diff --git a/router/gossip_test.go b/router/gossip_test.go
index 09240735..9128ab39 100644
--- a/router/gossip_test.go
+++ b/router/gossip_test.go
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ func (router *Router) tp(routers ...*Router) *Peer {
 		p := NewPeer(r.Ourself.Peer.Name, "", r.Ourself.Peer.UID, r.Ourself.Peer.version)
 		connections[r.Ourself.Peer.Name] = newMockConnection(peer, p)
 	}
-	peer.SetVersionAndConnections(router.Ourself.Peer.version, connections)
+	peer.version = router.Ourself.Peer.version
+	peer.connections = connections
 	return peer
 }
 
diff --git a/router/peer.go b/router/peer.go
index 0ec4172a..46d024b0 100644
--- a/router/peer.go
+++ b/router/peer.go
@@ -42,13 +42,6 @@ func (peer *Peer) Info() string {
 	return fmt.Sprint(peer.String(), " (v", peer.version, ") (UID ", peer.UID, ")")
 }
 
-func (peer *Peer) SetVersionAndConnections(version uint64, connections map[PeerName]Connection) {
-	peer.Lock()
-	defer peer.Unlock()
-	peer.version = version
-	peer.connections = connections
-}
-
 // Calculate the routing table from this peer to all peers reachable
 // from it, returning a "next hop" map of PeerNameX -> PeerNameY,
 // which says "in order to send a message to X, the peer should send
diff --git a/router/peers.go b/router/peers.go
index 45e5a75c..6a5606d9 100644
--- a/router/peers.go
+++ b/router/peers.go
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ func (peers *Peers) applyUpdate(decodedUpdate []*Peer, decodedConns [][]Connecti
 		// for an update would be someone else calling
 		// router.Peers.ApplyUpdate. But ApplyUpdate takes the Lock on
 		// the router.Peers, so there can be no race here.
-		conns := makeConnsMap(peer, connSummaries, peers.table)
-		peer.SetVersionAndConnections(newPeer.version, conns)
+		peer.version = newPeer.version
+		peer.connections = makeConnsMap(peer, connSummaries, peers.table)
 		newUpdate[name] = peer
 	}
 	return newUpdate