diff --git a/p2p/transport/tcp/tcp.go b/p2p/transport/tcp/tcp.go
index 1b145c2b45..c80723436e 100644
--- a/p2p/transport/tcp/tcp.go
+++ b/p2p/transport/tcp/tcp.go
@@ -117,13 +117,6 @@ func WithMetrics() Option {
 	}
 }
 
-func WithSharedTCP(mgr *tcpreuse.ConnMgr) Option {
-	return func(tr *TcpTransport) error {
-		tr.sharedTcp = mgr
-		return nil
-	}
-}
-
 // TcpTransport is the TCP transport.
 type TcpTransport struct {
 	// Connection upgrader for upgrading insecure stream connections to
diff --git a/p2p/transport/websocket/websocket.go b/p2p/transport/websocket/websocket.go
index 8388a7c1e3..e24cb88c6d 100644
--- a/p2p/transport/websocket/websocket.go
+++ b/p2p/transport/websocket/websocket.go
@@ -81,13 +81,6 @@ func WithTLSConfig(conf *tls.Config) Option {
 	}
 }
 
-func WithSharedTCP(mgr *tcpreuse.ConnMgr) Option {
-	return func(t *WebsocketTransport) error {
-		t.sharedTcp = mgr
-		return nil
-	}
-}
-
 // WebsocketTransport is the actual go-libp2p transport
 type WebsocketTransport struct {
 	upgrader transport.Upgrader