diff --git a/cmd/swarm/swarm-snapshot/create.go b/cmd/swarm/swarm-snapshot/create.go
index eab46bf377..127fde8ae2 100644
--- a/cmd/swarm/swarm-snapshot/create.go
+++ b/cmd/swarm/swarm-snapshot/create.go
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ import (
 	cli "gopkg.in/urfave/cli.v1"
 )
 
-const noConnectionTimeout = 1 * time.Second
-
 // create is used as the entry function for "create" app command.
 func create(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	log.PrintOrigins(true)
@@ -83,20 +81,6 @@ func createSnapshot(filename string, nodes int, services []string) (err error) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("add nodes: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	// wait for two some time to ensure no connections
-	// are established
-	events := make(chan *simulations.Event)
-	sub := sim.Net.Events().Subscribe(events)
-	select {
-	case ev := <-events:
-		//only catch node up events
-		if ev.Type == simulations.EventTypeConn {
-			return errors.New("unexpected connection events")
-		}
-	case <-time.After(noConnectionTimeout):
-	}
-	sub.Unsubscribe()
-
 	err = sim.Net.ConnectNodesRing(nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("connect nodes: %v", err)
diff --git a/swarm/network/simulations/discovery/discovery_test.go b/swarm/network/simulations/discovery/discovery_test.go
index 352ee20ede..7d03789870 100644
--- a/swarm/network/simulations/discovery/discovery_test.go
+++ b/swarm/network/simulations/discovery/discovery_test.go
@@ -82,11 +82,10 @@ func getDbStore(nodeID string) (*state.DBStore, error) {
 }
 
 var (
-	nodeCount       = flag.Int("nodes", 10, "number of nodes to create (default 10)")
-	initCount       = flag.Int("conns", 1, "number of originally connected peers	 (default 1)")
-	loglevel        = flag.Int("loglevel", 3, "verbosity of logs")
-	rawlog          = flag.Bool("rawlog", false, "remove terminal formatting from logs")
-	serviceOverride = flag.String("services", "", "remove or add services to the node snapshot; prefix with \"+\" to add, \"-\" to remove; example: +pss,-discovery")
+	nodeCount = flag.Int("nodes", 10, "number of nodes to create (default 10)")
+	initCount = flag.Int("conns", 1, "number of originally connected peers	 (default 1)")
+	loglevel  = flag.Int("loglevel", 3, "verbosity of logs")
+	rawlog    = flag.Bool("rawlog", false, "remove terminal formatting from logs")
 )
 
 func init() {