diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 3f126c842a..9001fce1f9 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -313,12 +313,7 @@ func NewClient(cfg *ClientConfig) (cl *Client, err error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	var obs *webtorrent.TrackerObserver
-	if cl.config.Observers != nil {
-		obs = &cl.config.Observers.Trackers
-	}
 	cl.websocketTrackers = websocketTrackers{
-		obs:    obs,
 		PeerId: cl.peerID,
 		Logger: cl.logger.WithNames("websocketTrackers"),
 		GetAnnounceRequest: func(
@@ -749,10 +744,6 @@ func doProtocolHandshakeOnDialResult(
 	nc := dr.Conn
 	addrIpPort, _ := tryIpPortFromNetAddr(addr)
 
-	var obs *PeerObserver
-	if t.cl.config.Observers != nil {
-		obs = &t.cl.config.Observers.Peers
-	}
 	c, err = cl.initiateProtocolHandshakes(
 		context.Background(), nc, t, obfuscatedHeader,
 		newConnectionOpts{
@@ -762,7 +753,6 @@ func doProtocolHandshakeOnDialResult(
 			localPublicAddr: cl.publicAddr(addrIpPort.IP),
 			network:         dr.Dialer.DialerNetwork(),
 			connString:      regularNetConnPeerConnConnString(nc),
-			obs:             obs,
 		})
 	if err != nil {
 		nc.Close()
@@ -1666,7 +1656,6 @@ type newConnectionOpts struct {
 	localPublicAddr peerLocalPublicAddr
 	network         string
 	connString      string
-	obs             *PeerObserver
 }
 
 func (cl *Client) newConnection(nc net.Conn, opts newConnectionOpts) (c *PeerConn) {
@@ -1687,7 +1676,6 @@ func (cl *Client) newConnection(nc net.Conn, opts newConnectionOpts) (c *PeerCon
 		},
 		connString: opts.connString,
 		conn:       nc,
-		Observers:  opts.obs,
 	}
 	c.peerRequestDataAllocLimiter.Max = cl.config.MaxAllocPeerRequestDataPerConn
 	c.initRequestState()
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 7fdd89f450..76979463cc 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/anacrolix/torrent/webtorrent"
-
 	"github.com/anacrolix/dht/v2"
 	"github.com/anacrolix/dht/v2/krpc"
 	"github.com/anacrolix/log"
@@ -22,23 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/anacrolix/torrent/version"
 )
 
-type Observers struct {
-	Trackers webtorrent.TrackerObserver
-	Peers    PeerObserver
-}
-
-func NewClientObservers() *Observers {
-	return &Observers{
-		Trackers: webtorrent.TrackerObserver{
-			ConnStatus:     make(chan webtorrent.TrackerStatus),
-			AnnounceStatus: make(chan webtorrent.AnnounceStatus),
-		},
-		Peers: PeerObserver{
-			PeerStatus: make(chan PeerStatus),
-		},
-	}
-}
-
 // Contains config elements that are exclusive to tracker handling. There may be other fields in
 // ClientConfig that are also relevant.
 type ClientTrackerConfig struct {
@@ -51,7 +32,6 @@ type ClientTrackerConfig struct {
 	// Takes a tracker's hostname and requests DNS A and AAAA records.
 	// Used in case DNS lookups require a special setup (i.e., dns-over-https)
 	LookupTrackerIp func(*url.URL) ([]net.IP, error)
-	Observers       *Observers
 }
 
 type ClientDhtConfig struct {
diff --git a/peerconn.go b/peerconn.go
index 96664d36c0..ad069a293d 100644
--- a/peerconn.go
+++ b/peerconn.go
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ type PeerStatus struct {
 	Err string // see https://github.com/golang/go/issues/5161
 }
 
-type PeerObserver struct {
-	PeerStatus chan PeerStatus
-}
-
 // Maintains the state of a BitTorrent-protocol based connection with a peer.
 type PeerConn struct {
 	Peer
@@ -100,7 +96,6 @@ type PeerConn struct {
 	// we can verify all the pieces for a file when they're all arrived before submitting them to
 	// the torrent.
 	receivedHashPieces map[[32]byte][][32]byte
-	Observers          *PeerObserver
 }
 
 func (cn *PeerConn) pexStatus() string {
diff --git a/torrent.go b/torrent.go
index 58dc2db802..8f7e41fa24 100644
--- a/torrent.go
+++ b/torrent.go
@@ -1874,11 +1874,6 @@ func (t *Torrent) onWebRtcConn(
 	}
 	localAddrIpPort := missinggo.IpPortFromNetAddr(netConn.LocalAddr())
 
-	var obs *PeerObserver
-	if t.cl.config.Observers != nil {
-		obs = &t.cl.config.Observers.Peers
-	}
-
 	pc, err := t.cl.initiateProtocolHandshakes(
 		context.Background(),
 		netConn,
@@ -1890,7 +1885,6 @@ func (t *Torrent) onWebRtcConn(
 			localPublicAddr: localAddrIpPort,
 			network:         webrtcNetwork,
 			connString:      fmt.Sprintf("webrtc offer_id %x: %v", dcc.OfferId, regularNetConnPeerConnConnString(netConn)),
-			obs:             obs,
 		},
 	)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/webtorrent/tracker-client.go b/webtorrent/tracker-client.go
index 0a862794ef..cf02b629b5 100644
--- a/webtorrent/tracker-client.go
+++ b/webtorrent/tracker-client.go
@@ -19,23 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/anacrolix/torrent/types/infohash"
 )
 
-type TrackerStatus struct {
-	Url string `json:"url"`
-	Ok  bool   `json:"ok"`
-	Err error  `json:"err"`
-}
-
-type AnnounceStatus struct {
-	TrackerStatus
-	Event    string `json:"event"`
-	InfoHash string `json:"info_hash"`
-}
-
-type TrackerObserver struct {
-	ConnStatus     chan TrackerStatus
-	AnnounceStatus chan AnnounceStatus
-}
-
 type TrackerClientStats struct {
 	Dials                  int64
 	ConvertedInboundConns  int64
@@ -50,7 +33,6 @@ type TrackerClient struct {
 	OnConn             onDataChannelOpen
 	Logger             log.Logger
 	Dialer             *websocket.Dialer
-	Observers          *TrackerObserver
 
 	mu             sync.Mutex
 	cond           sync.Cond
diff --git a/wstracker.go b/wstracker.go
index a8e1d8603e..ed5526db15 100644
--- a/wstracker.go
+++ b/wstracker.go
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ type websocketTrackers struct {
 	OnConn                     func(webtorrent.DataChannelConn, webtorrent.DataChannelContext)
 	mu                         sync.Mutex
 	clients                    map[string]*refCountedWebtorrentTrackerClient
-	obs                        *webtorrent.TrackerObserver
 	Proxy                      httpTracker.ProxyFunc
 	DialContext                func(ctx context.Context, network, addr string) (net.Conn, error)
 	WebsocketTrackerHttpHeader func() netHttp.Header
@@ -66,8 +65,6 @@ func (me *websocketTrackers) Get(url string, infoHash [20]byte) (*webtorrent.Tra
 		}
 		value = &refCountedWebtorrentTrackerClient{
 			TrackerClient: webtorrent.TrackerClient{
-				// TODO pass in callbacks rather than observers
-				Observers:          me.obs,
 				Dialer:             dialer,
 				Url:                url,
 				GetAnnounceRequest: me.GetAnnounceRequest,