diff --git a/lib/classes/check/result.php b/lib/classes/check/result.php
index f3379a3dd3500..41b3596500d84 100644
--- a/lib/classes/check/result.php
+++ b/lib/classes/check/result.php
@@ -14,18 +14,8 @@
 // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 // along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-/**
- * A check result class
- *
- * @package    core
- * @category   check
- * @copyright  2020 Brendan Heywood <brendan@catalyst-au.net>
- * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
- */
 namespace core\check;
 
-defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
-
 /**
  * A check object returns a result object
  *
@@ -33,6 +23,8 @@
  * 'details' which is computationally expensive then extend this and overide
  * the get_details() method so that it is only called when it will be needed.
  *
+ * @package    core
+ * @category   check
  * @copyright  2020 Brendan Heywood <brendan@catalyst-au.net>
  * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  */
@@ -109,20 +101,6 @@ class result implements \renderable {
      */
     protected $details = '';
 
-    /**
-     * Get the check reference label
-     *
-     * @return string must be globally unique
-     */
-    public function get_ref(): string {
-        $ref = $this->get_component();
-        if (!empty($ref)) {
-            $ref .= '_';
-        }
-        $ref .= $this->get_id();
-        return $ref;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Constructor
      *