diff --git a/gtsam.h b/gtsam.h
index 841c4b01c..429cbc7d3 100644
--- a/gtsam.h
+++ b/gtsam.h
@@ -819,7 +819,6 @@ virtual class BayesTree {
     void insert(const CLIQUE* subtree);
     size_t numCachedSeparatorMarginals() const;
     CLIQUE* clique(size_t j) const;
-    bool checkConsistency() const;
 };
 
 template<CONDITIONAL>
diff --git a/gtsam/inference/BayesTree-inl.h b/gtsam/inference/BayesTree-inl.h
index f3aeacb36..d5592ed2a 100644
--- a/gtsam/inference/BayesTree-inl.h
+++ b/gtsam/inference/BayesTree-inl.h
@@ -800,23 +800,5 @@ namespace gtsam {
   }
 
   /* ************************************************************************* */
-  template<class CONDITIONAL, class CLIQUE>
-  bool BayesTree<CONDITIONAL,CLIQUE>::checkConsistency() const {
-    // Verify all nodes are mapped to initialized cliques
-    bool result = true;
-    for (gtsam::Index idx=0; idx<nodes_.size(); ++idx) {
-      const sharedClique& clique = nodes_[idx];
-      // Bad clique check
-      if (!clique) {
-        if (result)
-          std::cout << "BayesTree consistency check failures:" << std::endl;
-        std::cout << "  Null pointer clique entry for node " << idx << std::endl;
-        result = false;
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-    return result;
-  }
-  /* ************************************************************************* */
 
 } // \namespace gtsam
diff --git a/gtsam/inference/BayesTree.h b/gtsam/inference/BayesTree.h
index a6f5b6e81..9e487d0a2 100644
--- a/gtsam/inference/BayesTree.h
+++ b/gtsam/inference/BayesTree.h
@@ -290,13 +290,6 @@ namespace gtsam {
       return shared_ptr(new This(*this));
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Verify internal consistency of indexing
-     * Prints results to stdout
-     * @return true iff correct
-     */
-    bool checkConsistency() const;
-
   protected:
 
     /** private helper method for saving the Tree to a text file in GraphViz format */