diff --git a/lnwire/message.go b/lnwire/message.go
index 634f78ab3..0f28a2465 100644
--- a/lnwire/message.go
+++ b/lnwire/message.go
@@ -190,6 +190,14 @@ type Message interface {
 	MsgType() MessageType
 }
 
+// LinkUpdater is an interface implemented by most messages in BOLT 2 that are
+// allowed to update the channel state.
+type LinkUpdater interface {
+	// TargetChanID returns the channel id of the link for which this
+	// message is intended.
+	TargetChanID() ChannelID
+}
+
 // makeEmptyMessage creates a new empty message of the proper concrete type
 // based on the passed message type.
 func makeEmptyMessage(msgType MessageType) (Message, error) {
diff --git a/peer/brontide.go b/peer/brontide.go
index 696ad8610..189fb1660 100644
--- a/peer/brontide.go
+++ b/peer/brontide.go
@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ out:
 		// will consider them as link updates and send them to
 		// chanStream. These messages will be queued inside chanStream
 		// if the channel is not active yet.
-		case LinkUpdater:
+		case lnwire.LinkUpdater:
 			targetChan = msg.TargetChanID()
 			isLinkUpdate = p.hasChannel(targetChan)
 
diff --git a/peer/interfaces.go b/peer/interfaces.go
index 562d89723..4f4619fef 100644
--- a/peer/interfaces.go
+++ b/peer/interfaces.go
@@ -34,14 +34,6 @@ type messageSwitch interface {
 		error)
 }
 
-// LinkUpdater is an interface implemented by most messages in BOLT 2 that are
-// allowed to update the channel state.
-type LinkUpdater interface {
-	// TargetChanID returns the channel id of the link for which this message
-	// is intended.
-	TargetChanID() lnwire.ChannelID
-}
-
 // MessageConn is an interface implemented by anything that delivers
 // an lnwire.Message using a net.Conn interface.
 type MessageConn interface {