diff --git a/fundingmanager.go b/fundingmanager.go
index db159fae3..8ccf80a8f 100644
--- a/fundingmanager.go
+++ b/fundingmanager.go
@@ -613,17 +613,6 @@ func (f *fundingManager) start() error {
 		fndgLog.Debugf("channel (%v) with opening state %v found",
 			chanID, channelState)
 
-		if channel.IsPending {
-			// Set up the channel barriers again, to make sure
-			// waitUntilChannelOpen correctly waits until the
-			// opening process is completely over.
-			f.barrierMtx.Lock()
-			fndgLog.Tracef("Loading pending ChannelPoint(%v), "+
-				"creating chan barrier", channel.FundingOutpoint)
-			f.newChanBarriers[chanID] = make(chan struct{})
-			f.barrierMtx.Unlock()
-		}
-
 		// If we did find the channel in the opening state database, we
 		// have seen the funding transaction being confirmed, but we
 		// did not finish the rest of the setup procedure before we shut