diff --git a/htlcswitch/hop/forwarding_info.go b/htlcswitch/hop/forwarding_info.go
index 54b3274c2..3ec358a0a 100644
--- a/htlcswitch/hop/forwarding_info.go
+++ b/htlcswitch/hop/forwarding_info.go
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ import (
 // received within the incoming HTLC, to ensure that the prior hop didn't
 // tamper with the end-to-end routing information at all.
 type ForwardingInfo struct {
-	// Network is the target blockchain network that the HTLC will travel
-	// over next.
-	Network Network
-
 	// NextHop is the channel ID of the next hop. The received HTLC should
 	// be forwarded to this particular channel in order to continue the
 	// end-to-end route.
diff --git a/htlcswitch/hop/network.go b/htlcswitch/hop/network.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f121642e..000000000
--- a/htlcswitch/hop/network.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-package hop
-
-// Network indicates the blockchain network that is intended to be the next hop
-// for a forwarded HTLC. The existence of this field within the ForwardingInfo
-// struct enables the ability for HTLC to cross chain-boundaries at will.
-type Network uint8
-
-const (
-	// BitcoinNetwork denotes that an HTLC is to be forwarded along the
-	// Bitcoin link with the specified short channel ID.
-	BitcoinNetwork Network = iota
-
-	// LitecoinNetwork denotes that an HTLC is to be forwarded along the
-	// Litecoin link with the specified short channel ID.
-	LitecoinNetwork
-)
-
-// String returns the string representation of the target Network.
-func (c Network) String() string {
-	switch c {
-	case BitcoinNetwork:
-		return "Bitcoin"
-	case LitecoinNetwork:
-		return "Litecoin"
-	default:
-		return "Kekcoin"
-	}
-}
diff --git a/htlcswitch/hop/payload.go b/htlcswitch/hop/payload.go
index d4672766c..2e35c1abb 100644
--- a/htlcswitch/hop/payload.go
+++ b/htlcswitch/hop/payload.go
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ func NewLegacyPayload(f *sphinx.HopData) *Payload {
 
 	return &Payload{
 		FwdInfo: ForwardingInfo{
-			Network:         BitcoinNetwork,
 			NextHop:         lnwire.NewShortChanIDFromInt(nextHop),
 			AmountToForward: lnwire.MilliSatoshi(f.ForwardAmount),
 			OutgoingCTLV:    f.OutgoingCltv,
@@ -187,7 +186,6 @@ func NewPayloadFromReader(r io.Reader) (*Payload, error) {
 
 	return &Payload{
 		FwdInfo: ForwardingInfo{
-			Network:         BitcoinNetwork,
 			NextHop:         nextHop,
 			AmountToForward: lnwire.MilliSatoshi(amt),
 			OutgoingCTLV:    cltv,
diff --git a/htlcswitch/mock.go b/htlcswitch/mock.go
index 95e0f343b..fe593c9c5 100644
--- a/htlcswitch/mock.go
+++ b/htlcswitch/mock.go
@@ -365,10 +365,6 @@ func (r *mockHopIterator) EncodeNextHop(w io.Writer) error {
 }
 
 func encodeFwdInfo(w io.Writer, f *hop.ForwardingInfo) error {
-	if _, err := w.Write([]byte{byte(f.Network)}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	if err := binary.Write(w, binary.BigEndian, f.NextHop); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -563,12 +559,6 @@ func (p *mockIteratorDecoder) DecodeHopIterators(id []byte,
 }
 
 func decodeFwdInfo(r io.Reader, f *hop.ForwardingInfo) error {
-	var net [1]byte
-	if _, err := r.Read(net[:]); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	f.Network = hop.Network(net[0])
-
 	if err := binary.Read(r, binary.BigEndian, &f.NextHop); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}