diff --git a/electrum/lnworker.py b/electrum/lnworker.py
index 005fa5f24..d10a9735d 100644
--- a/electrum/lnworker.py
+++ b/electrum/lnworker.py
@@ -1990,11 +1990,5 @@ class LNWallet(LNWorker):
     async def request_force_close_from_backup(self, channel_id: bytes):
         cb = self.channel_backups[channel_id].cb
         # TODO also try network addresses from gossip db (as it might have changed)
-        peer_addr = LNPeerAddr(cb.host, cb.port, cb.node_id)
-        transport = LNTransport(cb.privkey, peer_addr,
-                                proxy=self.network.proxy)
-        peer = Peer(self, cb.node_id, transport, is_channel_backup=True)
-        async with TaskGroup() as group:
-            await group.spawn(peer._message_loop())
-            await group.spawn(peer.trigger_force_close(channel_id))
-            # TODO force-exit taskgroup, to clean-up
+        peer = await self._add_peer(cb.host, cb.port, cb.node_id)
+        await peer.trigger_force_close(channel_id)