diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/AbstractChannelReplicator.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/AbstractChannelReplicator.java
index 439706b44..33c6f967d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/AbstractChannelReplicator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/AbstractChannelReplicator.java
@@ -457,11 +457,6 @@ abstract class AbstractChannelReplicator implements Closeable {
             return entryIn.underlyingObject();
         }
 
-        @Override
-        public boolean shouldBeIgnored(final ReplicableEntry entry, final int chronicleId) {
-            return !externalizable.identifierCheck(entry, chronicleId);
-        }
-
         @Override
         public boolean onEntry(
                 ReplicableEntry entry, Bytes payload, int chronicleId, long bootstrapTime) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/Replica.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/Replica.java
index 9af1fe3c5..55083e4f7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/Replica.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/Replica.java
@@ -191,18 +191,6 @@ public interface Replica extends Closeable {
          */
         public void onBeforeEntry() {
         }
-
-        /**
-         * its possible that the entry should now be ignored, for example although rare its
-         * identifier may have recently been changed by another thread, so its no longer applicable
-         * to send
-         *
-         * @param entry       the entry you will receive, this does not have to be locked, as
-         *                    locking is already provided from the caller.
-         * @param chronicleId only assigned when clustering
-         * @return {@code true} if this entry should be ignored
-         */
-        public abstract boolean shouldBeIgnored(final ReplicableEntry entry, final int chronicleId);
     }
 }