * time.Minute),
-		),
-	}
-}
-
-func (d *DuplicateCache) Start() {
-	go d.Transaction.Start()
-}
-
-func (d *DuplicateCache) Stop() {
-	d.Transaction.Stop()
-}
diff --git a/pkg/mimicry/p2p/execution/event_transaction.go b/pkg/mimicry/p2p/execution/event_transaction.go
index 0326c2f1..2a3aa75e 100644
--- a/pkg/mimicry/p2p/execution/event_transaction.go
+++ b/pkg/mimicry/p2p/execution/event_transaction.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package execution
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethpandaops/xatu/pkg/proto/xatu"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure/v2"
 	"github.com/savid/ttlcache/v3"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
@@ -19,22 +17,6 @@ import (
 func (p *Peer) handleTransaction(ctx context.Context, eventTime time.Time, event *types.Transaction) (*xatu.DecoratedEvent, error) {
 	p.log.Debug("Transaction received")
 
-	hash, err := hashstructure.Hash(event.Hash().String(), hashstructure.FormatV2, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	item, retrieved := p.duplicateCache.Transaction.GetOrSet(fmt.Sprint(hash), time.Now(), ttlcache.DefaultTTL)
-	if retrieved {
-		p.log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
-			"hash":                  hash,
-			"time_since_first_item": time.Since(item.Value()),
-			"transaction_hash":      event.Hash().String(),
-		}).Debug("Duplicate transaction event received")
-		// TODO(savid): add metrics
-		return nil, errors.New("duplicate transaction event received")
-	}
-
 	meta, err := p.createNewClientMeta(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -151,10 +133,9 @@ func (p *Peer) ExportTransactions(ctx context.Context, items []*TransactionHashI
 
 		if txs != nil {
 			for _, tx := range txs.PooledTransactionsPacket {
-				exists := p.sharedCache.Transaction.Get(tx.Hash().String())
-				if exists == nil {
-					p.sharedCache.Transaction.Set(tx.Hash().String(), true, ttlcache.DefaultTTL)
-
+				_, retrieved := p.sharedCache.Transaction.GetOrSet(tx.Hash().String(), true, ttlcache.DefaultTTL)
+				// transaction was just set in shared cache, so we need to handle it
+				if !retrieved {
 					seen := seenMap[tx.Hash()]
 					if seen.IsZero() {
 						p.log.WithField("hash", tx.Hash().String()).Error("Failed to find seen time for transaction")
diff --git a/pkg/mimicry/p2p/execution/execution.go b/pkg/mimicry/p2p/execution/execution.go
index 20b3fb12..1c52f48d 100644
--- a/pkg/mimicry/p2p/execution/execution.go
+++ b/pkg/mimicry/p2p/execution/execution.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 	"github.com/ethpandaops/ethcore/pkg/execution/mimicry"
 	coordCache "github.com/ethpandaops/xatu/pkg/mimicry/coordinator/cache"
-	"github.com/ethpandaops/xatu/pkg/mimicry/p2p/execution/cache"
 	"github.com/ethpandaops/xatu/pkg/mimicry/p2p/handler"
 	"github.com/ethpandaops/xatu/pkg/networks"
 	"github.com/ethpandaops/xatu/pkg/processor"
@@ -35,8 +34,6 @@ type Peer struct {
 
 	client *mimicry.Client
 
-	// don't send duplicate events from the same client
-	duplicateCache *cache.DuplicateCache
 	// shared cache between clients
 	sharedCache *coordCache.SharedCache
 
@@ -63,15 +60,12 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, log logrus.FieldLogger, nodeRecord string, handler
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	duplicateCache := cache.NewDuplicateCache()
-
 	return &Peer{
-		log:            log.WithField("node_record", nodeRecord),
-		nodeRecord:     nodeRecord,
-		handlers:       handlers,
-		client:         client,
-		duplicateCache: duplicateCache,
-		sharedCache:    sharedCache,
+		log:         log.WithField("node_record", nodeRecord),
+		nodeRecord:  nodeRecord,
+		handlers:    handlers,
+		client:      client,
+		sharedCache: sharedCache,
 		network: &networks.Network{
 			Name: networks.NetworkNameNone,
 		},
@@ -124,8 +118,6 @@ func (p *Peer) Start(ctx context.Context) (<-chan error, error) {
 		processor.WithMaxExportBatchSize(50000),
 	)
 
-	p.duplicateCache.Start()
-
 	p.client.OnHello(ctx, func(ctx context.Context, hello *mimicry.Hello) error {
 		// setup client implementation and version info
 		split := strings.SplitN(hello.Name, "/", 2)
@@ -333,8 +325,6 @@ func (p *Peer) processTransaction(ctx context.Context, now time.Time, hash commo
 }
 
 func (p *Peer) Stop(ctx context.Context) error {
-	p.duplicateCache.Stop()
-
 	if err := p.txProc.Shutdown(ctx); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}