diff --git a/source/libs/sync/inc/syncMessage.h b/source/libs/sync/inc/syncMessage.h
index c1f382580a..8b98cf0e69 100644
--- a/source/libs/sync/inc/syncMessage.h
+++ b/source/libs/sync/inc/syncMessage.h
@@ -219,18 +219,6 @@ typedef struct SyncLeaderTransfer {
   SRaftId   newLeaderId;
 } SyncLeaderTransfer;
 
-SyncLeaderTransfer* syncLeaderTransferBuild(int32_t vgId);
-void                syncLeaderTransferDestroy(SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg);
-void                syncLeaderTransferSerialize(const SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg, char* buf, uint32_t bufLen);
-void                syncLeaderTransferDeserialize(const char* buf, uint32_t len, SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg);
-char*               syncLeaderTransferSerialize2(const SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg, uint32_t* len);
-SyncLeaderTransfer* syncLeaderTransferDeserialize2(const char* buf, uint32_t len);
-void                syncLeaderTransfer2RpcMsg(const SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg, SRpcMsg* pRpcMsg);
-void                syncLeaderTransferFromRpcMsg(const SRpcMsg* pRpcMsg, SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg);
-SyncLeaderTransfer* syncLeaderTransferFromRpcMsg2(const SRpcMsg* pRpcMsg);
-cJSON*              syncLeaderTransfer2Json(const SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg);
-char*               syncLeaderTransfer2Str(const SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg);
-
 typedef enum {
   SYNC_LOCAL_CMD_STEP_DOWN = 100,
   SYNC_LOCAL_CMD_FOLLOWER_CMT,
@@ -305,6 +293,7 @@ int32_t syncBuildPreSnapshotReply(SRpcMsg* pMsg, int32_t vgId);
 int32_t syncBuildApplyMsg(SRpcMsg* pMsg, const SRpcMsg* pOriginal, int32_t vgId, SFsmCbMeta* pMeta);
 int32_t syncBuildSnapshotSend(SRpcMsg* pMsg, int32_t dataLen, int32_t vgId);
 int32_t syncBuildSnapshotSendRsp(SRpcMsg* pMsg, int32_t vgId);
+int32_t syncBuildLeaderTransfer(SRpcMsg* pMsg, int32_t vgId);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/source/libs/sync/src/syncMain.c b/source/libs/sync/src/syncMain.c
index ed416ae6fb..75d3b34f21 100644
--- a/source/libs/sync/src/syncMain.c
+++ b/source/libs/sync/src/syncMain.c
@@ -411,17 +411,15 @@ int32_t syncNodeLeaderTransferTo(SSyncNode* pSyncNode, SNodeInfo newLeader) {
 
   sNTrace(pSyncNode, "begin leader transfer to %s:%u", newLeader.nodeFqdn, newLeader.nodePort);
 
-  SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg = syncLeaderTransferBuild(pSyncNode->vgId);
+  SRpcMsg rpcMsg = {0};
+  (void)syncBuildLeaderTransfer(&rpcMsg, pSyncNode->vgId);
+
+  SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg = rpcMsg.pCont;
   pMsg->newLeaderId.addr = syncUtilAddr2U64(newLeader.nodeFqdn, newLeader.nodePort);
   pMsg->newLeaderId.vgId = pSyncNode->vgId;
   pMsg->newNodeInfo = newLeader;
-  ASSERT(pMsg != NULL);
-  SRpcMsg rpcMsg = {0};
-  syncLeaderTransfer2RpcMsg(pMsg, &rpcMsg);
-  syncLeaderTransferDestroy(pMsg);
 
-  int32_t ret = syncNodePropose(pSyncNode, &rpcMsg, false);
-  return ret;
+  return syncNodePropose(pSyncNode, &rpcMsg, false);
 }
 
 SSyncState syncGetState(int64_t rid) {
@@ -2210,6 +2208,7 @@ const char* syncStr(ESyncState state) {
   }
 }
 
+#if 0
 int32_t syncDoLeaderTransfer(SSyncNode* ths, SRpcMsg* pRpcMsg, SSyncRaftEntry* pEntry) {
   if (ths->state != TAOS_SYNC_STATE_FOLLOWER) {
     sNTrace(ths, "I am not follower, can not do leader transfer");
@@ -2238,7 +2237,7 @@ int32_t syncDoLeaderTransfer(SSyncNode* ths, SRpcMsg* pRpcMsg, SSyncRaftEntry* p
     }
   */
 
