diff --git a/handler/router/associate.go b/handler/router/associate.go
index d6f20e7e..cad7e039 100644
--- a/handler/router/associate.go
+++ b/handler/router/associate.go
@@ -121,11 +121,9 @@ func (h *routerHandler) handleAssociate(ctx context.Context, conn net.Conn, netw
 
 	log.Debugf("%s/%s: router=%s, connector=%s, weight=%d established", host, network, routerID, connectorID, connectorID.Weight())
 
-	b := bufpool.Get(h.md.bufferSize)
-	defer bufpool.Put(b)
-
+	var b [MaxMessageSize]byte
 	for {
-		n, err := conn.Read(b)
+		n, err := conn.Read(b[:])
 		if err != nil {
 			if err == io.EOF {
 				return nil
diff --git a/handler/router/entrypoint.go b/handler/router/entrypoint.go
index 8b794a4b..0f952dfd 100644
--- a/handler/router/entrypoint.go
+++ b/handler/router/entrypoint.go
@@ -3,18 +3,16 @@ package router
 import (
 	"bytes"
 
-	"github.com/go-gost/core/common/bufpool"
 	"github.com/go-gost/core/logger"
 	"github.com/go-gost/relay"
 )
 
 func (h *routerHandler) handleEntrypoint(log logger.Logger) error {
-	buf := bufpool.Get(h.md.bufferSize)
-	defer bufpool.Put(buf)
+	var buf [MaxMessageSize]byte
 
 	for {
 		err := func() error {
-			n, addr, err := h.epConn.ReadFrom(buf)
+			n, addr, err := h.epConn.ReadFrom(buf[:])
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/handler/router/metadata.go b/handler/router/metadata.go
index e3c125b0..923b3561 100644
--- a/handler/router/metadata.go
+++ b/handler/router/metadata.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package router
 
 import (
+	"math"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-gost/core/ingress"
@@ -12,14 +13,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
+	MaxMessageSize         = math.MaxUint16
 	defaultTTL             = 15 * time.Second
-	defaultBufferSize      = 4096
 	defaultCacheExpiration = time.Second
 )
 
 type metadata struct {
 	readTimeout time.Duration
-	bufferSize  int
 
 	entryPoint        string
 	ingress           ingress.Ingress
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ type metadata struct {
 
 func (h *routerHandler) parseMetadata(md mdata.Metadata) (err error) {
 	h.md.readTimeout = mdutil.GetDuration(md, "readTimeout")
-	h.md.bufferSize = mdutil.GetInt(md, "router.bufferSize", "bufferSize")
-	if h.md.bufferSize <= 0 {
-		h.md.bufferSize = defaultBufferSize
-	}
 
 	h.md.entryPoint = mdutil.GetString(md, "entrypoint")
 	h.md.ingress = registry.IngressRegistry().Get(mdutil.GetString(md, "ingress"))