diff --git a/src/bees-roots.cc b/src/bees-roots.cc
index 991abd3..595993c 100644
--- a/src/bees-roots.cc
+++ b/src/bees-roots.cc
@@ -2030,12 +2030,6 @@ BeesRoots::open_root_ino(uint64_t root, uint64_t ino)
 	return m_ctx->fd_cache()->open_root_ino(root, ino);
 }
 
-RateEstimator &
-BeesRoots::transid_re()
-{
-	return m_transid_re;
-}
-
 void
 BeesRoots::insert_tmpfile(Fd fd)
 {
diff --git a/src/bees.h b/src/bees.h
index ea81116..11c0c72 100644
--- a/src/bees.h
+++ b/src/bees.h
@@ -550,7 +550,6 @@ class BeesRoots : public enable_shared_from_this<BeesRoots> {
 	Timer					m_crawl_timer;
 	BeesThread				m_crawl_thread;
 	BeesThread				m_writeback_thread;
-	RateEstimator				m_transid_re;
 	bool					m_workaround_btrfs_send = false;
 
 	shared_ptr<BeesScanMode>		m_scanner;
@@ -576,7 +575,6 @@ class BeesRoots : public enable_shared_from_this<BeesRoots> {
 	void writeback_thread();
 	uint64_t next_root(uint64_t root = 0);
 	void current_state_set(const BeesCrawlState &bcs);
-	RateEstimator& transid_re();
 	bool crawl_batch(shared_ptr<BeesCrawl> crawl);
 	void clear_caches();