-  SyncLeaderTransfer* pSyncLeaderTransfer = syncLeaderTransferFromRpcMsg2(pRpcMsg);
+  SyncLeaderTransfer* pSyncLeaderTransfer = pRpcMsg->pCont;
   sNTrace(ths, "do leader transfer, index:%" PRId64, pEntry->index);
 
   bool sameId = syncUtilSameId(&(pSyncLeaderTransfer->newLeaderId), &(ths->myRaftId));
@@ -2271,10 +2270,11 @@ int32_t syncDoLeaderTransfer(SSyncNode* ths, SRpcMsg* pRpcMsg, SSyncRaftEntry* p
     ths->pFsm->FpLeaderTransferCb(ths->pFsm, pRpcMsg, &cbMeta);
   }
 
-  syncLeaderTransferDestroy(pSyncLeaderTransfer);
   return 0;
 }
 
+#endif
+
 int32_t syncNodeUpdateNewConfigIndex(SSyncNode* ths, SSyncCfg* pNewCfg) {
   for (int32_t i = 0; i < pNewCfg->replicaNum; ++i) {
     SRaftId raftId;
diff --git a/source/libs/sync/src/syncMessage.c b/source/libs/sync/src/syncMessage.c
index c7cd0a6249..2b5b205f56 100644
--- a/source/libs/sync/src/syncMessage.c
+++ b/source/libs/sync/src/syncMessage.c
@@ -258,137 +258,21 @@ int32_t syncBuildSnapshotSendRsp(SRpcMsg* pMsg, int32_t vgId) {
   return 0;
 }
 
