diff --git a/codex/blockexchange/engine/discovery.nim b/codex/blockexchange/engine/discovery.nim
index 6288ceae..883eea8e 100644
--- a/codex/blockexchange/engine/discovery.nim
+++ b/codex/blockexchange/engine/discovery.nim
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 ## those terms.
 
 import std/sequtils
+import std/algorithm
 
 import pkg/chronos
 import pkg/libp2p/cid
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ const
   DefaultConcurrentDiscRequests = 10
   DefaultDiscoveryTimeout = 1.minutes
   DefaultMinPeersPerBlock = 3
+  DefaultMaxPeersPerBlock = 8
   DefaultDiscoveryLoopSleep = 3.seconds
 
 type DiscoveryEngine* = ref object of RootObj
@@ -51,11 +53,32 @@ type DiscoveryEngine* = ref object of RootObj
   discoveryLoop*: Future[void].Raising([]) # Discovery loop task handle
   discoveryQueue*: AsyncQueue[Cid] # Discovery queue
   trackedFutures*: TrackedFutures # Tracked Discovery tasks futures
-  minPeersPerBlock*: int # Max number of peers with block
+  minPeersPerBlock*: int # Min number of peers with block
+  maxPeersPerBlock*: int # Max number of peers with block
   discoveryLoopSleep: Duration # Discovery loop sleep
   inFlightDiscReqs*: Table[Cid, Future[seq[SignedPeerRecord]]]
     # Inflight discovery requests
 
+proc cleanupExcessPeers(b: DiscoveryEngine, cid: Cid) {.gcsafe, raises: [].} =
+  var haves = b.peers.peersHave(cid)
+  let count = haves.len - b.maxPeersPerBlock
+  if count <= 0:
+    return
+
+  haves.sort(
+    proc(a, b: BlockExcPeerCtx): int =
+      cmp(a.lastExchange, b.lastExchange)
+  )
+
+  let toRemove = haves[0 ..< count]
+  for peer in toRemove:
+    try:
+      peer.cleanPresence(BlockAddress.init(cid))
+      trace "Removed block presence from peer", cid, peer = peer.id
+    except CatchableError as exc:
+      error "Failed to clean presence for peer",
+        cid, peer = peer.id, error = exc.msg, name = exc.name
+
 proc discoveryQueueLoop(b: DiscoveryEngine) {.async: (raises: []).} =
   try:
     while b.discEngineRunning:
@@ -82,6 +105,12 @@ proc discoveryTaskLoop(b: DiscoveryEngine) {.async: (raises: []).} =
 
       let haves = b.peers.peersHave(cid)
 
+      if haves.len > b.maxPeersPerBlock:
+        trace "Cleaning up excess peers",
+          cid, peers = haves.len, max = b.maxPeersPerBlock
+        b.cleanupExcessPeers(cid)
+        continue
+
       if haves.len < b.minPeersPerBlock:
         let request = b.discovery.find(cid)
         b.inFlightDiscReqs[cid] = request
@@ -158,6 +187,7 @@ proc new*(
     concurrentDiscReqs = DefaultConcurrentDiscRequests,
     discoveryLoopSleep = DefaultDiscoveryLoopSleep,
     minPeersPerBlock = DefaultMinPeersPerBlock,
+    maxPeersPerBlock = DefaultMaxPeersPerBlock,
 ): DiscoveryEngine =
   ## Create a discovery engine instance for advertising services
   ##
@@ -173,4 +203,5 @@ proc new*(
     inFlightDiscReqs: initTable[Cid, Future[seq[SignedPeerRecord]]](),
     discoveryLoopSleep: discoveryLoopSleep,
     minPeersPerBlock: minPeersPerBlock,
+    maxPeersPerBlock: maxPeersPerBlock,
   )