diff --git a/swarm/network/kademlia.go b/swarm/network/kademlia.go
index c06e524aea73..8eba4ad52d57 100644
--- a/swarm/network/kademlia.go
+++ b/swarm/network/kademlia.go
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ type KadParams struct {
 	RetryInterval  int64 // initial interval before a peer is first redialed
 	RetryExponent  int   // exponent to multiply retry intervals with
 	MaxRetries     int   // maximum number of redial attempts
-	PruneInterval  int   // interval between peer pruning cycles
 	// function to sanction or prevent suggesting a peer
 	Reachable func(OverlayAddr) bool
 }
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ func NewKadParams() *KadParams {
 		RetryInterval:  4200000000, // 4.2 sec
 		MaxRetries:     42,
 		RetryExponent:  2,
-		PruneInterval:  0, // TODO:
 	}
 }
 
@@ -576,38 +574,6 @@ func (k *Kademlia) string() string {
 	return "\n" + strings.Join(rows, "\n")
 }
 
-// Prune implements a forever loop reacting to a ticker time channel given
-// as the first argument
-// the loop quits if the channel is closed
-// it checks each kademlia bin and if the peer count is higher than
-// the MaxBinSize parameter it drops the oldest n peers such that
-// the bin is reduced to MinBinSize peers thus leaving slots to newly
-// connecting peers
-func (k *Kademlia) Prune(c <-chan time.Time) {
-	go func() {
-		for range c {
-			k.lock.RLock()
-			conns := k.conns
-			k.lock.RUnlock()
-			total := 0
-			conns.EachBin(k.base, pof, 0, func(po, size int, f func(func(pot.Val, int) bool) bool) bool {
-				extra := size - k.MinBinSize
-				if size > k.MaxBinSize {
-					n := 0
-					f(func(v pot.Val, po int) bool {
-						v.(*entry).conn().Drop(fmt.Errorf("bucket full"))
-						n++
-						return n < extra
-					})
-					total += extra
-				}
-				return true
-			})
-			log.Trace(fmt.Sprintf("pruned %v peers", total))
-		}
-	}()
-}
-
 // PeerPot keeps info about expected nearest neighbours and empty bins
 // used for testing only
 type PeerPot struct {
diff --git a/swarm/network/kademlia_test.go b/swarm/network/kademlia_test.go
index 3a4bfc8761b6..5fc02491867d 100644
--- a/swarm/network/kademlia_test.go
+++ b/swarm/network/kademlia_test.go
@@ -348,55 +348,6 @@ func TestSuggestPeerRetries(t *testing.T) {
 
 }
 
-func TestPruning(t *testing.T) {
-	k := newTestKademlia("00000000")
-	k.On("10000000", "11000000", "10100000", "10010000", "10001000", "10000100")
-	k.On("01000000", "01100000", "01000100", "01000010", "01000001")
-	k.On("00100000", "00110000", "00100010", "00100001")
-	k.MaxBinSize = 4
-	k.MinBinSize = 3
-	prune := make(chan time.Time)
-	defer close(prune)
-	k.Prune((<-chan time.Time)(prune))
-	prune <- time.Now()
-	quitc := make(chan bool)
-	timeout := time.NewTimer(1000 * time.Millisecond)
-	n := 0
-	dropped := make(map[string]error)
-	expDropped := []string{
-		"10010000",
-		"10100000",
-		"11000000",
-		"01000100",
-		"01100000",
-	}
-	go func() {
-		for e := range k.dropc {
-			err := e.(*dropError)
-			dropped[err.addr] = err.error
-			n++
-			if n == len(expDropped) {
-				break
-			}
-		}
-		close(quitc)
-	}()
-	select {
-	case <-quitc:
-	case <-timeout.C:
-		t.Fatalf("timeout waiting for dropped peers. expected %v, got %v", len(expDropped), len(dropped))
-	}
-	for _, addr := range expDropped {
-		err := dropped[addr]
-		if err == nil {
-			t.Fatalf("expected peer %v to be dropped", addr)
-		}
-		if err.Error() != "bucket full" {
-			t.Fatalf("incorrect error. expected %v, got %v", "bucket full", err)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func TestKademliaHiveString(t *testing.T) {
 	k := newTestKademlia("00000000").On("01000000", "00100000").Register("10000000", "10000001")
 	k.MaxProxDisplay = 8
diff --git a/swarm/network/simulations/overlay.go b/swarm/network/simulations/overlay.go
index 0c9ac4ae4594..27d1e946a943 100644
--- a/swarm/network/simulations/overlay.go
+++ b/swarm/network/simulations/overlay.go
@@ -53,10 +53,7 @@ func (s *Simulation) NewService(ctx *adapters.ServiceContext) (node.Service, err
 	kp.MaxRetries = 1000
 	kp.RetryExponent = 2
 	kp.RetryInterval = 1000000
-	kp.PruneInterval = 2000
 	kad := network.NewKademlia(addr.Over(), kp)
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Duration(kad.PruneInterval) * time.Millisecond)
-	kad.Prune(ticker.C)
 	hp := network.NewHiveParams()
 	hp.Discovery = !*noDiscovery
 	hp.KeepAliveInterval = 300 * time.Millisecond