diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c302b4c759e..5651a3d7ebd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 ### State Machine Breaking
 
 ### Improvements
+* [\#1186](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/1186/files) Removing `GetRoot` function from ConsensusState interface in `02-client`. `GetRoot` is unused by core IBC. 
 
 ### Features
 
diff --git a/modules/core/exported/client.go b/modules/core/exported/client.go
index 39095aff28f..c1f30ce0804 100644
--- a/modules/core/exported/client.go
+++ b/modules/core/exported/client.go
@@ -185,10 +185,6 @@ type ConsensusState interface {
 
 	ClientType() string // Consensus kind
 
-	// GetRoot returns the commitment root of the consensus state,
-	// which is used for key-value pair verification.
-	GetRoot() Root
-
 	// GetTimestamp returns the timestamp (in nanoseconds) of the consensus state
 	GetTimestamp() uint64