diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index f062a4e..6a9e21c 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -417,15 +417,6 @@ function initRecord(peer, config) {
     return MsgV3.getMootID(accountID, domain)
   }
 
-  /**
-   * @public
-   * @param {Msg} msg
-   * @returns {boolean}
-   */
-  function isRoot(msg) {
-    return isValidRecordMoot(msg)
-  }
-
   /**
    * @public
    * @param {MsgID} ghostableMsgID
@@ -530,7 +521,6 @@ function initRecord(peer, config) {
     update,
     read,
     getFeedID,
-    isRoot,
     isGhostable,
     getFieldRoots,
     getMinRequiredDepth,
diff --git a/test/index.test.js b/test/index.test.js
index c396cdc..8662da3 100644
--- a/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/index.test.js
@@ -134,11 +134,6 @@ test('Record squeeze', async (t) => {
   assert.deepEqual(fieldRoots6, fieldRoots5, 'fieldRoots')
 })
 
-test('Record isRoot', (t) => {
-  const moot = MsgV3.createMoot(aliceID, 'record_v1__profile', aliceKeypair)
-  assert.ok(peer.record.isRoot(moot), 'isRoot')
-})
-
 test('Record isGhostable', (t) => {
   const moot = MsgV3.createMoot(aliceID, 'record_v1__profile', aliceKeypair)
   const mootID = MsgV3.getMsgID(moot)