diff --git a/fundingmanager.go b/fundingmanager.go
index 772cc3194..b5127c0f2 100644
--- a/fundingmanager.go
+++ b/fundingmanager.go
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ func (f *fundingManager) handleFundingOpen(fmsg *fundingOpenMsg) {
 		MaxAcceptedHtlcs: msg.MaxAcceptedHTLCs,
 		CsvDelay:         msg.CsvDelay,
 	}
-	err = reservation.CommitConstraints(channelConstraints, amt)
+	err = reservation.CommitConstraints(channelConstraints)
 	if err != nil {
 		fndgLog.Errorf("Unacceptable channel constraints: %v", err)
 		f.failFundingFlow(fmsg.peer, fmsg.msg.PendingChannelID, err)
@@ -1254,9 +1254,7 @@ func (f *fundingManager) handleFundingAccept(fmsg *fundingAcceptMsg) {
 		MaxAcceptedHtlcs: msg.MaxAcceptedHTLCs,
 		CsvDelay:         msg.CsvDelay,
 	}
-	err = resCtx.reservation.CommitConstraints(
-		channelConstraints, resCtx.chanAmt,
-	)
+	err = resCtx.reservation.CommitConstraints(channelConstraints)
 	if err != nil {
 		fndgLog.Warnf("Unacceptable channel constraints: %v", err)
 		f.failFundingFlow(fmsg.peer, fmsg.msg.PendingChannelID, err)
diff --git a/lnwallet/errors.go b/lnwallet/errors.go
index d72caf659..79ab10f7e 100644
--- a/lnwallet/errors.go
+++ b/lnwallet/errors.go
@@ -132,16 +132,6 @@ func ErrNumConfsTooLarge(numConfs, maxNumConfs uint32) error {
 	}
 }
 
-// ErrMaxValueInFlightTooLarge returns an error indicating that the 'max HTLC
-// value in flight' the remote required is too large to be accepted.
-func ErrMaxValueInFlightTooLarge(maxValInFlight,
-	maxMaxValInFlight lnwire.MilliSatoshi) ReservationError {
-	return ReservationError{
-		fmt.Errorf("maxValueInFlight too large: %v, max is %v",
-			maxValInFlight, maxMaxValInFlight),
-	}
-}
-
 // ErrChanTooSmall returns an error indicating that an incoming channel request
 // was too small. We'll reject any incoming channels if they're below our
 // configured value for the min channel size we'll accept.
diff --git a/lnwallet/interface_test.go b/lnwallet/interface_test.go
index 7ed0dfe91..4549a266a 100644
--- a/lnwallet/interface_test.go
+++ b/lnwallet/interface_test.go
@@ -437,9 +437,7 @@ func testDualFundingReservationWorkflow(miner *rpctest.Harness,
 		MaxAcceptedHtlcs: lnwallet.MaxHTLCNumber / 2,
 		CsvDelay:         csvDelay,
 	}
-	err = aliceChanReservation.CommitConstraints(
-		channelConstraints, fundingAmount*2,
-	)
+	err = aliceChanReservation.CommitConstraints(channelConstraints)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to verify constraints: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -473,9 +471,7 @@ func testDualFundingReservationWorkflow(miner *rpctest.Harness,
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("bob unable to init channel reservation: %v", err)
 	}
-	err = bobChanReservation.CommitConstraints(
-		channelConstraints, fundingAmount*2,
-	)
+	err = bobChanReservation.CommitConstraints(channelConstraints)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to verify constraints: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -873,9 +869,7 @@ func testSingleFunderReservationWorkflow(miner *rpctest.Harness,
 		MaxAcceptedHtlcs: lnwallet.MaxHTLCNumber / 2,
 		CsvDelay:         csvDelay,
 	}
-	err = aliceChanReservation.CommitConstraints(
-		channelConstraints, fundingAmt,
-	)
+	err = aliceChanReservation.CommitConstraints(channelConstraints)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to verify constraints: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -909,9 +903,7 @@ func testSingleFunderReservationWorkflow(miner *rpctest.Harness,
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to create bob reservation: %v", err)
 	}
-	err = bobChanReservation.CommitConstraints(
-		channelConstraints, fundingAmt,
-	)
+	err = bobChanReservation.CommitConstraints(channelConstraints)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to verify constraints: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/lnwallet/reservation.go b/lnwallet/reservation.go
index 1a684f25e..a32acfa2f 100644
--- a/lnwallet/reservation.go
+++ b/lnwallet/reservation.go
@@ -286,9 +286,7 @@ func (r *ChannelReservation) SetNumConfsRequired(numConfs uint16) {
 // of satoshis that can be transferred in a single commitment. This function
 // will also attempt to verify the constraints for sanity, returning an error
 // if the parameters are seemed unsound.
-func (r *ChannelReservation) CommitConstraints(c *channeldb.ChannelConstraints,
-	capacity btcutil.Amount) error {
-
+func (r *ChannelReservation) CommitConstraints(c *channeldb.ChannelConstraints) error {
 	r.Lock()
 	defer r.Unlock()
 
@@ -343,15 +341,7 @@ func (r *ChannelReservation) CommitConstraints(c *channeldb.ChannelConstraints,
 		)
 	}
 
-	// Fail if the maxValueInFlight is greater than the channel capacity.
-	capacityMsat := lnwire.NewMSatFromSatoshis(capacity)
-	if c.MaxPendingAmount > capacityMsat {
-		return ErrMaxValueInFlightTooLarge(
-			c.MaxPendingAmount, capacityMsat,
-		)
-	}
-
-	// Our dust limit should always be less than or equal our proposed
+	// Our dust limit should always be less than or equal to our proposed
 	// channel reserve.
 	if r.ourContribution.DustLimit > c.ChanReserve {
 		r.ourContribution.DustLimit = c.ChanReserve