diff --git a/p2p/host/routed/routed.go b/p2p/host/routed/routed.go
index 6522c3e88c479b773c76322fb896a6ef3bd240c9..5435bcd31c15d79dac3ea38e33d0882ef278a4be 100644
--- a/p2p/host/routed/routed.go
+++ b/p2p/host/routed/routed.go
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ func (rh *RoutedHost) Connect(ctx context.Context, pi pstore.PeerInfo) error {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		if relayID == pi.ID {
+			// it's an old style p2p-circuit address that includes the peer
+			continue
+		}
+
 		if len(rh.Peerstore().Addrs(relayID)) > 0 {
 			// we already have addrs for this relay
 			continue