-// ---------------------------------------------
-SyncLeaderTransfer* syncLeaderTransferBuild(int32_t vgId) {
-  uint32_t            bytes = sizeof(SyncLeaderTransfer);
-  SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg = taosMemoryMalloc(bytes);
-  memset(pMsg, 0, bytes);
-  pMsg->bytes = bytes;
-  pMsg->vgId = vgId;
+int32_t syncBuildLeaderTransfer(SRpcMsg* pMsg, int32_t vgId) {
+  int32_t bytes = sizeof(SyncLeaderTransfer);
+  pMsg->pCont = rpcMallocCont(bytes);
   pMsg->msgType = TDMT_SYNC_LEADER_TRANSFER;
-  return pMsg;
-}
-
-void syncLeaderTransferDestroy(SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg) {
-  if (pMsg != NULL) {
-    taosMemoryFree(pMsg);
-  }
-}
-
-void syncLeaderTransferSerialize(const SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg, char* buf, uint32_t bufLen) {
-  ASSERT(pMsg->bytes <= bufLen);
-  memcpy(buf, pMsg, pMsg->bytes);
-}
-
-void syncLeaderTransferDeserialize(const char* buf, uint32_t len, SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg) {
-  memcpy(pMsg, buf, len);
-  ASSERT(len == pMsg->bytes);
-}
-
-char* syncLeaderTransferSerialize2(const SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg, uint32_t* len) {
-  char* buf = taosMemoryMalloc(pMsg->bytes);
-  ASSERT(buf != NULL);
-  syncLeaderTransferSerialize(pMsg, buf, pMsg->bytes);
-  if (len != NULL) {
-    *len = pMsg->bytes;
-  }
-  return buf;
-}
-
-SyncLeaderTransfer* syncLeaderTransferDeserialize2(const char* buf, uint32_t len) {
-  uint32_t            bytes = *((uint32_t*)buf);
-  SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg = taosMemoryMalloc(bytes);
-  ASSERT(pMsg != NULL);
-  syncLeaderTransferDeserialize(buf, len, pMsg);
-  ASSERT(len == pMsg->bytes);
-  return pMsg;
-}
-
-void syncLeaderTransfer2RpcMsg(const SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg, SRpcMsg* pRpcMsg) {
-  memset(pRpcMsg, 0, sizeof(*pRpcMsg));
-  pRpcMsg->msgType = pMsg->msgType;
-  pRpcMsg->contLen = pMsg->bytes;
-  pRpcMsg->pCont = rpcMallocCont(pRpcMsg->contLen);
-  syncLeaderTransferSerialize(pMsg, pRpcMsg->pCont, pRpcMsg->contLen);
-}
-
-void syncLeaderTransferFromRpcMsg(const SRpcMsg* pRpcMsg, SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg) {
-  syncLeaderTransferDeserialize(pRpcMsg->pCont, pRpcMsg->contLen, pMsg);
-}
-
-SyncLeaderTransfer* syncLeaderTransferFromRpcMsg2(const SRpcMsg* pRpcMsg) {
-  SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg = syncLeaderTransferDeserialize2(pRpcMsg->pCont, pRpcMsg->contLen);
-  ASSERT(pMsg != NULL);
-  return pMsg;
-}
-
-cJSON* syncLeaderTransfer2Json(const SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg) {
-  char   u64buf[128];
-  cJSON* pRoot = cJSON_CreateObject();
-
-  if (pMsg != NULL) {
-    cJSON_AddNumberToObject(pRoot, "bytes", pMsg->bytes);
-    cJSON_AddNumberToObject(pRoot, "vgId", pMsg->vgId);
-    cJSON_AddNumberToObject(pRoot, "msgType", pMsg->msgType);
-
-    /*
-        cJSON* pSrcId = cJSON_CreateObject();
-        snprintf(u64buf, sizeof(u64buf), "%" PRIu64, pMsg->srcId.addr);
-        cJSON_AddStringToObject(pSrcId, "addr", u64buf);
-        {
-          uint64_t u64 = pMsg->srcId.addr;
-          cJSON*   pTmp = pSrcId;
-          char     host[128];
-          uint16_t port;
-          syncUtilU642Addr(u64, host, sizeof(host), &port);
-          cJSON_AddStringToObject(pTmp, "addr_host", host);
-          cJSON_AddNumberToObject(pTmp, "addr_port", port);
-        }
-        cJSON_AddNumberToObject(pSrcId, "vgId", pMsg->srcId.vgId);
-        cJSON_AddItemToObject(pRoot, "srcId", pSrcId);
-
-        cJSON* pDestId = cJSON_CreateObject();
-        snprintf(u64buf, sizeof(u64buf), "%" PRIu64, pMsg->destId.addr);
-        cJSON_AddStringToObject(pDestId, "addr", u64buf);
-        {
-          uint64_t u64 = pMsg->destId.addr;
-          cJSON*   pTmp = pDestId;
-          char     host[128];
-          uint16_t port;
-          syncUtilU642Addr(u64, host, sizeof(host), &port);
-          cJSON_AddStringToObject(pTmp, "addr_host", host);
-          cJSON_AddNumberToObject(pTmp, "addr_port", port);
-        }
-        cJSON_AddNumberToObject(pDestId, "vgId", pMsg->destId.vgId);
-        cJSON_AddItemToObject(pRoot, "destId", pDestId);
-    */
-
-    cJSON* pNewerId = cJSON_CreateObject();
-    snprintf(u64buf, sizeof(u64buf), "%" PRIu64, pMsg->newLeaderId.addr);
-    cJSON_AddStringToObject(pNewerId, "addr", u64buf);
-    {
-      uint64_t u64 = pMsg->newLeaderId.addr;
-      cJSON*   pTmp = pNewerId;
-      char     host[128];
-      uint16_t port;
-      syncUtilU642Addr(u64, host, sizeof(host), &port);
-      cJSON_AddStringToObject(pTmp, "addr_host", host);
-      cJSON_AddNumberToObject(pTmp, "addr_port", port);
-    }
-    cJSON_AddNumberToObject(pNewerId, "vgId", pMsg->newLeaderId.vgId);
-    cJSON_AddItemToObject(pRoot, "newLeaderId", pNewerId);
+  pMsg->contLen = bytes;
+  if (pMsg->pCont == NULL) {
+    terrno = TSDB_CODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+    return -1;
   }
 
-  cJSON* pJson = cJSON_CreateObject();
-  cJSON_AddItemToObject(pJson, "SyncLeaderTransfer", pRoot);
-  return pJson;
-}
-
-char* syncLeaderTransfer2Str(const SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg) {
-  cJSON* pJson = syncLeaderTransfer2Json(pMsg);
-  char*  serialized = cJSON_Print(pJson);
-  cJSON_Delete(pJson);
-  return serialized;
+  SyncLeaderTransfer* pLeaderTransfer = pMsg->pCont;
+  pLeaderTransfer->bytes = bytes;
+  pLeaderTransfer->msgType = TDMT_SYNC_LEADER_TRANSFER;
+  pLeaderTransfer->vgId = vgId;
+  return 0;
 }
 
