diff --git a/wallet/wallet.go b/wallet/wallet.go
index 6b5e630..374436d 100644
--- a/wallet/wallet.go
+++ b/wallet/wallet.go
@@ -608,82 +608,6 @@ func locateBirthdayBlock(chainClient chainConn,
 	return birthdayBlock, nil
 }
 
-// scanChain is a helper method that scans the chain from the starting height
-// until the tip of the chain. The onBlock callback can be used to perform
-// certain operations for every block that we process as we scan the chain.
-func (w *Wallet) scanChain(startHeight int32,
-	onBlock func(int32, *chainhash.Hash, *wire.BlockHeader) error) error {
-
-	chainClient, err := w.requireChainClient()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// isCurrent is a helper function that we'll use to determine if the
-	// chain backend is currently synced. When running with a btcd or
-	// bitcoind backend, it will use the height of the latest checkpoint as
-	// its lower bound.
-	var latestCheckptHeight int32
-	if len(w.chainParams.Checkpoints) > 0 {
-		latestCheckptHeight = w.chainParams.
-			Checkpoints[len(w.chainParams.Checkpoints)-1].Height
-	}
-	isCurrent := func(bestHeight int32) bool {
-		// If the best height is zero, we assume the chain backend is
-		// still looking for peers to sync to in the case of a global
-		// network, e.g., testnet and mainnet.
-		if bestHeight == 0 && !w.isDevEnv() {
-			return false
-		}
-
-		switch c := chainClient.(type) {
-		case *chain.NeutrinoClient:
-			return c.CS.IsCurrent()
-		}
-		return bestHeight >= latestCheckptHeight
-	}
-
-	// Determine the latest height known to the chain backend and begin
-	// scanning the chain from the start height up until this point.
-	_, bestHeight, err := chainClient.GetBestBlock()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	for height := startHeight; height <= bestHeight; height++ {
-		hash, err := chainClient.GetBlockHash(int64(height))
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		header, err := chainClient.GetBlockHeader(hash)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		if err := onBlock(height, hash, header); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		// If we've reached our best height, we'll wait for blocks at
-		// tip to ensure we go through all existent blocks in the chain.
-		// We'll update our bestHeight before checking if we're current
-		// with the chain to ensure we process any additional blocks
-		// that came in while we were scanning from our starting point.
-		for height == bestHeight {
-			time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
-			_, bestHeight, err = chainClient.GetBestBlock()
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			if isCurrent(bestHeight) {
-				break
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 // recovery attempts to recover any unspent outputs that pay to any of our
 // addresses starting from our birthday, or the wallet's tip (if higher), which
 // would indicate resuming a recovery after a restart.