diff --git a/lightningd/peer_control.c b/lightningd/peer_control.c
index 97c1cb56f..f3df54078 100644
--- a/lightningd/peer_control.c
+++ b/lightningd/peer_control.c
@@ -890,7 +890,6 @@ static void json_getpeers(struct command *cmd,
 	json_array_start(response, "peers");
 	list_for_each(&cmd->ld->peers, p, list) {
 		json_object_start(response, NULL);
-		json_add_u64(response, "unique_id", p->unique_id);
 		json_add_string(response, "state", peer_state_name(p->state));
 		json_add_string(response, "netaddr",
 				netaddr_name(response, &p->netaddr));
diff --git a/lightningd/peer_control.h b/lightningd/peer_control.h
index f2dc67258..f89d4a83d 100644
--- a/lightningd/peer_control.h
+++ b/lightningd/peer_control.h
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ struct peer {
 	/* Database ID of the peer */
 	u64 dbid;
 
-	/* Unique ID of connection (works even if we have multiple to same id) */
-	u64 unique_id;
-
 	/* ID of peer */
 	struct pubkey id;
 
diff --git a/wallet/db.c b/wallet/db.c
index efb850704..f7c5f5ffa 100644
--- a/wallet/db.c
+++ b/wallet/db.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ char *dbmigrations[] = {
        PRIMARY KEY (shachain_id, pos));",
     "CREATE TABLE channels ("
     "  id INTEGER," /* chan->id */
-    "  unique_id INTEGER,"
     "  peer_id INTEGER REFERENCES peers(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,"
     "  short_channel_id BLOB,"
     "  channel_config_local INTEGER,"
diff --git a/wallet/wallet.c b/wallet/wallet.c
index b05fdb176..247c3195a 100644
--- a/wallet/wallet.c
+++ b/wallet/wallet.c
@@ -445,7 +445,6 @@ static bool wallet_stmt2channel(struct wallet *w, sqlite3_stmt *stmt,
 		chan->peer = talz(chan, struct peer);
 	}
 	chan->id = sqlite3_column_int64(stmt, col++);
-	chan->peer->unique_id = sqlite3_column_int64(stmt, col++);
 	chan->peer->dbid = sqlite3_column_int64(stmt, col++);
 	wallet_peer_load(w, chan->peer->dbid, chan->peer);
 
@@ -549,7 +548,7 @@ static bool wallet_stmt2channel(struct wallet *w, sqlite3_stmt *stmt,
 		col += 2;
 	}
 
-	assert(col == 33);
+	assert(col == 32);
 
 	chan->peer->channel = chan;
 
@@ -559,7 +558,7 @@ static bool wallet_stmt2channel(struct wallet *w, sqlite3_stmt *stmt,
 /* List of fields to retrieve from the channels DB table, in the order
  * that wallet_stmt2channel understands and will parse correctly */
 const char *channel_fields =
-    "id, unique_id, peer_id, short_channel_id, channel_config_local, "
+    "id, peer_id, short_channel_id, channel_config_local, "
     "channel_config_remote, state, funder, channel_flags, "
     "minimum_depth, "
     "next_index_local, next_index_remote, "
@@ -723,7 +722,6 @@ bool wallet_channel_save(struct wallet *w, struct wallet_channel *chan){
 
 	/* Now do the real update */
 	ok &= db_exec(__func__, w->db, "UPDATE channels SET"
-		      "  unique_id=%"PRIu64","
 		      "  shachain_remote_id=%"PRIu64","
 		      "  short_channel_id=%s,"
 		      "  state=%d,"
@@ -744,7 +742,6 @@ bool wallet_channel_save(struct wallet *w, struct wallet_channel *chan){
 		      "  channel_config_local=%"PRIu64","
 		      "  last_tx=%s, last_sig=%s"
 		      " WHERE id=%"PRIu64,
-		      p->unique_id,
 		      p->their_shachain.id,
 		      p->scid?tal_fmt(tmpctx,"'%s'", short_channel_id_to_str(tmpctx, p->scid)):"null",
 		      p->state,
diff --git a/wallet/wallet_tests.c b/wallet/wallet_tests.c
index a6c05086d..709a0d073 100644
--- a/wallet/wallet_tests.c
+++ b/wallet/wallet_tests.c
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ static bool test_channel_crud(const tal_t *ctx)
 	memset(&p.id, 'A', sizeof(p.id));
 	c1.peer = &p;
 	p.id = pk;
-	p.unique_id = 42;
 	p.our_msatoshi = NULL;
 	p.last_tx = NULL;
 	memset(&ci.their_config, 0, sizeof(struct channel_config));