diff --git a/src/dhtOnlineBase.ts b/src/dhtOnlineBase.ts
index 85efafd..3343ec0 100644
--- a/src/dhtOnlineBase.ts
+++ b/src/dhtOnlineBase.ts
@@ -175,11 +175,6 @@ export default class DHTOnlineBase extends EventEmitter {
   private _setPeer(id: Buffer | string, data: any) {
     this.graph.addNode(this._maybeHexify(id), data);
   }
-
-  private _removePeer(id: Buffer | string) {
-    this.graph.removeNode(this._maybeHexify(id));
-  }
-
   private _ensurePeer(id: Buffer | string) {
     id = this._maybeHexify(id);
     if (!this._hasSeenPeer(id)) {
@@ -239,11 +234,6 @@ export default class DHTOnlineBase extends EventEmitter {
 
     this._recalculate();
   }
-
-  private _getPeerConnectedTo(id: string) {
-    return this.graph.successors(id);
-  }
-
   private _getBootstrapInfo() {
     const state: Bootstrap = {};
     for (const [id, rawData] of this.graph.nodes(true)) {