diff --git a/repo/repo.go b/repo/repo.go
index ee6899779..e98968ff9 100644
--- a/repo/repo.go
+++ b/repo/repo.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 
 	datastore "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore"
 	config "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/repo/config"
-	util "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/util"
 )
 
 type Repo interface {
@@ -19,15 +18,3 @@ type Repo interface {
 
 	io.Closer
 }
-
-// IsInitialized returns true if the path is home to an initialized IPFS
-// repository.
-func IsInitialized(path string) bool {
-	if !util.FileExists(path) {
-		return false
-	}
-	// TODO add logging check
-	// TODO add datastore check
-	// TODO add config file check
-	return true
-}