diff --git a/cmd/ingress/main.go b/cmd/ingress/main.go
index 6ae82650f5..aa01deb439 100644
--- a/cmd/ingress/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ingress/main.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func main() {
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Errorf("error creating RabbitMQ connections: %s, waiting for a retry", err)
 	}
-	defer rmqHelper.CleanupRabbitMQ(env.connection, env.channel, logger)
+	defer rmqHelper.CleanupRabbitMQ(env.connection, logger)
 
 	env.reporter = ingress.NewStatsReporter(env.ContainerName, kmeta.ChildName(env.PodName, uuid.New().String()))
 	connectionArgs := kncloudevents.ConnectionArgs{
@@ -233,11 +233,10 @@ func (env *envConfig) CreateRabbitMQConnections(
 		err = channel.Confirm(false)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
-		rmqHelper.CloseRabbitMQConnections(conn, channel, logger)
+		rmqHelper.CloseRabbitMQConnections(conn, logger)
 		logger.Warn("Retrying RabbitMQ connections setup")
 		go rmqHelper.SignalRetry(true)
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
-
 	return conn, channel, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/rabbit/setup.go b/pkg/rabbit/setup.go
index 731712154a..4028c24962 100644
--- a/pkg/rabbit/setup.go
+++ b/pkg/rabbit/setup.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func (r *RabbitMQHelper) WatchRabbitMQConnections(
 	}
 	if !r.cleaningUp {
 		logger.Warn("Lost connection to RabbitMQ, reconnecting. Error: %v", zap.Error(err))
-		r.CloseRabbitMQConnections(connection, channel, logger)
+		r.CloseRabbitMQConnections(connection, logger)
 		r.SignalRetry(true)
 	}
 }
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (r *RabbitMQHelper) WaitForRetrySignal() bool {
 	return <-r.retryChannel
 }
 
-func (r *RabbitMQHelper) CloseRabbitMQConnections(connection *amqp.Connection, channel *amqp.Channel, logger *zap.SugaredLogger) {
+func (r *RabbitMQHelper) CloseRabbitMQConnections(connection *amqp.Connection, logger *zap.SugaredLogger) {
 	r.cleaningUp = true
 	if connection != nil && !connection.IsClosed() {
 		if err := connection.Close(); err != nil {
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ func (r *RabbitMQHelper) CloseRabbitMQConnections(connection *amqp.Connection, c
 	r.cleaningUp = false
 }
 
-func (r *RabbitMQHelper) CleanupRabbitMQ(connection *amqp.Connection, channel *amqp.Channel, logger *zap.SugaredLogger) {
+func (r *RabbitMQHelper) CleanupRabbitMQ(connection *amqp.Connection, logger *zap.SugaredLogger) {
 	r.SignalRetry(false)
-	r.CloseRabbitMQConnections(connection, channel, logger)
+	r.CloseRabbitMQConnections(connection, logger)
 	close(r.retryChannel)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/rabbit/setup_test.go b/pkg/rabbit/setup_test.go
index f4e23300af..078f756a08 100644
--- a/pkg/rabbit/setup_test.go
+++ b/pkg/rabbit/setup_test.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func Test_SetupRabbitMQReconnections(t *testing.T) {
 	}()
 	<-testChannel
 	// Testing a failing setup
-	conn, channel, err := rabbitMQHelper.SetupRabbitMQ("amqp://localhost:5672/%2f", logger)
+	conn, _, err := rabbitMQHelper.SetupRabbitMQ("amqp://localhost:5672/%2f", logger)
 	<-testChannel
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Error("SetupRabbitMQ should fail with the default DialFunc in testing environments")
@@ -51,5 +51,5 @@ func Test_SetupRabbitMQReconnections(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test SignalRetry func
 	rabbitMQHelper.SignalRetry(true)
 	<-testChannel
-	rabbitMQHelper.CleanupRabbitMQ(conn, channel, logger)
+	rabbitMQHelper.CleanupRabbitMQ(conn, logger)
 }