diff --git a/cmd/swarm/explore.go b/cmd/swarm/explore.go
index 0add64900a..5f83a57abc 100644
--- a/cmd/swarm/explore.go
+++ b/cmd/swarm/explore.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2016 The go-ethereum Authors
+// Copyright 2019 The go-ethereum Authors
 // This file is part of go-ethereum.
 //
 // go-ethereum is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 var chunkExploreCommand = cli.Command{
-	Action:             explore,
+	Action:             hashes,
 	CustomHelpTemplate: helpTemplate,
-	Name:               "explore",
+	Name:               "hashes",
 	Usage:              "print all hashes of a file to STDOUT",
 	ArgsUsage:          "<file>",
 	Description:        "Prints all hashes of a file to STDOUT",
 }
 
-func explore(ctx *cli.Context) {
+func hashes(ctx *cli.Context) {
 	args := ctx.Args()
 	if len(args) < 1 {
 		utils.Fatalf("Usage: swarm explore <file name>")
diff --git a/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/chunkExplorer.go b/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/chunkExplorer.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f50ee3adf0..0000000000
--- a/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/chunkExplorer.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018 The go-ethereum Authors
-// This file is part of go-ethereum.
-//
-// go-ethereum is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// go-ethereum is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-// GNU General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-// along with go-ethereum. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
-	cli "gopkg.in/urfave/cli.v1"
-)
-
-var (
-	addr string
-)
-
-func chunkExplorer(c *cli.Context) error {
-	log.Debug("generate endpoints...")
-	generateEndpoints(scheme, cluster, appName, from, to)
-	log.Debug("done.")
-
-	var has bool
-	for _, e := range endpoints {
-		e = e + ":8546"
-		log.Debug("dialing...." + e)
-		client, _ := rpc.Dial(e)
-		log.Debug("Trying...." + e)
-		if err := client.Call(&has, "debugapi_hasChunk", addr); err != nil {
-			log.Error("Error requesting hasChunk from endpoint", "endpoint", e, "chunkAddress", addr, "err", err)
-		} else {
-			if has {
-				log.Info("Endpoint "+e+" reports to HAVE chunk", "chunk", addr)
-			} else {
-				log.Info("Endpoint "+e+" reports to NOT have chunk", "chunk", addr)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/main.go b/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/main.go
index c5ce718f5e..5596714605 100644
--- a/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/main.go
+++ b/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/main.go
@@ -88,12 +88,6 @@ func main() {
 			Usage:       "http or https",
 			Destination: &scheme,
 		},
-		cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:        "addr",
-			Value:       "<hash>",
-			Usage:       "chunk address",
-			Destination: &addr,
-		},
 		cli.BoolFlag{
 			Name:        "include-localhost",
 			Usage:       "whether to include localhost:8500 as an endpoint",
@@ -166,12 +160,6 @@ func main() {
 			Usage:   "measure network aggregate capacity",
 			Action:  wrapCliCommand("sliding-window", false, slidingWindow),
 		},
-		{
-			Name:    "chunk_explorer",
-			Aliases: []string{"x"},
-			Usage:   "query nodes if they are storing a specific chunk (by address)",
-			Action:  wrapCliCommand("chunkExplorer", false, chunkExplorer),
-		},
 	}
 
 	sort.Sort(cli.FlagsByName(app.Flags))