diff --git a/htlcswitch/link.go b/htlcswitch/link.go
index 99b758ce9..9f2cfc494 100644
--- a/htlcswitch/link.go
+++ b/htlcswitch/link.go
@@ -1882,7 +1882,7 @@ func (l *channelLink) handleUpstreamMsg(msg lnwire.Message) {
 		// If both commitment chains are fully synced from our PoV,
 		// then we don't need to reply with a signature as both sides
 		// already have a commitment with the latest accepted.
-		if !l.channel.OweCommitment(true) {
+		if !l.channel.OweCommitment() {
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -1967,7 +1967,7 @@ func (l *channelLink) handleUpstreamMsg(msg lnwire.Message) {
 		// processRemoteAdds. Also in case there are no local updates,
 		// but there are still remote updates that are not in the remote
 		// commit tx yet, send out an update.
-		if l.channel.OweCommitment(true) {
+		if l.channel.OweCommitment() {
 			if !l.updateCommitTxOrFail() {
 				return
 			}
diff --git a/lnwallet/channel.go b/lnwallet/channel.go
index 63cd9a36a..30b1501ec 100644
--- a/lnwallet/channel.go
+++ b/lnwallet/channel.go
@@ -3825,7 +3825,7 @@ func (lc *LightningChannel) ProcessChanSyncMsg(
 		// but died before the signature was sent. We re-transmit our
 		// revocation, but also initiate a state transition to re-sync
 		// them.
-		if lc.OweCommitment(true) {
+		if lc.OweCommitment() {
 			commitSig, htlcSigs, _, err := lc.SignNextCommitment()
 			switch {
 
@@ -4539,11 +4539,11 @@ func (lc *LightningChannel) IsChannelClean() bool {
 // out a commitment signature because there are outstanding local updates and/or
 // updates in the local commit tx that aren't reflected in the remote commit tx
 // yet.
-func (lc *LightningChannel) OweCommitment(local bool) bool {
+func (lc *LightningChannel) OweCommitment() bool {
 	lc.RLock()
 	defer lc.RUnlock()
 
-	return lc.oweCommitment(local)
+	return lc.oweCommitment(true)
 }
 
 // oweCommitment is the internal version of OweCommitment. This function expects