diff --git a/nodedb.go b/nodedb.go
index 1970463f8..e8770edb4 100644
--- a/nodedb.go
+++ b/nodedb.go
@@ -772,11 +772,6 @@ func (ndb *nodeDB) traverseOrphans(fn func(keyWithPrefix, v []byte) error) error
 	return ndb.traversePrefix(orphanKeyFormat.Key(), fn)
 }
 
-// Traverse fast nodes and return error if any, nil otherwise
-func (ndb *nodeDB) traverseFastNodes(fn func(k, v []byte) error) error {
-	return ndb.traversePrefix(fastKeyFormat.Key(), fn)
-}
-
 // Traverse orphans ending at a certain version. return error if any, nil otherwise
 func (ndb *nodeDB) traverseOrphansVersion(version int64, fn func(k, v []byte) error) error {
 	return ndb.traversePrefix(orphanKeyFormat.Key(version), fn)