diff --git a/epiphany-core/src/idunn_provider_health.rs b/epiphany-core/src/idunn_provider_health.rs
index fa5e01af..b96b490c 100644
--- a/epiphany-core/src/idunn_provider_health.rs
+++ b/epiphany-core/src/idunn_provider_health.rs
@@ -107,22 +107,6 @@ pub struct IdunnProviderHealthAdmission {
     pub trust_anchor_bound_at_unix_millis: u64,
 }
 
-pub fn read_idunn_provider_health_trust_anchor(
-    path: &Path,
-) -> Result<GameCultServiceTrustAnchorRecord> {
-    let rows = SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore::new(path).pull_all_read_only_snapshot()?;
-    if rows.len() != 1 {
-        bail!("Idunn provider-health trust anchor store must contain exactly one row");
-    }
-    let row = &rows[0];
-    if row.r#type != GameCultServiceTrustAnchorRecord::TYPE {
-        bail!("Idunn provider-health trust anchor store contains foreign authority");
-    }
-    let anchor: GameCultServiceTrustAnchorRecord = rmp_serde::from_slice(&row.payload)?;
-    anchor.validate()?;
-    Ok(anchor)
-}
-
 pub fn provider_health_record_key(daemon_id: &str, health_contract: &str) -> String {
     format!(
         "provider-health:{:x}",
diff --git a/epiphany-core/src/lib.rs b/epiphany-core/src/lib.rs
index f48668bc..8b830e23 100644
--- a/epiphany-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/epiphany-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ pub use idunn_provider_health::{
     EPIPHANY_IDUNN_PROVIDER_HEALTH_ADMISSION_SCHEMA, EPIPHANY_IDUNN_PROVIDER_HEALTH_ADMISSION_TYPE,
     IdunnProviderHealthAdmission, ProviderReleaseBinding, RequiredProviderHealth,
     admit_required_idunn_provider_health, provider_health_record_key,
-    read_idunn_provider_health_trust_anchor, required_idunn_provider_health_query,
+    required_idunn_provider_health_query,
     verify_idunn_provider_health_candidate,
 };
 pub use idunn_runtime_health::{
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ pub use packaged_release::{
     EpiphanyPackagedReleaseEntry, EpiphanyPackagedReleaseHead, PackageReleaseRequest,
     authenticate_epiphany_packaged_release, epiphany_packaged_release_binary_path,
     epiphany_packaged_release_witness_sha256, inspect_epiphany_packaged_release_witness,
-    load_epiphany_packaged_release, load_epiphany_packaged_release_head, package_epiphany_release,
+    load_epiphany_packaged_release, package_epiphany_release,
     publish_epiphany_packaged_release, read_epiphany_packaged_release_witness,
     required_packaged_release_binaries, validate_epiphany_packaged_release,
     verify_epiphany_packaged_release_files, write_epiphany_packaged_release_witness,
diff --git a/epiphany-core/src/packaged_release.rs b/epiphany-core/src/packaged_release.rs
index dc857e88..0e5cdbcd 100644
--- a/epiphany-core/src/packaged_release.rs
+++ b/epiphany-core/src/packaged_release.rs
@@ -61,13 +61,6 @@ pub fn load_epiphany_packaged_release(
         .get(&format!("{RELEASE_KEY_PREFIX}{release_id}"))
 }
 
-pub fn load_epiphany_packaged_release_head(
-    store: &Path,
-    runtime_id: &str,
-) -> Result<Option<EpiphanyPackagedReleaseHead>> {
-    open_epiphany_cultmesh_node(store, runtime_id.to_string())?.get(RELEASE_HEAD_KEY)
-}
-
 pub fn authenticate_epiphany_packaged_release(
     store: &Path,
     runtime_id: &str,