diff --git a/routing/dht/dht.go b/routing/dht/dht.go
index 83962e210..f8e5e0202 100644
--- a/routing/dht/dht.go
+++ b/routing/dht/dht.go
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ func (dht *IpfsDHT) putLocal(key u.Key, value []byte) error {
 func (dht *IpfsDHT) Update(p *peer.Peer) {
 	for _, route := range dht.routingTables {
 		removed := route.Update(p)
-		// Only drop the connection if no tables refer to this peer
+		// Only close the connection if no tables refer to this peer
 		if removed != nil {
 			found := false
 			for _, r := range dht.routingTables {
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ func (dht *IpfsDHT) Update(p *peer.Peer) {
 				}
 			}
 			if !found {
-				dht.network.Drop(removed)
+				dht.network.CloseConnection(removed)
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/swarm/interface.go b/swarm/interface.go
index 413a42ee2..a1c7abf11 100644
--- a/swarm/interface.go
+++ b/swarm/interface.go
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ type Network interface {
 	GetErrChan() chan error
 	GetChannel(PBWrapper_MessageType) *Chan
 	Close()
-	Drop(*peer.Peer) error
+	CloseConnection(*peer.Peer) error
 }
diff --git a/swarm/swarm.go b/swarm/swarm.go
index 04b887526..eecb3518d 100644
--- a/swarm/swarm.go
+++ b/swarm/swarm.go
@@ -467,8 +467,8 @@ func (s *Swarm) ConnectNew(addr *ma.Multiaddr) (*peer.Peer, error) {
 	return npeer, err
 }
 
-// Removes a given peer from the swarm and closes connections to it
-func (s *Swarm) Drop(p *peer.Peer) error {
+// CloseConnection removes a given peer from swarm + closes the connection
+func (s *Swarm) CloseConnection(p *peer.Peer) error {
 	u.DOut("Dropping peer: [%s]\n", p.ID.Pretty())
 	s.connsLock.RLock()
 	conn, found := s.conns[u.Key(p.ID)]