diff --git a/core/corehttp/hostname.go b/core/corehttp/hostname.go
index 6740f0e59f7..c02c3aeec0c 100644
--- a/core/corehttp/hostname.go
+++ b/core/corehttp/hostname.go
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ import (
 	core "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core"
 	coreapi "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core/coreapi"
 	namesys "github.com/ipfs/go-namesys"
-	isd "github.com/jbenet/go-is-domain"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core/peer"
+	dns "github.com/miekg/dns"
+
 	mbase "github.com/multiformats/go-multibase"
 
 	config "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-config"
@@ -348,13 +349,27 @@ func knownSubdomainDetails(hostname string, knownGateways gatewayHosts) (gw *con
 	return nil, "", "", "", false
 }
 
+// isDomainNameAndNotPeerID returns bool if string looks like a valid DNS name AND is not a PeerID
+func isDomainNameAndNotPeerID(hostname string) bool {
+	if len(hostname) == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+	if _, err := peer.Decode(hostname); err == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	_, ok := dns.IsDomainName(hostname)
+	return ok
+}
+
 // isDNSLinkName returns bool if a valid DNS TXT record exist for provided host
 func isDNSLinkName(ctx context.Context, ipfs iface.CoreAPI, host string) bool {
-	fqdn := stripPort(host)
-	if len(fqdn) == 0 && !isd.IsDomain(fqdn) {
+	dnslinkName := stripPort(host)
+
+	if !isDomainNameAndNotPeerID(dnslinkName) {
 		return false
 	}
-	name := "/ipns/" + fqdn
+
+	name := "/ipns/" + dnslinkName
 	// check if DNSLink exists
 	depth := options.Name.ResolveOption(nsopts.Depth(1))
 	_, err := ipfs.Name().Resolve(ctx, name, depth)
@@ -473,7 +488,7 @@ func toSubdomainURL(hostname, path string, r *http.Request, ipfs iface.CoreAPI)
 	}
 
 	// Normalize problematic PeerIDs (eg. ed25519+identity) to CID representation
-	if isPeerIDNamespace(ns) && !isd.IsDomain(rootID) {
+	if isPeerIDNamespace(ns) && !isDomainNameAndNotPeerID(rootID) {
 		peerID, err := peer.Decode(rootID)
 		// Note: PeerID CIDv1 with protobuf multicodec will fail, but we fix it
 		// in the next block
diff --git a/core/corehttp/hostname_test.go b/core/corehttp/hostname_test.go
index 3ece5e88f8f..6575ee1e840 100644
--- a/core/corehttp/hostname_test.go
+++ b/core/corehttp/hostname_test.go
@@ -144,6 +144,25 @@ func TestHasPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestIsDomainNameAndNotPeerID(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		hostname string
+		out      bool
+	}{
+		{"", false},
+		{"example.com", true},
+		{"non-icann.something", true},
+		{"..", false},
+		{"12D3KooWFB51PRY9BxcXSH6khFXw1BZeszeLDy7C8GciskqCTZn5", false},           // valid peerid
+		{"k51qzi5uqu5di608geewp3nqkg0bpujoasmka7ftkyxgcm3fh1aroup0gsdrna", false}, // valid peerid
+	} {
+		out := isDomainNameAndNotPeerID(test.hostname)
+		if out != test.out {
+			t.Errorf("(%s) returned '%t', expected '%t'", test.hostname, out, test.out)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPortStripping(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range []struct {
 		in  string
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 42c4ddcf7df..db8be4a1dcc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-verifcid v0.0.1
 	github.com/ipfs/interface-go-ipfs-core v0.4.0
 	github.com/ipld/go-car v0.3.0
-	github.com/jbenet/go-is-domain v1.0.5
 	github.com/jbenet/go-random v0.0.0-20190219211222-123a90aedc0c
 	github.com/jbenet/go-temp-err-catcher v0.1.0
 	github.com/jbenet/goprocess v0.1.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e0a01f40b19..7c4ffc92ecf 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -518,8 +518,6 @@ github.com/jackpal/go-nat-pmp v1.0.2/go.mod h1:QPH045xvCAeXUZOxsnwmrtiCoxIr9eob+
 github.com/jbenet/go-cienv v0.0.0-20150120210510-1bb1476777ec/go.mod h1:rGaEvXB4uRSZMmzKNLoXvTu1sfx+1kv/DojUlPrSZGs=
 github.com/jbenet/go-cienv v0.1.0 h1:Vc/s0QbQtoxX8MwwSLWWh+xNNZvM3Lw7NsTcHrvvhMc=
 github.com/jbenet/go-cienv v0.1.0/go.mod h1:TqNnHUmJgXau0nCzC7kXWeotg3J9W34CUv5Djy1+FlA=
-github.com/jbenet/go-is-domain v1.0.5 h1:r92uiHbMEJo9Fkey5pMBtZAzjPQWic0ieo7Jw1jEuQQ=
-github.com/jbenet/go-is-domain v1.0.5/go.mod h1:xbRLRb0S7FgzDBTJlguhDVwLYM/5yNtvktxj2Ttfy7Q=
 github.com/jbenet/go-random v0.0.0-20190219211222-123a90aedc0c h1:uUx61FiAa1GI6ZmVd2wf2vULeQZIKG66eybjNXKYCz4=
 github.com/jbenet/go-random v0.0.0-20190219211222-123a90aedc0c/go.mod h1:sdx1xVM9UuLw1tXnhJWN3piypTUO3vCIHYmG15KE/dU=
 github.com/jbenet/go-temp-err-catcher v0.0.0-20150120210811-aac704a3f4f2/go.mod h1:8GXXJV31xl8whumTzdZsTt3RnUIiPqzkyf7mxToRCMs=
@@ -911,8 +909,6 @@ github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.12/go.mod h1:W1PPwlIAgtquWBMBEV9nkV9Cazfe8ScdGz/Lj7v3N
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.28/go.mod h1:KNUDUusw/aVsxyTYZM1oqvCicbwhgbNgztCETuNZ7xM=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.31/go.mod h1:KNUDUusw/aVsxyTYZM1oqvCicbwhgbNgztCETuNZ7xM=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.41 h1:WMszZWJG0XmzbK9FEmzH2TVcqYzFesusSIB41b8KHxY=
-github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.41 h1:WMszZWJG0XmzbK9FEmzH2TVcqYzFesusSIB41b8KHxY=
-github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.41/go.mod h1:p6aan82bvRIyn+zDIv9xYNUpwa73JcSh9BKwknJysuI=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.41/go.mod h1:p6aan82bvRIyn+zDIv9xYNUpwa73JcSh9BKwknJysuI=
 github.com/minio/blake2b-simd v0.0.0-20160723061019-3f5f724cb5b1 h1:lYpkrQH5ajf0OXOcUbGjvZxxijuBwbbmlSxLiuofa+g=
 github.com/minio/blake2b-simd v0.0.0-20160723061019-3f5f724cb5b1/go.mod h1:pD8RvIylQ358TN4wwqatJ8rNavkEINozVn9DtGI3dfQ=
@@ -1457,6 +1453,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201214210602-f9fddec55a1e/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201231184435-2d18734c6014/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210124154548-22da62e12c0c/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210303074136-134d130e1a04/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210303074136-134d130e1a04/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210309074719-68d13333faf2/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210426080607-c94f62235c83/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=