diff --git a/lbrynet/dht/node.py b/lbrynet/dht/node.py
index c7393366b..03f56ca9d 100644
--- a/lbrynet/dht/node.py
+++ b/lbrynet/dht/node.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class Node(object):
 
         # Create k-buckets (for storing contacts)
         if routingTableClass is None:
-            self._routingTable = routingtable.OptimizedTreeRoutingTable(self.node_id, self.clock.seconds)
+            self._routingTable = routingtable.TreeRoutingTable(self.node_id, self.clock.seconds)
         else:
             self._routingTable = routingTableClass(self.node_id, self.clock.seconds)
 
diff --git a/lbrynet/dht/routingtable.py b/lbrynet/dht/routingtable.py
index 02f8e9686..05acb56f6 100644
--- a/lbrynet/dht/routingtable.py
+++ b/lbrynet/dht/routingtable.py
@@ -285,75 +285,3 @@ class TreeRoutingTable(object):
             oldBucket.removeContact(contact)
 
 
-class OptimizedTreeRoutingTable(TreeRoutingTable):
-    """ A version of the "tree"-type routing table specified by Kademlia,
-    along with contact accounting optimizations specified in section 4.1 of
-    of the 13-page version of the Kademlia paper.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, parentNodeID, getTime=None):
-        TreeRoutingTable.__init__(self, parentNodeID, getTime)
-        # Cache containing nodes eligible to replace stale k-bucket entries
-        self._replacementCache = {}
-
-    def addContact(self, contact):
-        """ Add the given contact to the correct k-bucket; if it already
-        exists, its status will be updated
-
-        @param contact: The contact to add to this node's k-buckets
-        @type contact: kademlia.contact.Contact
-        """
-
-        if contact.id == self._parentNodeID:
-            return
-
-        # Initialize/reset the "successively failed RPC" counter
-        contact.failedRPCs = 0
-
-        bucketIndex = self._kbucketIndex(contact.id)
-        try:
-            self._buckets[bucketIndex].addContact(contact)
-        except kbucket.BucketFull:
-            # The bucket is full; see if it can be split (by checking
-            # if its range includes the host node's id)
-            if self._buckets[bucketIndex].keyInRange(self._parentNodeID):
-                self._splitBucket(bucketIndex)
-                # Retry the insertion attempt
-                self.addContact(contact)
-            else:
-                # We can't split the k-bucket
-                # NOTE: This implementation follows section 4.1 of the 13 page version
-                # of the Kademlia paper (optimized contact accounting without PINGs
-                # - results in much less network traffic, at the expense of some memory)
-
-                # Put the new contact in our replacement cache for the
-                # corresponding k-bucket (or update it's position if
-                # it exists already)
-                if bucketIndex not in self._replacementCache:
-                    self._replacementCache[bucketIndex] = []
-                if contact in self._replacementCache[bucketIndex]:
-                    self._replacementCache[bucketIndex].remove(contact)
-                elif len(self._replacementCache[bucketIndex]) >= constants.replacementCacheSize:
-                    self._replacementCache[bucketIndex].pop(0)
-                self._replacementCache[bucketIndex].append(contact)
-
-    def removeContact(self, contactID):
-        """ Remove the contact with the specified node ID from the routing
-        table
-
-        @param contactID: The node ID of the contact to remove
-        @type contactID: str
-        """
-        bucketIndex = self._kbucketIndex(contactID)
-        try:
-            contact = self._buckets[bucketIndex].getContact(contactID)
-        except ValueError:
-            return
-        contact.failedRPCs += 1
-        if contact.failedRPCs >= constants.rpcAttempts:
-            self._buckets[bucketIndex].removeContact(contactID)
-            # Replace this stale contact with one from our replacement cache, if we have any
-            if bucketIndex in self._replacementCache:
-                if len(self._replacementCache[bucketIndex]) > 0:
-                    self._buckets[bucketIndex].addContact(
-                        self._replacementCache[bucketIndex].pop())