diff --git a/gtsam.h b/gtsam.h
index d19b0bf45..a3d8c478b 100644
--- a/gtsam.h
+++ b/gtsam.h
@@ -914,6 +914,7 @@ virtual class BayesTree {
     size_t size();
     CLIQUE* root() const;
     void clear();
+    void deleteCachedShorcuts();
     void insert(const CLIQUE* subtree);
 };
 
@@ -944,10 +945,6 @@ virtual class BayesTreeClique {
 //  FactorGraph<FactorType> marginal(derived_ptr root, Eliminate function) const;
 //  FactorGraph<FactorType> joint(derived_ptr C2, derived_ptr root, Eliminate function) const;
 
-  /**
-   * This deletes the cached shortcuts of all cliques (subtree) below this clique.
-   * This is performed when the bayes tree is modified.
-   */
   void deleteCachedShorcuts();
 };
 
diff --git a/gtsam/inference/BayesTree.h b/gtsam/inference/BayesTree.h
index 842815bdc..6406fe8f6 100644
--- a/gtsam/inference/BayesTree.h
+++ b/gtsam/inference/BayesTree.h
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ namespace gtsam {
 		/** Remove all nodes */
 		void clear();
 
+		/** Clear all shortcut caches - use before timing on marginal calculation to avoid residual cache data */
+		inline void deleteCachedShorcuts() { root_->deleteCachedShorcuts(); }
+
 		/**
 		 * Remove path from clique to root and return that path as factors
 		 * plus a list of orphaned subtree roots. Used in removeTop below.