diff --git a/include/ray/ray.h b/include/ray/ray.h
index e2c32e98a..06fd0cf63 100644
--- a/include/ray/ray.h
+++ b/include/ray/ray.h
@@ -43,10 +43,4 @@ public:
   objstore_not_registered_error(const std::string& msg) : std::runtime_error(msg) {}
 };
 
-struct slice {
-  uint8_t* data;
-  size_t len;
-  SegmentId segmentid;
-};
-
 #endif
diff --git a/src/raylib.cc b/src/raylib.cc
index 2604175bf..d5ec62680 100644
--- a/src/raylib.cc
+++ b/src/raylib.cc
@@ -864,22 +864,6 @@ static PyObject* add_contained_objectids(PyObject* self, PyObject* args) {
   Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
 
-static PyObject* get_object(PyObject* self, PyObject* args) {
-  // get_object assumes that objectid is a canonical objectid
-  Worker* worker;
-  ObjectID objectid;
-  if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O&O&", &PyObjectToWorker, &worker, &PyObjectToObjectID, &objectid)) {
-    return NULL;
-  }
-  slice s = worker->get_object(objectid);
-  Obj* obj = new Obj(); // TODO: Make sure this will get deleted
-  obj->ParseFromString(std::string(reinterpret_cast<char*>(s.data), s.len));
-  PyObject* result = PyList_New(2);
-  PyList_SetItem(result, 0, PyCapsule_New(static_cast<void*>(obj), "obj", &ObjCapsule_Destructor));
-  PyList_SetItem(result, 1, PyInt_FromLong(s.segmentid));
-  return result;
-}
-
 static PyObject* request_object(PyObject* self, PyObject* args) {
   Worker* worker;
   ObjectID objectid;
@@ -1077,7 +1061,6 @@ static PyMethodDef RayLibMethods[] = {
  { "register_remote_function", register_remote_function, METH_VARARGS, "register a function with the scheduler" },
  { "notify_failure", notify_failure, METH_VARARGS, "notify the scheduler of a failure" },
  { "add_contained_objectids", add_contained_objectids, METH_VARARGS, "notify the scheduler about the object IDs contained in a remote object" },
- { "get_object", get_object, METH_VARARGS, "get protocol buffer object from the local object store" },
  { "get_objectid", get_objectid, METH_VARARGS, "register a new object reference with the scheduler" },
  { "request_object" , request_object, METH_VARARGS, "request an object to be delivered to the local object store" },
  { "ray_select" , ray_select, METH_VARARGS, "checks the scheduler to see if a object can be gotten" },
diff --git a/src/worker.cc b/src/worker.cc
index 3fb3b40b2..9b05c0d31 100644
--- a/src/worker.cc
+++ b/src/worker.cc
@@ -214,23 +214,6 @@ ObjectID Worker::get_objectid() {
   return reply.objectid();
 }
 
-slice Worker::get_object(ObjectID objectid) {
-  // get_object assumes that objectid is a canonical objectid
-  RAY_CHECK(connected_, "Attempted to perform get_object but failed.");
-  ObjRequest request;
-  request.workerid = workerid_;
-  request.type = ObjRequestType::GET;
-  request.objectid = objectid;
-  RAY_CHECK(request_obj_queue_.send(&request), "Failed to send request from the worker to the object store because the message queue was full.");
-  ObjHandle result;
-  RAY_CHECK(receive_obj_queue_.receive(&result), "error receiving over IPC");
-  slice slice;
-  slice.data = segmentpool_->get_address(result);
-  slice.len = result.size();
-  slice.segmentid = result.segmentid();
-  return slice;
-}
-
 void Worker::add_contained_objectids(ObjectID objectid, std::vector<ObjectID> &contained_objectids) {
   RAY_CHECK(connected_, "Attempted to perform add_contained_objectids but failed.");
   if (contained_objectids.size() > 0) {
diff --git a/src/worker.h b/src/worker.h
index 3e2366e5b..07c9cc503 100644
--- a/src/worker.h
+++ b/src/worker.h
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ class Worker {
   void request_object(ObjectID objectid);
   // Notify the scheduler about the object IDs contained within a remote object.
   void add_contained_objectids(ObjectID objectid, std::vector<ObjectID> &contained_objectids);
-  // retrieve serialized object from local object store
-  slice get_object(ObjectID objectid);
   // Allocates buffer for objectid with size of size
   const char* allocate_buffer(ObjectID objectid, int64_t size, SegmentId& segmentid);
   // Finishes buffer with segmentid and an offset of metadata_ofset