diff --git a/htlcswitch/interfaces.go b/htlcswitch/interfaces.go
index 645b33dc0..1cd24f525 100644
--- a/htlcswitch/interfaces.go
+++ b/htlcswitch/interfaces.go
@@ -130,10 +130,6 @@ type Peer interface {
 
 	// PubKey returns the serialize public key of the source peer.
 	PubKey() [33]byte
-
-	// Disconnect disconnects with peer if we have error which we can't
-	// properly handle.
-	Disconnect(reason error)
 }
 
 // ForwardingLog is an interface that represents a time series database which
diff --git a/htlcswitch/link_test.go b/htlcswitch/link_test.go
index e79b74ffe..e0f3c07e8 100644
--- a/htlcswitch/link_test.go
+++ b/htlcswitch/link_test.go
@@ -1396,6 +1396,8 @@ type mockPeer struct {
 	quit         chan struct{}
 }
 
+var _ Peer = (*mockPeer)(nil)
+
 func (m *mockPeer) SendMessage(msg lnwire.Message, sync bool) error {
 	if m.disconnected {
 		return fmt.Errorf("disconnected")
@@ -1413,8 +1415,6 @@ func (m *mockPeer) WipeChannel(*wire.OutPoint) error {
 func (m *mockPeer) PubKey() [33]byte {
 	return [33]byte{}
 }
-func (m *mockPeer) Disconnect(reason error) {
-}
 
 var _ Peer = (*mockPeer)(nil)
 
diff --git a/htlcswitch/mock.go b/htlcswitch/mock.go
index 49238b7a6..6c2c9af4f 100644
--- a/htlcswitch/mock.go
+++ b/htlcswitch/mock.go
@@ -506,12 +506,6 @@ func (s *mockServer) PubKey() [33]byte {
 	return s.id
 }
 
-func (s *mockServer) Disconnect(reason error) {
-	fmt.Printf("server %v disconnected due to %v\n", s.name, reason)
-
-	s.t.Fatalf("server %v was disconnected: %v", s.name, reason)
-}
-
 func (s *mockServer) WipeChannel(*wire.OutPoint) error {
 	return nil
 }