diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index 06c7e0290d..73673d8d87 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -677,7 +677,6 @@ func (s *Ethereum) Stop() error {
 	s.ethDialCandidates.Close()
 	s.snapDialCandidates.Close()
 	s.p2pServer.CloseConsensusDial()
-	s.p2pServer.CloseDiscovery()
 	s.handler.Stop()
 
 	// Then stop everything else.
diff --git a/p2p/server.go b/p2p/server.go
index 52aefbc13f..33db0a790b 100644
--- a/p2p/server.go
+++ b/p2p/server.go
@@ -1262,12 +1262,6 @@ func (srv *Server) PeersInfo() []*PeerInfo {
 	return infos
 }
 
-func (srv *Server) CloseDiscovery() {
-	srv.ntab.Close()
-	srv.discmix.Close()
-	srv.log.Info("Close ntab and discmix")
-}
-
 func (srv *Server) StartWatching(eventMux *event.TypeMux) {
 	srv.eventMux = eventMux
 	go srv.watching()