diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 471703349bd..f5bc25ede6a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 * (core) [\#227](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/227) Remove sdk.Result from application callbacks
-* (core) [\#268](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/268) Perform a no-op on redundant relay messages. Previous behaviour returned an error. Now no state change will occur and no error will be returned.
 
 
 ## [v1.0.0-rc0](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc0) - 2021-07-07
@@ -69,6 +68,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 * (modules/core) [\#109](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/109) Remove connection and channel handshake CLI commands.
 * (modules) [\#107](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/107) Modify OnRecvPacket callback to return an acknowledgement which indicates if it is successful or not. Callback state changes are discarded for unsuccessful acknowledgements only. 
 * (modules) [\#108](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/108) All message constructors take the signer as a string to prevent upstream bugs. The `String()` function for an SDK Acc Address relies on external context.
+* (transfer) [\#275](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/275) Remove 'ChanCloseInit' function from transfer keeper. ICS20 does not close channels.
 
 ### State Machine Breaking
 
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 * (modules/core/02-client) [\#8405](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/8405) Refactor IBC client update governance proposals to use a substitute client to update a frozen or expired client.
 * (modules/core/02-client) [\#8673](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/8673) IBC upgrade logic moved to 02-client and an IBC UpgradeProposal is added.
 * (modules/core/03-connection) [\#171](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/171) Introduces a new parameter `MaxExpectedTimePerBlock` to allow connections to calculate and enforce a block delay that is proportional to time delay set by connection.
+* (core) [\#268](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/268) Perform a no-op on redundant relay messages. Previous behaviour returned an error. Now no state change will occur and no error will be returned.
 
 ### Improvements
 
diff --git a/modules/apps/transfer/keeper/keeper.go b/modules/apps/transfer/keeper/keeper.go
index 08c75a26a0e..1d505debdb9 100644
--- a/modules/apps/transfer/keeper/keeper.go
+++ b/modules/apps/transfer/keeper/keeper.go
@@ -7,13 +7,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/store/prefix"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
-	sdkerrors "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
 	authtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/types"
 	capabilitykeeper "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/capability/keeper"
 	capabilitytypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/capability/types"
 	paramtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/params/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/modules/apps/transfer/types"
-	channeltypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/modules/core/04-channel/types"
 	host "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/modules/core/24-host"
 )
 
@@ -69,17 +67,6 @@ func (k Keeper) GetTransferAccount(ctx sdk.Context) authtypes.ModuleAccountI {
 	return k.authKeeper.GetModuleAccount(ctx, types.ModuleName)
 }
 
-// ChanCloseInit defines a wrapper function for the channel Keeper's function
-// in order to expose it to the ICS20 transfer handler.
-func (k Keeper) ChanCloseInit(ctx sdk.Context, portID, channelID string) error {
-	capName := host.ChannelCapabilityPath(portID, channelID)
-	chanCap, ok := k.scopedKeeper.GetCapability(ctx, capName)
-	if !ok {
-		return sdkerrors.Wrapf(channeltypes.ErrChannelCapabilityNotFound, "could not retrieve channel capability at: %s", capName)
-	}
-	return k.channelKeeper.ChanCloseInit(ctx, portID, channelID, chanCap)
-}
-
 // IsBound checks if the transfer module is already bound to the desired port
 func (k Keeper) IsBound(ctx sdk.Context, portID string) bool {
 	_, ok := k.scopedKeeper.GetCapability(ctx, host.PortPath(portID))
diff --git a/modules/apps/transfer/types/expected_keepers.go b/modules/apps/transfer/types/expected_keepers.go
index df16f947c4b..d7881642c12 100644
--- a/modules/apps/transfer/types/expected_keepers.go
+++ b/modules/apps/transfer/types/expected_keepers.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ type ChannelKeeper interface {
 	GetChannel(ctx sdk.Context, srcPort, srcChan string) (channel channeltypes.Channel, found bool)
 	GetNextSequenceSend(ctx sdk.Context, portID, channelID string) (uint64, bool)
 	SendPacket(ctx sdk.Context, channelCap *capabilitytypes.Capability, packet ibcexported.PacketI) error
-	ChanCloseInit(ctx sdk.Context, portID, channelID string, chanCap *capabilitytypes.Capability) error
 }
 
 // ClientKeeper defines the expected IBC client keeper