diff --git a/routing/conf.go b/routing/conf.go
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+++ b/routing/conf.go
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+// +build !experimental
+
+package routing
+
+// Conf provides the command line routing configuration. There are no fields in
+// the production build so that this section is hidden by default.
+type Conf struct{}
+
+// UseAssumeChannelValid always returns false when not in experimental builds.
+func (c *Conf) UseAssumeChannelValid() bool {
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/routing/conf_experimental.go b/routing/conf_experimental.go
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+// +build experimental
+
+package routing
+
+// Conf exposes the experimental command line routing configurations.
+type Conf struct {
+	AssumeChannelValid bool `long:"assumechanvalid" description:"Skip checking channel spentness during graph validation. (default: false)"`
+}
+
+// UseAssumeChannelValid returns true if the router should skip checking for
+// spentness when processing channel updates and announcements.
+func (c *Conf) UseAssumeChannelValid() bool {
+	return c.AssumeChannelValid
+}