diff --git a/lnwallet/channel.go b/lnwallet/channel.go
index 6d9837229..1e9ba5842 100644
--- a/lnwallet/channel.go
+++ b/lnwallet/channel.go
@@ -168,103 +168,6 @@ func (e *ErrCommitSyncLocalDataLoss) Error() string {
 // payments requested by the wallet/daemon.
 type PaymentHash [32]byte
 
-// PayDescsFromRemoteLogUpdates converts a slice of LogUpdates received from the
-// remote peer into PaymentDescriptors to inform a link's forwarding decisions.
-//
-// NOTE: The provided `logUpdates` MUST correspond exactly to either the Adds
-// or SettleFails in this channel's forwarding package at `height`.
-func PayDescsFromRemoteLogUpdates(chanID lnwire.ShortChannelID, height uint64,
-	logUpdates []channeldb.LogUpdate) ([]*PaymentDescriptor, error) {
-
-	// Allocate enough space to hold all of the payment descriptors we will
-	// reconstruct, and also the list of pointers that will be returned to
-	// the caller.
-	payDescs := make([]PaymentDescriptor, 0, len(logUpdates))
-	payDescPtrs := make([]*PaymentDescriptor, 0, len(logUpdates))
-
-	// Iterate over the log updates we loaded from disk, and reconstruct the
-	// payment descriptor corresponding to one of the four types of htlcs we
-	// can receive from the remote peer. We only repopulate the information
-	// necessary to process the packets and, if necessary, forward them to
-	// the switch.
-	//
-	// For each log update, we include either an AddRef or a SettleFailRef
-	// so that they can be ACK'd and garbage collected.
-	for i, logUpdate := range logUpdates {
-		var pd PaymentDescriptor
-		switch wireMsg := logUpdate.UpdateMsg.(type) {
-
-		case *lnwire.UpdateAddHTLC:
-			pd = PaymentDescriptor{
-				ChanID:    wireMsg.ChanID,
-				RHash:     wireMsg.PaymentHash,
-				Timeout:   wireMsg.Expiry,
-				Amount:    wireMsg.Amount,
-				EntryType: Add,
-				HtlcIndex: wireMsg.ID,
-				LogIndex:  logUpdate.LogIndex,
-				SourceRef: &channeldb.AddRef{
-					Height: height,
-					Index:  uint16(i),
-				},
-				BlindingPoint: wireMsg.BlindingPoint,
-				CustomRecords: wireMsg.CustomRecords.Copy(),
-			}
-			pd.OnionBlob = wireMsg.OnionBlob
-
-		case *lnwire.UpdateFulfillHTLC:
-			pd = PaymentDescriptor{
-				ChanID:      wireMsg.ChanID,
-				RPreimage:   wireMsg.PaymentPreimage,
-				ParentIndex: wireMsg.ID,
-				EntryType:   Settle,
-				DestRef: &channeldb.SettleFailRef{
-					Source: chanID,
-					Height: height,
-					Index:  uint16(i),
-				},
-			}
-
-		case *lnwire.UpdateFailHTLC:
-			pd = PaymentDescriptor{
-				ChanID:      wireMsg.ChanID,
-				ParentIndex: wireMsg.ID,
-				EntryType:   Fail,
-				FailReason:  wireMsg.Reason[:],
-				DestRef: &channeldb.SettleFailRef{
-					Source: chanID,
-					Height: height,
-					Index:  uint16(i),
-				},
-			}
-
-		case *lnwire.UpdateFailMalformedHTLC:
-			pd = PaymentDescriptor{
-				ChanID:       wireMsg.ChanID,
-				ParentIndex:  wireMsg.ID,
-				EntryType:    MalformedFail,
-				FailCode:     wireMsg.FailureCode,
-				ShaOnionBlob: wireMsg.ShaOnionBlob,
-				DestRef: &channeldb.SettleFailRef{
-					Source: chanID,
-					Height: height,
-					Index:  uint16(i),
-				},
-			}
-
-		// NOTE: UpdateFee is not expected since they are not forwarded.
-		case *lnwire.UpdateFee:
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected update fee")
-
-		}
-
-		payDescs = append(payDescs, pd)
-		payDescPtrs = append(payDescPtrs, &payDescs[i])
-	}
-
-	return payDescPtrs, nil
-}
-
 // commitment represents a commitment to a new state within an active channel.
 // New commitments can be initiated by either side. Commitments are ordered
 // into a commitment chain, with one existing for both parties. Each side can