diff --git a/lnwallet/btcwallet/btcwallet.go b/lnwallet/btcwallet/btcwallet.go
index 337b8494..4a3c0f35 100644
--- a/lnwallet/btcwallet/btcwallet.go
+++ b/lnwallet/btcwallet/btcwallet.go
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ type BtcWallet struct {
 	// wallet is an active instance of btcwallet.
 	wallet *base.Wallet
 
-	// rpc is an an active RPC connection to btcd full-node.
-	rpc *chain.RPCClient
+	chain chain.Interface
 
 	db walletdb.DB
 
@@ -94,14 +93,6 @@ func New(cfg Config) (*BtcWallet, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Create a special websockets rpc client for btcd which will be used
-	// by the wallet for notifications, calls, etc.
-	rpcc, err := chain.NewRPCClient(cfg.NetParams, cfg.RPCHost,
-		cfg.RPCUser, cfg.RPCPass, cfg.CACert, false, 20)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	// Create a bucket within the wallet's database dedicated to storing
 	// our LN specific data.
 	db := wallet.Database()
@@ -121,7 +112,7 @@ func New(cfg Config) (*BtcWallet, error) {
 		cfg:       &cfg,
 		wallet:    wallet,
 		db:        db,
-		rpc:       rpcc,
+		chain:     cfg.ChainSource,
 		netParams: cfg.NetParams,
 		utxoCache: make(map[wire.OutPoint]*wire.TxOut),
 	}, nil
@@ -134,7 +125,7 @@ func New(cfg Config) (*BtcWallet, error) {
 func (b *BtcWallet) Start() error {
 	// Establish an RPC connection in additino to starting the goroutines
 	// in the underlying wallet.
-	if err := b.rpc.Start(); err != nil {
+	if err := b.chain.Start(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -143,7 +134,7 @@ func (b *BtcWallet) Start() error {
 
 	// Pass the rpc client into the wallet so it can sync up to the
 	// current main chain.
-	b.wallet.SynchronizeRPC(b.rpc)
+	b.wallet.SynchronizeRPC(b.chain)
 
 	if err := b.wallet.Unlock(b.cfg.PrivatePass, nil); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -161,7 +152,7 @@ func (b *BtcWallet) Stop() error {
 
 	b.wallet.WaitForShutdown()
 
-	b.rpc.Shutdown()
+	b.chain.Stop()
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/lnwallet/btcwallet/config.go b/lnwallet/btcwallet/config.go
index f776b629..fd9da64b 100644
--- a/lnwallet/btcwallet/config.go
+++ b/lnwallet/btcwallet/config.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	// init function of the package, it registers itself. The import is used
 	// to activate the side effects w/o actually binding the package name to
 	// a file-level variable.
+	"github.com/roasbeef/btcwallet/chain"
 	_ "github.com/roasbeef/btcwallet/walletdb/bdb"
 )
 
@@ -47,37 +48,25 @@ type Config struct {
 	// generated log files.
 	LogDir string
 
-	// DebugLevel is a string representing the level of verbosity the
-	// logger should use.
-	DebugLevel string
-
-	// RPCHost is the host and port to use to reach the rpc sever.
-	RPCHost string // localhost:18334
-
-	// RPCUser is the username which should be used to authentiate with the
-	// rpc server.
-	RPCUser string
-
-	// RPCPass is the password which should be used to authenticate the
-	// connection with the RPC server.
-	RPCPass string
-
-	// RPCNoTLS denotes if a TLS connection should be attempted when
-	// connecting to the RPC server.
-	RPCNoTLS bool
-
-	// RPCCert directory where the TLS certificate of the RPC sever is
-	// stored. If the RPCNoTLS is false, then this value will be unused.
-	RPCCert string
-	RPCKey  string
-
-	// CACert is the raw RPC cert for btcd.
-	CACert []byte
-
+	// PrivatePass is the private password to the underlying btcwallet
+	// instance. Without this, the wallet cannot be decrypted and operated.
 	PrivatePass []byte
-	PublicPass  []byte
-	HdSeed      []byte
 
+	// PublicPass is the optional public password to btcwallet. This is
+	// optionally used to encrypt public material such as public keys and
+	// scripts.
+	PublicPass []byte
+
+	// HdSeed is an optional seed to feed into the wallet. If this is
+	// unspecified, a new seed will be generated.
+	HdSeed []byte
+
+	// ChainSource is the primary chain interface. This is used to operate
+	// the wallet and do things such as rescanning, sending transactions,
+	// notifications for received funds, etc.
+	ChainSource chain.Interface
+
+	// NetParams is the net parameters for the target chain.
 	NetParams *chaincfg.Params
 }