diff --git a/pkg/network/server.go b/pkg/network/server.go
index b0b3eef89..5ab280f19 100644
--- a/pkg/network/server.go
+++ b/pkg/network/server.go
@@ -676,12 +676,14 @@ func (s *Server) requestTx(hashes ...util.Uint256) {
 }
 
 func (s *Server) relayInventory(t payload.InventoryType, hashes ...util.Uint256) {
+	payload := payload.NewInventory(t, hashes)
+	msg := NewMessage(s.Net, CMDInv, payload)
+
 	for peer := range s.Peers() {
-		if !peer.Handshaked() {
+		if !peer.Handshaked() || !peer.Version().Relay {
 			continue
 		}
-		payload := payload.NewInventory(t, hashes)
-		s.RelayDirectly(peer, payload)
+		peer.WriteMsg(msg)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -713,14 +715,3 @@ func (s *Server) RelayTxn(t *transaction.Transaction) RelayReason {
 
 	return RelaySucceed
 }
-
-// RelayDirectly relays directly the inventory to the remote peers.
-// Reference: the method OnRelayDirectly in C#: https://github.com/neo-project/neo/blob/master/neo/Network/P2P/LocalNode.cs#L166
-func (s *Server) RelayDirectly(p Peer, inv *payload.Inventory) {
-	if !p.Version().Relay {
-		return
-	}
-
-	p.WriteMsg(NewMessage(s.Net, CMDInv, inv))
-
-}