diff --git a/src/peer.js b/src/peer.js
index 73bf5321a3e0d346ca19e9969429fa65ad810b20..51d7eceeacce299b56a70fe8a71635d0e555c8d8 100644
--- a/src/peer.js
+++ b/src/peer.js
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class Peer extends WildEmitter {
     if (channel) return channel;
     // if we don't have one by this label, create it
     channel = this.channels[name] = this.pc.createDataChannel(name, opts);
-    this._observeDataChannel(channel, this);
+    // this._observeDataChannel(channel, this);
     return channel;
   }