diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index fb67c35ea4b87..8e85aac29fd4d 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -457,7 +457,6 @@ friend class CNode;
 
     void WakeMessageHandler();
     void WakeSelect();
-    void DisconnectNodes();
 
     /** Attempts to obfuscate tx time through exponentially distributed emitting.
         Works assuming that a single interval is used.
@@ -482,6 +481,7 @@ friend class CNode;
     void ThreadOpenConnections(std::vector<std::string> connect);
     void ThreadMessageHandler();
     void AcceptConnection(const ListenSocket& hListenSocket);
+    void DisconnectNodes();
     void NotifyNumConnectionsChanged();
     void InactivityCheck(CNode *pnode);
     bool GenerateSelectSet(std::set<SOCKET> &recv_set, std::set<SOCKET> &send_set, std::set<SOCKET> &error_set);
diff --git a/src/rpc/net.cpp b/src/rpc/net.cpp
index 312938e54242d..d2181bc3946d4 100644
--- a/src/rpc/net.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/net.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ UniValue getconnectioncount(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     if(!g_connman)
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_CLIENT_P2P_DISABLED, "Error: Peer-to-peer functionality missing or disabled");
 
-    g_connman->DisconnectNodes();
     return (int)g_connman->GetNodeCount(CConnman::CONNECTIONS_ALL);
 }
 
@@ -127,8 +126,6 @@ UniValue getpeerinfo(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     if(!g_connman)
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_CLIENT_P2P_DISABLED, "Error: Peer-to-peer functionality missing or disabled");
 
-    g_connman->DisconnectNodes();
-
     std::vector<CNodeStats> vstats;
     g_connman->GetNodeStats(vstats);
 
@@ -470,10 +467,6 @@ UniValue getnetworkinfo(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
             + HelpExampleRpc("getnetworkinfo", "")
         );
 
-    if (g_connman) {
-        g_connman->DisconnectNodes();
-    }
-
     LOCK(cs_main);
     UniValue obj(UniValue::VOBJ);
     obj.push_back(Pair("version",       CLIENT_VERSION));