diff --git a/momepy/preprocessing.py b/momepy/preprocessing.py
index 965dd306..4a1e361a 100644
--- a/momepy/preprocessing.py
+++ b/momepy/preprocessing.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-import collections
 import math
 import operator
 import warnings
@@ -195,52 +194,32 @@ def remove_false_nodes(gdf):
         df = gpd.GeoSeries(gdf)
 
     # extract array of coordinates and number per geometry
-    coords = shapely.get_coordinates(geom)
-    indices = shapely.get_num_coordinates(geom)
+    start_points = shapely.get_point(geom, 0)
+    end_points = shapely.get_point(geom, -1)
 
-    # generate a list of start and end coordinates and create point geometries
-    edges = [0]
-    i = 0
-    for ind in indices:
-        ix = i + ind
-        edges.append(ix - 1)
-        edges.append(ix)
-        i = ix
-    edges = edges[:-1]
-    points = shapely.points(np.unique(coords[edges], axis=0))
+    points = shapely.points(
+        np.unique(
+            shapely.get_coordinates(np.concatenate([start_points, end_points])), axis=0
+        )
+    )
 
     # query LineString geometry to identify points intersecting 2 geometries
     tree = shapely.STRtree(geom)
     inp, res = tree.query(points, predicate="intersects")
     unique, counts = np.unique(inp, return_counts=True)
-    merge = res[np.isin(inp, unique[counts == 2])]
-
-    if len(merge):
-        # filter duplications and create a dictionary with indication of components to
-        # be merged together
-        dups = [item for item, count in collections.Counter(merge).items() if count > 1]
-        split = np.split(merge, len(merge) / 2)
-        components = {}
-        for i, a in enumerate(split):
-            if a[0] in dups or a[1] in dups:
-                if a[0] in components:
-                    i = components[a[0]]
-                elif a[1] in components:
-                    i = components[a[1]]
-            components[a[0]] = i
-            components[a[1]] = i
-
-        # iterate through components and create new geometries
-        all_keys = {}
-        for k, v in components.items():
-            all_keys.setdefault(v, []).append(k)
-        new = []
-        for keys in all_keys.values():
-            new.append(shapely.line_merge(shapely.union_all(geom[keys])))
-
-        # remove incorrect geometries and append fixed versions
-        df = df.drop(merge)
-        final = gpd.GeoSeries(new, crs=df.crs).explode(ignore_index=True)
+    mask = np.isin(inp, unique[counts == 2])
+    merge_res = res[mask]
+    merge_inp = inp[mask]
+
+    if len(merge_res):
+        g = nx.Graph(list(zip(merge_inp * -1, merge_res, strict=True)))
+        new_geoms = []
+        for c in nx.connected_components(g):
+            valid = [ix for ix in c if ix > -1]
+            new_geoms.append(shapely.line_merge(shapely.union_all(geom[valid])))
+
+        df = df.drop(merge_res)
+        final = gpd.GeoSeries(new_geoms, crs=df.crs).explode(ignore_index=True)
         if isinstance(gdf, gpd.GeoDataFrame):
             return pd.concat(
                 [
@@ -251,7 +230,8 @@ def remove_false_nodes(gdf):
                 ],
                 ignore_index=True,
             )
-        return pd.concat([df, final], ignore_index=True)
+        else:
+            return pd.concat([df, final], ignore_index=True)
 
     # if there's nothing to fix, return the original dataframe
     return gdf