diff --git a/docker/sqkserver/config.ini.sh b/docker/sqkserver/config.ini.sh
index 4b1f3428..e573bc38 100644
--- a/docker/sqkserver/config.ini.sh
+++ b/docker/sqkserver/config.ini.sh
@@ -2,12 +2,8 @@
 NETWORK=$1
 LND_RPC_HOST=$2
 LND_RPC_PORT=$3
-BTCD_RPC_HOST=$4
-BTCD_RPC_PORT=$5
-BTCD_RPC_USER=$6
-BTCD_RPC_PASS=$7
-SQK_RPC_HOST=$8
-SQK_RPC_PORT=$9
+SQK_RPC_HOST=$4
+SQK_RPC_PORT=$5
 
 #define the template.
 cat  << EOF
@@ -19,11 +15,11 @@ network=$NETWORK
 rpc_host=$LND_RPC_HOST
 rpc_port=$LND_RPC_PORT
 
-[btcd]
-rpc_host=$BTCD_RPC_HOST
-rpc_port=$BTCD_RPC_PORT
-rpc_user=$BTCD_RPC_USER
-rpc_pass=$BTCD_RPC_PASS
+[electrum]
+rpc_host=
+rpc_port=
+rpc_user=
+rpc_pass=
 
 [server]
 rpc_host=$SQK_RPC_HOST
diff --git a/docker/sqkserver/start-sqkserver.sh b/docker/sqkserver/start-sqkserver.sh
index 1e4b0d30..9e302b39 100755
--- a/docker/sqkserver/start-sqkserver.sh
+++ b/docker/sqkserver/start-sqkserver.sh
@@ -41,49 +41,21 @@ set_default() {
 # Set default variables if needed.
 LND_HOST="lnd"
 LND_PORT=10009
-BTCD_HOST="btcd"
 RPCUSER=$(set_default "$RPCUSER" "devuser")
 RPCPASS=$(set_default "$RPCPASS" "devpass")
 DEBUG=$(set_default "$DEBUG" "debug")
 NETWORK=$(set_default "$NETWORK" "simnet")
 CHAIN=$(set_default "$CHAIN" "bitcoin")
-BACKEND="btcd"
 SQK_HOST="0.0.0.0"
 SQK_PORT=50052
 
-# This is a hack that is needed because python-bitcoinlib does not
-# currently support simnet network.
-BTCD_RPC_PORT="18332"
-if [[ "$NETWORK" == "mainnet" ]]; then
-    BTCD_RPC_PORT="8334"
-elif [[ "$NETWORK" == "testnet" ]]; then
-    BTCD_RPC_PORT="18334"
-elif [[ "$NETWORK" == "regtest" ]]; then
-    BTCD_RPC_PORT="18445"
-elif [[ "$NETWORK" == "simnet" ]]; then
-    BTCD_RPC_PORT="18556"
-fi
-
-
-# Add btcd's RPC TLS certificate to system Certificate Authority list.	exec runsqueak \
-cp /rpc/rpc.cert /usr/share/ca-certificates/btcd.crt
-echo btcd.crt >> /etc/ca-certificates.conf
-update-ca-certificates
-
-# To make python requests use the system ca-certificates bundle, it
-# needs to be told to use it over its own embedded bundle
-export REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
-
 
 # Generate the config file.
 chmod +x config.ini.sh
-./config.ini.sh $NETWORK $LND_HOST $LND_PORT $BTCD_HOST $BTCD_RPC_PORT $RPCUSER $RPCPASS $SQK_HOST $SQK_PORT > config.ini
+./config.ini.sh $NETWORK $LND_HOST $LND_PORT $SQK_HOST $SQK_PORT > config.ini
 echo "config.ini:"
 cat config.ini
 
-echo "$DEBUG:"
-echo $DEBUG
-
 echo "Starting to run the python server here...."
 
 exec runsqueakserver \
diff --git a/itests/docker-compose.yml b/itests/docker-compose.yml
index 393c0ca4..0804c2b3 100644
--- a/itests/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/itests/docker-compose.yml
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ services:
       - shared_test:/rpc
       - lnd_dir_sqkserver:/root/.lnd
     links:
-      - "btcd:blockchain"
       - "lnd_sqkserver:lnd"
     depends_on:
       - db
@@ -162,7 +161,6 @@ services:
       - shared_test:/rpc
       - lnd_dir_alice:/root/.lnd
     links:
-      - "btcd:blockchain"
       - "lnd_alice:lnd"
     command: tail -f /dev/null