diff --git a/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke-pss/pss.go b/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke-pss/pss.go
index 6636a51234..c523ac064c 100644
--- a/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke-pss/pss.go
+++ b/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke-pss/pss.go
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func pssSetup() *pssSession {
 
 	// set up the necessary info for each pss node
 	for i, host := range hosts {
-		wsHost := wsEndpoint(host)
+		wsHost := fmt.Sprintf("ws://%s:%d", host, wsPort)
 
 		rpcClient, err := rpc.Dial(wsHost)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke-pss/util.go b/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke-pss/util.go
index 442dd1cef1..ca4f5b471c 100644
--- a/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke-pss/util.go
+++ b/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke-pss/util.go
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ var (
 	seed        = int(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano())
 )
 
-func wsEndpoint(host string) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("ws://%s:%d", host, wsPort)
-}
-
 func wrapCliCommand(name string, command func(*cli.Context) error) func(*cli.Context) error {
 	return func(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		log.PrintOrigins(true)