diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index dfdd1f7bdb06..f1e51ec17e67 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -298,11 +298,6 @@ func (s *Ethereum) APIs() []rpc.API {
 	// Append any APIs exposed explicitly by the consensus engine
 	apis = append(apis, s.engine.APIs(s.BlockChain())...)
 
-	// Append any APIs exposed explicitly by the les server
-	if s.lesServer != nil {
-		apis = append(apis, s.lesServer.APIs()...)
-	}
-
 	// Append all the local APIs and return
 	return append(apis, []rpc.API{
 		{