diff --git a/p2p/src/store.rs b/p2p/src/store.rs
index 8748ad45d..b31dc2315 100644
--- a/p2p/src/store.rs
+++ b/p2p/src/store.rs
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ impl PeerStore {
 		self.db.exists(&peer_key(peer_addr)[..])
 	}
 
+	/// TODO - allow below added to avoid github issue reports
+	#[allow(dead_code)]
 	pub fn delete_peer(&self, peer_addr: SocketAddr) -> Result<(), Error> {
 		self.db.delete(&peer_key(peer_addr)[..])
 	}