diff --git a/lib/src/index_store.rs b/lib/src/index_store.rs
index 14ba43083..04c5e5937 100644
--- a/lib/src/index_store.rs
+++ b/lib/src/index_store.rs
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@ impl IndexStore {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn reinit(&self) {
-        std::fs::remove_dir_all(self.dir.join("operations")).unwrap();
-        IndexStore::init(&self.dir);
-    }
-
     pub fn load(dir: &Path) -> IndexStore {
         IndexStore {
             dir: dir.to_owned(),