diff --git a/src/datastore/README.md b/src/datastore/README.md
index 8a2182b75..cc1f2a841 100644
--- a/src/datastore/README.md
+++ b/src/datastore/README.md
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ datastore.on('index-state', ({ current, remaining, entriesPerSecond }) => {
     // show state to user that indexing is happening
   }
 })
-
-const { current, remaining, entriesPerSecond } = datastore.getIndexState()
 ```
 
 ## API docs
diff --git a/src/datastore/index.js b/src/datastore/index.js
index 43712654f..990146122 100644
--- a/src/datastore/index.js
+++ b/src/datastore/index.js
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@ export class DataStore extends TypedEmitter {
     return this.#writerCore
   }
 
-  getIndexState() {
-    return this.#coreIndexer.state
-  }
-
   /**
    *
    * @param {MultiCoreIndexer.Entry<'binary'>[]} entries