diff --git a/store/cachemultistore.go b/store/cachemultistore.go
index 837e52dfe1..b1a7548811 100644
--- a/store/cachemultistore.go
+++ b/store/cachemultistore.go
@@ -72,16 +72,3 @@ func (cms cacheMultiStore) GetStore(key StoreKey) Store {
 func (cms cacheMultiStore) GetKVStore(key StoreKey) KVStore {
 	return cms.stores[key].(KVStore)
 }
-
-// GetStoreByName will first convert the original name to
-// a special key, before looking up the CommitStore.
-// This is not exposed to the extensions (which will need the
-// StoreKey), but is useful in main, and particularly app.Query,
-// in order to convert human strings into CommitStores.
-func (cms cacheMultiStore) GetStoreByName(name string) Store {
-	key := cms.keysByName[name]
-	if key == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return cms.stores[key].(Store)
-}
diff --git a/store/rootmultistore.go b/store/rootmultistore.go
index 62131611b2..4b0ad4375f 100644
--- a/store/rootmultistore.go
+++ b/store/rootmultistore.go
@@ -176,12 +176,12 @@ func (rs *rootMultiStore) GetKVStore(key StoreKey) KVStore {
 	return rs.stores[key].(KVStore)
 }
 
-// GetStoreByName will first convert the original name to
+// getStoreByName will first convert the original name to
 // a special key, before looking up the CommitStore.
 // This is not exposed to the extensions (which will need the
 // StoreKey), but is useful in main, and particularly app.Query,
 // in order to convert human strings into CommitStores.
-func (rs *rootMultiStore) GetStoreByName(name string) Store {
+func (rs *rootMultiStore) getStoreByName(name string) Store {
 	key := rs.keysByName[name]
 	if key == nil {
 		return nil
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func (rs *rootMultiStore) Query(req abci.RequestQuery) abci.ResponseQuery {
 		return err.Result().ToQuery()
 	}
 
-	store := rs.GetStoreByName(storeName)
+	store := rs.getStoreByName(storeName)
 	if store == nil {
 		msg := fmt.Sprintf("no such store: %s", storeName)
 		return sdk.ErrUnknownRequest(msg).Result().ToQuery()
diff --git a/store/rootmultistore_test.go b/store/rootmultistore_test.go
index d2cc44230d..a8145d80ed 100644
--- a/store/rootmultistore_test.go
+++ b/store/rootmultistore_test.go
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ func TestMultistoreCommitLoad(t *testing.T) {
 	checkStore(t, store, commitID, commitID)
 
 	// make sure we can get stores by name
-	s1 := store.GetStoreByName("store1")
+	s1 := store.getStoreByName("store1")
 	assert.NotNil(t, s1)
-	s3 := store.GetStoreByName("store3")
+	s3 := store.getStoreByName("store3")
 	assert.NotNil(t, s3)
-	s77 := store.GetStoreByName("store77")
+	s77 := store.getStoreByName("store77")
 	assert.Nil(t, s77)
 
 	// make a few commits and check them
diff --git a/types/store.go b/types/store.go
index e9894d0d61..6802a4bf10 100644
--- a/types/store.go
+++ b/types/store.go
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ type MultiStore interface {
 	// Convenience for fetching substores.
 	GetStore(StoreKey) Store
 	GetKVStore(StoreKey) KVStore
-
-	GetStoreByName(string) Store
 }
 
 // From MultiStore.CacheMultiStore()....