 const char* syncLocalCmdGetStr(int32_t cmd) {
diff --git a/source/libs/sync/test/sync_test_lib/inc/syncTest.h b/source/libs/sync/test/sync_test_lib/inc/syncTest.h
index 895b566e23..4784587f4a 100644
--- a/source/libs/sync/test/sync_test_lib/inc/syncTest.h
+++ b/source/libs/sync/test/sync_test_lib/inc/syncTest.h
@@ -445,7 +445,18 @@ void syncSnapshotRspPrint2(char* s, const SyncSnapshotRsp* pMsg);
 void syncSnapshotRspLog(const SyncSnapshotRsp* pMsg);
 void syncSnapshotRspLog2(char* s, const SyncSnapshotRsp* pMsg);
 
-// ---------------------------------------------
+SyncLeaderTransfer* syncLeaderTransferBuild(int32_t vgId);
+void                syncLeaderTransferDestroy(SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg);
+void                syncLeaderTransferSerialize(const SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg, char* buf, uint32_t bufLen);
+void                syncLeaderTransferDeserialize(const char* buf, uint32_t len, SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg);
+char*               syncLeaderTransferSerialize2(const SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg, uint32_t* len);
+SyncLeaderTransfer* syncLeaderTransferDeserialize2(const char* buf, uint32_t len);
+void                syncLeaderTransfer2RpcMsg(const SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg, SRpcMsg* pRpcMsg);
+void                syncLeaderTransferFromRpcMsg(const SRpcMsg* pRpcMsg, SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg);
+SyncLeaderTransfer* syncLeaderTransferFromRpcMsg2(const SRpcMsg* pRpcMsg);
+cJSON*              syncLeaderTransfer2Json(const SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg);
+char*               syncLeaderTransfer2Str(const SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/source/libs/sync/test/sync_test_lib/src/syncMessageDebug.c b/source/libs/sync/test/sync_test_lib/src/syncMessageDebug.c
index c1c1f48ee1..5a32e809bf 100644
--- a/source/libs/sync/test/sync_test_lib/src/syncMessageDebug.c
+++ b/source/libs/sync/test/sync_test_lib/src/syncMessageDebug.c
@@ -2620,3 +2620,136 @@ void syncSnapshotRspLog2(char* s, const SyncSnapshotRsp* pMsg) {
     taosMemoryFree(serialized);
   }
 }
+
+// ---------------------------------------------
+SyncLeaderTransfer* syncLeaderTransferBuild(int32_t vgId) {
+  uint32_t            bytes = sizeof(SyncLeaderTransfer);
+  SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg = taosMemoryMalloc(bytes);
+  memset(pMsg, 0, bytes);
+  pMsg->bytes = bytes;
+  pMsg->vgId = vgId;
+  pMsg->msgType = TDMT_SYNC_LEADER_TRANSFER;
+  return pMsg;
+}
+
+void syncLeaderTransferDestroy(SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg) {
+  if (pMsg != NULL) {
+    taosMemoryFree(pMsg);
+  }
+}
+
+void syncLeaderTransferSerialize(const SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg, char* buf, uint32_t bufLen) {
+  ASSERT(pMsg->bytes <= bufLen);
+  memcpy(buf, pMsg, pMsg->bytes);
+}
+
+void syncLeaderTransferDeserialize(const char* buf, uint32_t len, SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg) {
+  memcpy(pMsg, buf, len);
+  ASSERT(len == pMsg->bytes);
+}
+
+char* syncLeaderTransferSerialize2(const SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg, uint32_t* len) {
+  char* buf = taosMemoryMalloc(pMsg->bytes);
+  ASSERT(buf != NULL);
+  syncLeaderTransferSerialize(pMsg, buf, pMsg->bytes);
+  if (len != NULL) {
+    *len = pMsg->bytes;
+  }
+  return buf;
+}
+
+SyncLeaderTransfer* syncLeaderTransferDeserialize2(const char* buf, uint32_t len) {
+  uint32_t            bytes = *((uint32_t*)buf);
