diff --git a/lightning/src/routing/scoring.rs b/lightning/src/routing/scoring.rs
index e06b52fe3c9..3ab97a9f4a0 100644
--- a/lightning/src/routing/scoring.rs
+++ b/lightning/src/routing/scoring.rs
@@ -725,10 +725,6 @@ impl<G: Deref<Target = NetworkGraph<L>>, L: Deref, T: Time> Score for Probabilis
 	fn channel_penalty_msat(
 		&self, short_channel_id: u64, source: &NodeId, target: &NodeId, usage: ChannelUsage
 	) -> u64 {
-		if let Some(penalty) = self.params.manual_node_penalties.get(source) {
-			return *penalty;
-		}
-
 		if let Some(penalty) = self.params.manual_node_penalties.get(target) {
 			return *penalty;
 		}