diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 3ed068387..2378010bc 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -2364,33 +2364,6 @@ func (s *server) peerInitializer(p *peer) {
 	// was successful, and to begin watching the peer's wait group.
 	close(ready)
 
-	switch {
-	// If the remote peer knows of the new gossip queries feature, then
-	// we'll create a new gossipSyncer in the AuthenticatedGossiper for it.
-	case p.remoteLocalFeatures.HasFeature(lnwire.GossipQueriesOptional):
-		srvrLog.Infof("Negotiated chan series queries with %x",
-			p.pubKeyBytes[:])
-
-		// We'll only request channel updates from the remote peer if
-		// its enabled in the config, or we're already getting updates
-		// from enough peers.
-		//
-		// TODO(roasbeef): craft s.t. we only get updates from a few
-		// peers
-		recvUpdates := !cfg.NoChanUpdates
-		go s.authGossiper.InitSyncState(p, recvUpdates)
-
-	// If the remote peer has the initial sync feature bit set, then we'll
-	// being the synchronization protocol to exchange authenticated channel
-	// graph edges/vertexes, but only if they don't know of the new gossip
-	// queries.
-	case p.remoteLocalFeatures.HasFeature(lnwire.InitialRoutingSync):
-		srvrLog.Infof("Requesting full table sync with %x",
-			p.pubKeyBytes[:])
-
-		go s.authGossiper.SynchronizeNode(p)
-	}
-
 	pubStr := string(p.addr.IdentityKey.SerializeCompressed())
 
 	s.mu.Lock()