diff --git a/lnwire/lnwire.go b/lnwire/lnwire.go
index f25163dec..e5c6064e7 100644
--- a/lnwire/lnwire.go
+++ b/lnwire/lnwire.go
@@ -747,10 +747,7 @@ func readElement(r io.Reader, element interface{}) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		*e, err = newAlias(a[:])
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+		*e = newAlias(a[:])
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("Unknown type in readElement: %T", e)
 	}
diff --git a/lnwire/node_announcement.go b/lnwire/node_announcement.go
index 2e4127629..297a6e5df 100644
--- a/lnwire/node_announcement.go
+++ b/lnwire/node_announcement.go
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ type Alias struct {
 }
 
 // NewAlias create the alias from string and also checks spec requirements.
-func NewAlias(s string) (Alias, error) {
+func NewAlias(s string) Alias {
 	data := []byte(s)
 	return newAlias(data)
 }
 
-func newAlias(data []byte) (Alias, error) {
+func newAlias(data []byte) Alias {
 	var a [32]byte
 
 	rawAlias := data
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func newAlias(data []byte) (Alias, error) {
 	return Alias{
 		data:     a,
 		aliasLen: aliasEnd,
-	}, nil
+	}
 }
 
 func (a *Alias) String() string {
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index fbfd5d2d9..a93245334 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -190,10 +190,7 @@ func newServer(listenAddrs []string, notifier chainntnfs.ChainNotifier,
 	// In order to have ability to announce the self node we need to
 	// sign the node announce message, and include the signature in the
 	// node channeldb object.
-	alias, err := lnwire.NewAlias(hex.EncodeToString(serializedPubKey[:10]))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't create alias: %v", err)
-	}
+	alias := lnwire.NewAlias(hex.EncodeToString(serializedPubKey[:10]))
 	self := &channeldb.LightningNode{
 		LastUpdate: time.Now(),
 		Addresses:  selfAddrs,