+  SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg = taosMemoryMalloc(bytes);
+  ASSERT(pMsg != NULL);
+  syncLeaderTransferDeserialize(buf, len, pMsg);
+  ASSERT(len == pMsg->bytes);
+  return pMsg;
+}
+
+void syncLeaderTransfer2RpcMsg(const SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg, SRpcMsg* pRpcMsg) {
+  memset(pRpcMsg, 0, sizeof(*pRpcMsg));
+  pRpcMsg->msgType = pMsg->msgType;
+  pRpcMsg->contLen = pMsg->bytes;
+  pRpcMsg->pCont = rpcMallocCont(pRpcMsg->contLen);
+  syncLeaderTransferSerialize(pMsg, pRpcMsg->pCont, pRpcMsg->contLen);
+}
+
+void syncLeaderTransferFromRpcMsg(const SRpcMsg* pRpcMsg, SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg) {
+  syncLeaderTransferDeserialize(pRpcMsg->pCont, pRpcMsg->contLen, pMsg);
+}
+
+SyncLeaderTransfer* syncLeaderTransferFromRpcMsg2(const SRpcMsg* pRpcMsg) {
+  SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg = syncLeaderTransferDeserialize2(pRpcMsg->pCont, pRpcMsg->contLen);
+  ASSERT(pMsg != NULL);
+  return pMsg;
+}
+
+cJSON* syncLeaderTransfer2Json(const SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg) {
+  char   u64buf[128];
+  cJSON* pRoot = cJSON_CreateObject();
+
+  if (pMsg != NULL) {
+    cJSON_AddNumberToObject(pRoot, "bytes", pMsg->bytes);
+    cJSON_AddNumberToObject(pRoot, "vgId", pMsg->vgId);
+    cJSON_AddNumberToObject(pRoot, "msgType", pMsg->msgType);
+
+    /*
+        cJSON* pSrcId = cJSON_CreateObject();
+        snprintf(u64buf, sizeof(u64buf), "%" PRIu64, pMsg->srcId.addr);
+        cJSON_AddStringToObject(pSrcId, "addr", u64buf);
+        {
+          uint64_t u64 = pMsg->srcId.addr;
+          cJSON*   pTmp = pSrcId;
+          char     host[128];
+          uint16_t port;
+          syncUtilU642Addr(u64, host, sizeof(host), &port);
+          cJSON_AddStringToObject(pTmp, "addr_host", host);
+          cJSON_AddNumberToObject(pTmp, "addr_port", port);
+        }
+        cJSON_AddNumberToObject(pSrcId, "vgId", pMsg->srcId.vgId);
+        cJSON_AddItemToObject(pRoot, "srcId", pSrcId);
+
+        cJSON* pDestId = cJSON_CreateObject();
+        snprintf(u64buf, sizeof(u64buf), "%" PRIu64, pMsg->destId.addr);
+        cJSON_AddStringToObject(pDestId, "addr", u64buf);
+        {
+          uint64_t u64 = pMsg->destId.addr;
+          cJSON*   pTmp = pDestId;
+          char     host[128];
+          uint16_t port;
+          syncUtilU642Addr(u64, host, sizeof(host), &port);
+          cJSON_AddStringToObject(pTmp, "addr_host", host);
+          cJSON_AddNumberToObject(pTmp, "addr_port", port);
+        }
+        cJSON_AddNumberToObject(pDestId, "vgId", pMsg->destId.vgId);
+        cJSON_AddItemToObject(pRoot, "destId", pDestId);
+    */
+
+    cJSON* pNewerId = cJSON_CreateObject();
+    snprintf(u64buf, sizeof(u64buf), "%" PRIu64, pMsg->newLeaderId.addr);
+    cJSON_AddStringToObject(pNewerId, "addr", u64buf);
+    {
+      uint64_t u64 = pMsg->newLeaderId.addr;
+      cJSON*   pTmp = pNewerId;
+      char     host[128];
+      uint16_t port;
+      syncUtilU642Addr(u64, host, sizeof(host), &port);
+      cJSON_AddStringToObject(pTmp, "addr_host", host);
+      cJSON_AddNumberToObject(pTmp, "addr_port", port);
+    }
+    cJSON_AddNumberToObject(pNewerId, "vgId", pMsg->newLeaderId.vgId);
+    cJSON_AddItemToObject(pRoot, "newLeaderId", pNewerId);
+  }
+
+  cJSON* pJson = cJSON_CreateObject();
+  cJSON_AddItemToObject(pJson, "SyncLeaderTransfer", pRoot);
+  return pJson;
+}
+
+char* syncLeaderTransfer2Str(const SyncLeaderTransfer* pMsg) {
+  cJSON* pJson = syncLeaderTransfer2Json(pMsg);
+  char*  serialized = cJSON_Print(pJson);
+  cJSON_Delete(pJson);
+  return serialized;
+}