diff --git a/router/xgress_proxy/connection.go b/router/xgress_proxy/connection.go
index 4ac0ed538..d2bf309b9 100644
--- a/router/xgress_proxy/connection.go
+++ b/router/xgress_proxy/connection.go
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ func (c *proxyXgressConnection) ReadPayload() ([]byte, map[uint8][]byte, error)
 	return buffer[:n], nil, err
 }
 
-func (c *proxyXgressConnection) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	return c.Write(p)
-}
-
 func (c *proxyXgressConnection) WritePayload(p []byte, headers map[uint8][]byte) (n int, err error) {
 	return c.Write(p)
 }