diff --git a/beacon_chain/libp2p_daemon_backend.nim b/beacon_chain/libp2p_daemon_backend.nim
index 6865f347c..2ce39c9ab 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/libp2p_daemon_backend.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/libp2p_daemon_backend.nim
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ proc safeClose(stream: P2PStream) {.async.} =
   if P2PStreamFlags.Closed notin stream.flags:
     await close(stream)
 
+proc handleIncomingPeer*(peer: Peer) {.inline.} =
+  discard
+
 include eth/p2p/p2p_backends_helpers
 include eth/p2p/p2p_tracing
 include libp2p_backends_common