diff --git a/common/read_peer_msg.c b/common/read_peer_msg.c
index f0b6ab3a3..aed6a9297 100644
--- a/common/read_peer_msg.c
+++ b/common/read_peer_msg.c
@@ -100,11 +100,9 @@ void handle_gossip_msg(struct per_peer_state *pps, const u8 *msg TAKES)
 		goto out;
 	} else if (fromwire_gossipd_send_gossip_from_store(msg, &offset))
 		gossip = gossip_store_read(tmpctx, pps->gossip_store_fd, offset);
-	else if (!fromwire_gossipd_send_gossip(tmpctx, msg, &gossip)) {
-		status_broken("Got bad message from gossipd: %s",
-			      tal_hex(msg, msg));
-		peer_failed_connection_lost();
-	}
+	else
+		/* It's a raw gossip msg: this copies or takes() */
+		gossip = tal_dup_arr(tmpctx, u8, msg, tal_bytelen(msg), 0);
 
 	/* Gossipd can send us gossip messages, OR errors */
 	if (is_msg_for_gossipd(gossip)) {
diff --git a/gossipd/gossip_peerd_wire.csv b/gossipd/gossip_peerd_wire.csv
index efbee7277..ca1cac4eb 100644
--- a/gossipd/gossip_peerd_wire.csv
+++ b/gossipd/gossip_peerd_wire.csv
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+# These must be distinct from WIRE_CHANNEL_ANNOUNCEMENT etc. gossip msgs!
 # Channel daemon can ask for updates for a specific channel, for sending
-# errors.  Must be distinct from WIRE_CHANNEL_ANNOUNCEMENT etc. gossip msgs!
+# errors.  
 gossipd_get_update,3501
 gossipd_get_update,,short_channel_id,struct short_channel_id
 
@@ -8,11 +9,6 @@ gossipd_get_update_reply,3601
 gossipd_get_update_reply,,len,u16
 gossipd_get_update_reply,,update,len*u8
 
-# Gossipd can tell channeld etc about raw messages to fwd.
-gossipd_send_gossip,3502
-gossipd_send_gossip,,len,u16
-gossipd_send_gossip,,gossip,len*u8
-
 # But usually gossipd just gives an offset into the gossip_store
 gossipd_send_gossip_from_store,3506
 gossipd_send_gossip_from_store,,offset,u64
diff --git a/gossipd/gossipd.c b/gossipd/gossipd.c
index 5baff4512..5160edec7 100644
--- a/gossipd/gossipd.c
+++ b/gossipd/gossipd.c
@@ -221,18 +221,11 @@ static struct peer *find_peer(struct daemon *daemon, const struct node_id *id)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-/* Queue a gossip message for the peer: we wrap every gossip message; the
- * subdaemon simply unwraps and sends.  Note that we don't wrap messages
- * coming from the subdaemon to gossipd, because gossipd has to process the
- * messages anyway (and it doesn't trust the subdaemon); the subdaemon
- * trusts gossipd and will forward whatever it's told to. */
+/* Queue a gossip message for the peer: the subdaemon on the other end simply
+ * forwards it to the peer. */
 static void queue_peer_msg(struct peer *peer, const u8 *msg TAKES)
 {
-	const u8 *send = towire_gossipd_send_gossip(NULL, msg);
-	/* Autogenerated functions don't take(), so we do here */
-	if (taken(msg))
-		tal_free(msg);
-	daemon_conn_send(peer->dc, take(send));
+	daemon_conn_send(peer->dc, msg);
 }
 
 /*~ We have a shortcut for messages from the store: we send the offset, and
@@ -1681,7 +1674,6 @@ static struct io_plan *peer_msg_in(struct io_conn *conn,
 
 	/* These are the ones we send, not them */
 	case WIRE_GOSSIPD_GET_UPDATE_REPLY:
-	case WIRE_GOSSIPD_SEND_GOSSIP:
 	case WIRE_GOSSIPD_NEW_STORE_FD:
 	case WIRE_GOSSIPD_SEND_GOSSIP_FROM_STORE:
 		break;