diff --git a/dht-node/src/dht_node/index.ts b/dht-node/src/dht_node/index.ts
index 36291904a..f0cd8eb2b 100644
--- a/dht-node/src/dht_node/index.ts
+++ b/dht-node/src/dht_node/index.ts
@@ -217,12 +217,7 @@ async function writeHomeCommunityEntry(pubKey: string): Promise<void> {
     // check for existing homeCommunity entry
     let homeCom = await DbCommunity.findOne({
       foreign: false,
-      publicKey: Buffer.from(pubKey),
     })
-    if (!homeCom) {
-      // check if a homecommunity with a different publicKey still exists
-      homeCom = await DbCommunity.findOne({ foreign: false })
-    }
     if (homeCom) {
       // simply update the existing entry, but it MUST keep the ID and UUID because of possible relations
       homeCom.publicKey = Buffer.from(pubKey)