diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5ed18104f..4d138ca55 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,4 +27,3 @@ bitcoin/test/run-tx-encode
 daemon/test/run-maxfee
 test/test_protocol
 test/test_sphinx
-test/test_irc
diff --git a/lightningd/lightningd.h b/lightningd/lightningd.h
index 478646812..566c6cb76 100644
--- a/lightningd/lightningd.h
+++ b/lightningd/lightningd.h
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ struct config {
 	/* How long between changing commit and sending COMMIT message. */
 	struct timerel commit_time;
 
-	/* Whether to enable IRC peer discovery. */
-	bool use_irc;
-
 	/* Whether to ignore database version. */
 	bool db_version_ignore;
 
diff --git a/lightningd/options.c b/lightningd/options.c
index cb28d38f2..c34597e86 100644
--- a/lightningd/options.c
+++ b/lightningd/options.c
@@ -224,9 +224,6 @@ static void config_register_opts(struct lightningd *ld)
 	opt_register_arg("--fee-per-satoshi", opt_set_s32, opt_show_s32,
 			 &ld->config.fee_per_satoshi,
 			 "Microsatoshi fee for every satoshi in HTLC");
-	opt_register_noarg("--disable-irc", opt_set_invbool,
-			   &ld->config.use_irc,
-			   "Disable IRC peer discovery for routing");
 
 	opt_register_noarg("--ignore-dbversion", opt_set_bool,
 			   &ld->config.db_version_ignore,
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index 8807fe098..ecb9e9ac8 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ class LightningD(TailableProc):
             '--bitcoin-datadir={}'.format(bitcoin_dir),
             '--lightning-dir={}'.format(lightning_dir),
             '--port={}'.format(port),
-            '--disable-irc',
             '--network=regtest',
             '--dev-broadcast-interval=1000',
         ]