diff --git a/beacon-chain/sync/rpc_status.go b/beacon-chain/sync/rpc_status.go
index 5fcfb821f3..be9a2fa1a3 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/sync/rpc_status.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/sync/rpc_status.go
@@ -158,10 +158,6 @@ func (s *Service) reValidatePeer(ctx context.Context, id peer.ID) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (s *Service) removeDisconnectedPeerStatus(ctx context.Context, pid peer.ID) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
 // statusRPCHandler reads the incoming Status RPC from the peer and responds with our version of a status message.
 // This handler will disconnect any peer that does not match our fork version.
 func (s *Service) statusRPCHandler(ctx context.Context, msg interface{}, stream libp2pcore.Stream) error {
diff --git a/beacon-chain/sync/service.go b/beacon-chain/sync/service.go
index f0eba30059..a2527eed7b 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/sync/service.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/sync/service.go
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ func (s *Service) Start() {
 	}
 
 	s.p2p.AddConnectionHandler(s.reValidatePeer, s.sendGenericGoodbyeMessage)
-	s.p2p.AddDisconnectionHandler(s.removeDisconnectedPeerStatus)
 	s.p2p.AddPingMethod(s.sendPingRequest)
 	s.processPendingBlocksQueue()
 	s.processPendingAttsQueue()