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/02-client/legacy/v100/solomachine.go b/modules/core/02-client/legacy/v100/solomachine.go
index c9814439902..28901dd7709 100644
--- a/modules/core/02-client/legacy/v100/solomachine.go
+++ b/modules/core/02-client/legacy/v100/solomachine.go
@@ -197,11 +197,6 @@ func (cs ConsensusState) GetTimestamp() uint64 {
 	panic("legacy solo machine is deprecated!")
 }
 
-// GetRoot panics!
-func (cs ConsensusState) GetRoot() exported.Root {
-	panic("legacy solo machine is deprecated!")
-}
-
 // ValidateBasic panics!
 func (cs ConsensusState) ValidateBasic() error {
 	panic("legacy solo machine is deprecated!")
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
 
diff --git a/modules/light-clients/06-solomachine/types/consensus_state.go b/modules/light-clients/06-solomachine/types/consensus_state.go
index 3012f91a567..61b15b65882 100644
--- a/modules/light-clients/06-solomachine/types/consensus_state.go
+++ b/modules/light-clients/06-solomachine/types/consensus_state.go
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ func (cs ConsensusState) GetTimestamp() uint64 {
 	return cs.Timestamp
 }
 
-// GetRoot returns nil since solo machines do not have roots.
-func (cs ConsensusState) GetRoot() exported.Root {
-	return nil
-}
-
 // GetPubKey unmarshals the public key into a cryptotypes.PubKey type.
 // An error is returned if the public key is nil or the cached value
 // is not a PubKey.
diff --git a/modules/light-clients/06-solomachine/types/consensus_state_test.go b/modules/light-clients/06-solomachine/types/consensus_state_test.go
index 33e200c5461..5b2b29cadcd 100644
--- a/modules/light-clients/06-solomachine/types/consensus_state_test.go
+++ b/modules/light-clients/06-solomachine/types/consensus_state_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ func (suite *SoloMachineTestSuite) TestConsensusState() {
 
 	suite.Require().Equal(exported.Solomachine, consensusState.ClientType())
 	suite.Require().Equal(suite.solomachine.Time, consensusState.GetTimestamp())
-	suite.Require().Nil(consensusState.GetRoot())
 }
 
 func (suite *SoloMachineTestSuite) TestConsensusStateValidateBasic() {