diff --git a/p2p/pex/addrbook.go b/p2p/pex/addrbook.go
index 7a6104d504..ab12a5f049 100644
--- a/p2p/pex/addrbook.go
+++ b/p2p/pex/addrbook.go
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ type AddrBook interface {
 
 	// Persist to disk
 	Save()
-
-	LoadDialAttempts(*Reactor) bool
 }
 
 var _ AddrBook = (*addrBook)(nil)
@@ -958,10 +956,3 @@ func (a *addrBook) hash(b []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	hasher.Write(b)
 	return hasher.Sum(nil), nil
 }
-
-func (a *addrBook) LoadDialAttempts(r *Reactor) bool {
-	a.mtx.Lock()
-	defer a.mtx.Unlock()
-
-	return a.loadDialAttempts(a.filePath, r)
-}
diff --git a/p2p/pex/file.go b/p2p/pex/file.go
index 2dda335aab..38eec9636b 100644
--- a/p2p/pex/file.go
+++ b/p2p/pex/file.go
@@ -81,38 +81,3 @@ func (a *addrBook) loadFromFile(filePath string) bool {
 	}
 	return true
 }
-
-func (a *addrBook) loadDialAttempts(filePath string, r *Reactor) bool {
-	// If doesn't exist, do nothing.
-	_, err := os.Stat(filePath)
-	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	// Load addrBookJSON{}
-	addrBook, err := os.Open(filePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Error opening file %s: %v", filePath, err))
-	}
-	defer addrBook.Close()
-	aJSON := &addrBookJSON{}
-	dec := json.NewDecoder(addrBook)
-	err = dec.Decode(aJSON)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Error reading file %s: %v", filePath, err))
-	}
-
-	// Restore all the fields...
-	// Restore the key
-	a.key = aJSON.Key
-	// Restore .bucketsNew & .bucketsOld
-	for _, ka := range aJSON.Addrs {
-		// Populate attemptsToDial in Reactor
-		r.attemptsToDial.Store(ka.Addr.String(), _attemptsToDial{
-			number:     int(ka.Attempts),
-			lastDialed: ka.LastAttempt,
-		})
-	}
-
-	return true
-}
diff --git a/p2p/pex/pex_reactor.go b/p2p/pex/pex_reactor.go
index b23e08058c..eb959113c4 100644
--- a/p2p/pex/pex_reactor.go
+++ b/p2p/pex/pex_reactor.go
@@ -157,8 +157,6 @@ func (r *Reactor) OnStart() error {
 
 	r.seedAddrs = seedAddrs
 
-	r.book.LoadDialAttempts(r)
-
 	// Check if this node should run
 	// in seed/crawler mode
 	if r.config.SeedMode {
@@ -830,7 +828,6 @@ func (r *Reactor) attemptDisconnects() {
 func markAddrInBookBasedOnErr(addr *p2p.NetAddress, book AddrBook, err error) {
 	// TODO: detect more "bad peer" scenarios
 	// TODO, blacklist peer if fmt.Errorf("peer is on a different network. Got %v, expected %v", other.Network, info.Network)
-	// TODO, connect: no route to host block
 	switch err.(type) {
 	case p2p.ErrSwitchAuthenticationFailure:
 		book.MarkBad(addr, defaultBanTime)