diff --git a/deepsubtree.go b/deepsubtree.go
index a716f5d28..47b88a2f8 100644
--- a/deepsubtree.go
+++ b/deepsubtree.go
@@ -16,79 +16,6 @@ type DeepSubTree struct {
 	*MutableTree
 }
 
-// Adds the node with the given key in the Deep Subtree
-// using the given full IAVL tree along with
-// the path of that node
-func (dst *DeepSubTree) AddPath(tree *ImmutableTree, key []byte) error {
-	path, val, err := tree.root.PathToLeaf(tree, key)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	err = dst.addPath(path, val)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Helper method to add given leaf node in the Deep Subtree
-// using the given PathToLeaf
-func (dst *DeepSubTree) addPath(pl PathToLeaf, leaf *Node) error {
-	hash, err := leaf._hash()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	n := NewNode(leaf.key, leaf.value, leaf.version)
-	prevHash, err := n._hash()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	err = dst.ndb.SaveNode(n)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// Iterates from bottom most inner node to top
-	for i := len(pl) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
-		pin := pl[i]
-		hash, err = pin.Hash(hash)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if pin.Left == nil {
-			pin.Left = prevHash
-		} else if pin.Right == nil {
-			pin.Right = prevHash
-		}
-		n := &Node{
-			subtreeHeight: pin.Height,
-			size:          pin.Size,
-			version:       pin.Version,
-			leftHash:      pin.Left,
-			rightHash:     pin.Right,
-			hash:          hash,
-		}
-		prevHash = hash
-
-		// Only save the node to the deep subtree if it doesn't already exist there
-		has, err := dst.ndb.Has(n.hash)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if !has {
-			err = dst.ndb.SaveNode(n)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return dst.ndb.Commit()
-}
-
 // Traverses in the nodes in the NodeDB in the Deep Subtree
 // and links them together using the populated left and right
 // hashes and sets the root to be the node with the given rootHash