diff --git a/cli/src/main/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/cli/commands/NipCommand.kt b/cli/src/main/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/cli/commands/NipCommand.kt
index 515a2c17a2..49703e2588 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/cli/commands/NipCommand.kt
+++ b/cli/src/main/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/cli/commands/NipCommand.kt
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ object NipCommand {
 
     // NIP-50-capable relays for the Nostr fallback (search isn't universal).
     private val SEARCH_RELAYS =
-        listOf("wss://relay.nostr.band", "wss://relay.damus.io")
+        listOf("wss://relay.nostr.band", "wss://nostr.wine")
             .mapNotNull { RelayUrlNormalizer.normalizeOrNull(it) }
             .toSet()
 
diff --git a/commons/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/defaults/Constants.kt b/commons/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/defaults/Constants.kt
index 089e775419..c341746e1c 100644
--- a/commons/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/defaults/Constants.kt
+++ b/commons/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/defaults/Constants.kt
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ object Constants {
     val nos = RelayUrlNormalizer.normalize("wss://nos.lol")
     val mom = RelayUrlNormalizer.normalize("wss://nostr.mom")
     val primal = RelayUrlNormalizer.normalize("wss://relay.primal.net")
-    val damus = RelayUrlNormalizer.normalize("wss://relay.damus.io")
     val wine = RelayUrlNormalizer.normalize("wss://nostr.wine")
 
     val where = RelayUrlNormalizer.normalize("wss://relay.noswhere.com")
@@ -55,6 +54,6 @@ object Constants {
     val yabu = RelayUrlNormalizer.normalize("wss://directory.yabu.me")
     val nostr1 = RelayUrlNormalizer.normalize("wss://profiles.nostr1.com")
 
-    val bootstrapInbox = setOf(damus, primal, mom, nos, bitcoiner, oxtr, yabu)
-    val eventFinderRelays = setOf(wine, damus, primal, mom, nos, bitcoiner, oxtr)
+    val bootstrapInbox = setOf(primal, mom, nos, bitcoiner, oxtr, yabu)
+    val eventFinderRelays = setOf(wine, primal, mom, nos, bitcoiner, oxtr)
 }
diff --git a/commons/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/nip64Chess/ChessConfig.kt b/commons/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/nip64Chess/ChessConfig.kt
index fb8079b7af..80a1137d88 100644
--- a/commons/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/nip64Chess/ChessConfig.kt
+++ b/commons/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/nip64Chess/ChessConfig.kt
@@ -31,12 +31,11 @@ import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.relay.normalizer.normalizeRelayUrl
 object ChessConfig {
     /**
      * Relays for chess events.
-     * Includes relays used by jester.nyo.dev (relay.damus.io, offchain.pub)
+     * Includes relays used by jester.nyo.dev (offchain.pub)
      * and popular community relays for broader reach.
      */
     val CHESS_RELAYS =
         listOf(
-            "wss://relay.damus.io",
             "wss://nos.lol",
             "wss://relay.primal.net",
             "wss://offchain.pub",
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ object ChessConfig {
      */
     val CHESS_RELAY_NAMES =
         listOf(
-            "relay.damus.io".normalizeRelayUrl(),
             "nos.lol".normalizeRelayUrl(),
             "relay.primal.net".normalizeRelayUrl(),
             "offchain.pub".normalizeRelayUrl(),
diff --git a/desktopApp/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/desktop/followpacks/FollowPacksState.kt b/desktopApp/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/desktop/followpacks/FollowPacksState.kt
index ae95ded0e9..2487e39584 100644
--- a/desktopApp/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/desktop/followpacks/FollowPacksState.kt
+++ b/desktopApp/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/desktop/followpacks/FollowPacksState.kt
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ class FollowPacksState(
         // it uses these popular relays. Verified empirically.
         val DISCOVERY_RELAYS: Set<NormalizedRelayUrl> =
             listOfNotNull(
-                RelayUrlNormalizer.normalizeOrNull("wss://relay.damus.io"),
                 RelayUrlNormalizer.normalizeOrNull("wss://relay.nostr.band"),
                 RelayUrlNormalizer.normalizeOrNull("wss://relay.primal.net"),
                 RelayUrlNormalizer.normalizeOrNull("wss://nos.lol"),
diff --git a/desktopApp/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/desktop/network/RelayStatus.kt b/desktopApp/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/desktop/network/RelayStatus.kt
index e31000e7e4..13c298f8c5 100644
--- a/desktopApp/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/desktop/network/RelayStatus.kt
+++ b/desktopApp/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/desktop/network/RelayStatus.kt
@@ -40,10 +40,8 @@ data class RelayStatus(
 object DefaultRelays {
     val RELAYS =
         listOf(
-            "wss://relay.damus.io",
             "wss://relay.nostr.band",
             "wss://nos.lol",
-            "wss://relay.snort.social",
             "wss://nostr.wine",
             "wss://relay.noswhere.com",
             "wss://relay.primal.net",