diff --git a/libp2p/readerwriter.nim b/libp2p/readerwriter.nim
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-## Nim-LibP2P
-## Copyright (c) 2018 Status Research & Development GmbH
-## Licensed under either of
-##  * Apache License, version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE))
-##  * MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT))
-## at your option.
-## This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed except according to
-## those terms.
-
-import chronos
-
-type ReadWrite* = ref object of RootObj
-  closed*: bool
-
-method read*(s: ReadWrite, n = -1): Future[seq[byte]]
-  {.base, async.} =
-  discard
-
-method readExactly*(s: ReadWrite, pbytes: pointer, nbytes: int): Future[void]
-  {.base, async.} =
-  discard
-
-method readLine*(s: ReadWrite, limit = 0, sep = "\r\n"): Future[string]
-  {.base, async.} =
-  discard
-
-method readOnce*(s: ReadWrite, pbytes: pointer, nbytes: int): Future[int]
-  {.base, async.} =
-  discard
-
-method readUntil*(s: ReadWrite,
-                  pbytes: pointer, nbytes: int,
-                  sep: seq[byte]): Future[int]
-  {.base, async.} =
-  discard
-
-method write*(s: ReadWrite, pbytes: pointer, nbytes: int)
-  {.base, async.} =
-  discard
-
-method write*(s: ReadWrite, msg: string, msglen = -1)
-  {.base, async.} =
-  discard
-
-method write*(s: ReadWrite, msg: seq[byte], msglen = -1)
-  {.base, async.} =
-  discard
-
-method close*(s: ReadWrite)
-  {.base, async.} =
-  discard