diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 16fe7d0bbcfb7..fbbcd2a0d587d 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -2366,7 +2366,7 @@ bool AppInitMain(const util::Ref& context, NodeContext& node, interfaces::BlockA
 
     node.scheduler->scheduleEvery(std::bind(&CNetFulfilledRequestManager::DoMaintenance, std::ref(netfulfilledman)), 60 * 1000);
     node.scheduler->scheduleEvery(std::bind(&CMasternodeSync::DoMaintenance, std::ref(masternodeSync), std::ref(*node.connman)), 1 * 1000);
-    node.scheduler->scheduleEvery(std::bind(&CMasternodeUtils::DoMaintenance, std::ref(*node.connman)), 1 * 1000);
+    node.scheduler->scheduleEvery(std::bind(&CMasternodeUtils::DoMaintenance, std::ref(*node.connman)), 60 * 1000);
     node.scheduler->scheduleEvery(std::bind(&CDeterministicMNManager::DoMaintenance, std::ref(*deterministicMNManager)), 10 * 1000);
 
     if (!fDisableGovernance) {
diff --git a/src/masternode/utils.cpp b/src/masternode/utils.cpp
index 55f0b94c3570f..e7611ff78ae09 100644
--- a/src/masternode/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/masternode/utils.cpp
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@
 #include <util/ranges.h>
 
 
-void CMasternodeUtils::ProcessMasternodeConnections(CConnman& connman)
+void CMasternodeUtils::DoMaintenance(CConnman& connman)
 {
+    if(!masternodeSync.IsBlockchainSynced() || ShutdownRequested())
+        return;
+
     std::vector<CDeterministicMNCPtr> vecDmns; // will be empty when no wallet
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
     for (const auto& pair : coinJoinClientManagers) {
@@ -77,18 +80,3 @@ void CMasternodeUtils::ProcessMasternodeConnections(CConnman& connman)
         pnode->fDisconnect = true;
     });
 }
-
-void CMasternodeUtils::DoMaintenance(CConnman& connman)
-{
-    if(!masternodeSync.IsBlockchainSynced() || ShutdownRequested())
-        return;
-
-    static unsigned int nTick = 0;
-
-    nTick++;
-
-    if(nTick % 60 == 0) {
-        ProcessMasternodeConnections(connman);
-    }
-}
-
diff --git a/src/masternode/utils.h b/src/masternode/utils.h
index 7dcfb69647a93..69d1ca9f0c1d6 100644
--- a/src/masternode/utils.h
+++ b/src/masternode/utils.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ class CConnman;
 class CMasternodeUtils
 {
 public:
-    static void ProcessMasternodeConnections(CConnman& connman);
     static void DoMaintenance(CConnman &connman);
 };
 
diff --git a/test/functional/feature_llmq_connections.py b/test/functional/feature_llmq_connections.py
index 51852b1e11d6e..cfc101965b7aa 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_llmq_connections.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_llmq_connections.py
@@ -69,6 +69,22 @@ def run_test(self):
 
         self.check_reconnects(4)
 
+        self.log.info("check that old masternode conections are dropped")
+        removed = False
+        for mn in self.mninfo:
+            if len(mn.node.quorum("memberof", mn.proTxHash)) > 0:
+                try:
+                    with mn.node.assert_debug_log(['removing masternodes quorum connections']):
+                        with mn.node.assert_debug_log(['keeping mn quorum connections']):
+                            self.mine_quorum()
+                            mn.node.mockscheduler(60) # we check for old connections via the scheduler every 60 seconds
+                    removed = True
+                except:
+                    pass # it's ok to not remove connections sometimes
+            if removed:
+                break
+        assert removed # no way we removed none
+
     def check_reconnects(self, expected_connection_count):
         self.log.info("disable and re-enable networking on all masternodes")
         for mn in self.mninfo: