diff --git a/p2p/host/peerstore/pstoreds/protobook.go b/p2p/host/peerstore/pstoreds/protobook.go
index f4349b6503..fd5f54cb20 100644
--- a/p2p/host/peerstore/pstoreds/protobook.go
+++ b/p2p/host/peerstore/pstoreds/protobook.go
@@ -102,6 +102,28 @@ func (pb *dsProtoBook) SupportsProtocols(p peer.ID, protos ...string) ([]string,
 	return res, nil
 }
 
+func (pb *dsProtoBook) RemoveProtocols(p peer.ID, protos ...string) error {
+	s := pb.segments.get(p)
+	s.RLock()
+	defer s.RUnlock()
+
+	pmap, err := pb.getProtocolMap(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if len(pmap) == 0 {
+		// nothing to do.
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	for _, proto := range protos {
+		delete(pmap, proto)
+	}
+
+	return pb.meta.Put(p, "protocols", pmap)
+}
+
 func (pb *dsProtoBook) getProtocolMap(p peer.ID) (map[string]struct{}, error) {
 	iprotomap, err := pb.meta.Get(p, "protocols")
 	switch err {
diff --git a/p2p/host/peerstore/pstoremem/protobook.go b/p2p/host/peerstore/pstoremem/protobook.go
index a1ce2311da..7a0c86fe1f 100644
--- a/p2p/host/peerstore/pstoremem/protobook.go
+++ b/p2p/host/peerstore/pstoremem/protobook.go
@@ -112,6 +112,23 @@ func (pb *memoryProtoBook) GetProtocols(p peer.ID) ([]string, error) {
 	return out, nil
 }
 
+func (pb *memoryProtoBook) RemoveProtocols(p peer.ID, protos ...string) error {
+	s := pb.segments.get(p)
+	s.RLock()
+	defer s.RUnlock()
+
+	protomap, ok := s.protocols[p]
+	if !ok {
+		// nothing to remove.
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	for _, proto := range protos {
+		delete(protomap, pb.internProtocol(proto))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (pb *memoryProtoBook) SupportsProtocols(p peer.ID, protos ...string) ([]string, error) {
 	s := pb.segments.get(p)
 	s.RLock()
diff --git a/p2p/host/peerstore/test/peerstore_suite.go b/p2p/host/peerstore/test/peerstore_suite.go
index 020da4caa0..fb4a813769 100644
--- a/p2p/host/peerstore/test/peerstore_suite.go
+++ b/p2p/host/peerstore/test/peerstore_suite.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
+	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -240,7 +241,8 @@ func testPeerstoreProtoStore(ps pstore.Peerstore) func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatal("got wrong supported array: ", supported)
 		}
 
-		err = ps.SetProtocols(p1, "other")
+		protos = []string{"other", "yet another", "one more"}
+		err = ps.SetProtocols(p1, protos...)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -253,6 +255,29 @@ func testPeerstoreProtoStore(ps pstore.Peerstore) func(t *testing.T) {
 		if len(supported) != 0 {
 			t.Fatal("none of those protocols should have been supported")
 		}
+
+		supported, err = ps.GetProtocols(p1)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		sort.Strings(supported)
+		sort.Strings(protos)
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(supported, protos) {
+			t.Fatalf("expected previously set protos; expected: %v, have: %v", protos, supported)
+		}
+
+		err = ps.RemoveProtocols(p1, protos[:2]...)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		supported, err = ps.GetProtocols(p1)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(supported, protos[2:]) {
+			t.Fatal("expected only one protocol to remain")
+		}
 	}
 }