diff --git a/core/coreiface/options/unixfs.go b/core/coreiface/options/unixfs.go
index b771896bc..fd748bb4a 100644
--- a/core/coreiface/options/unixfs.go
+++ b/core/coreiface/options/unixfs.go
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ type UnixfsAddSettings struct {
 
 	Pin      bool
 	OnlyHash bool
-	Local    bool
 	FsCache  bool
 	NoCopy   bool
 
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ func UnixfsAddOptions(opts ...UnixfsAddOption) (*UnixfsAddSettings, cid.Prefix,
 
 		Pin:      false,
 		OnlyHash: false,
-		Local:    false,
 		FsCache:  false,
 		NoCopy:   false,
 
@@ -220,16 +218,6 @@ func (unixfsOpts) HashOnly(hashOnly bool) UnixfsAddOption {
 	}
 }
 
-// Local will add the data to blockstore without announcing it to the network
-//
-// Note that this doesn't prevent other nodes from getting this data
-func (unixfsOpts) Local(local bool) UnixfsAddOption {
-	return func(settings *UnixfsAddSettings) error {
-		settings.Local = local
-		return nil
-	}
-}
-
 // Wrap tells the adder to wrap the added file structure with an additional
 // directory.
 func (unixfsOpts) Wrap(wrap bool) UnixfsAddOption {