diff --git a/packages/core/src/transport/membrane.ts b/packages/core/src/transport/membrane.ts
index e01a7e0..dd785d9 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/transport/membrane.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/transport/membrane.ts
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ export abstract class LayerBoundary implements ProxyOutbound, ProxyInbound {
             case 'Extension':
                 // Ignore unknown extensions.
                 break;
+            case 'Nop':
+                // Ignore no-ops.
+                break;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/transport/relay.ts b/packages/core/src/transport/relay.ts
index 9283d89..7aaf857 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/transport/relay.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/transport/relay.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ export class Relay extends LayerBoundary {
             while (true) {
                 const rawPacket = this.decoder.try_next();
                 if (rawPacket === void 0) break;
-                if (rawPacket === false) continue;
                 const wirePacket = IO.toPacket(rawPacket);
                 if (wirePacket === void 0) throw new Error("Bad IO.Packet");
                 if (this.debug) console.log('IN', stringify(rawPacket));