diff --git a/bin/src/qmdl_store.rs b/bin/src/qmdl_store.rs
index 9e1f805..9ad4577 100644
--- a/bin/src/qmdl_store.rs
+++ b/bin/src/qmdl_store.rs
@@ -115,37 +115,6 @@ impl RecordingStore {
         })
     }
 
-    // Given a path to a directory of QMDL files, attempt to create a new
-    // manifest (and analysis files) from scratch. Useful if the existing
-    // manifest is corrupt or out of date. This will always re-run all
-    // analyzers over all of the given QMDLs.
-    pub async fn restore_from_dir<P>(path: P) -> Result<Self, RecordingStoreError>
-    where
-        P: AsRef<Path>,
-    {
-        info!("restoring RecordingStore from dir {:?}", path.as_ref());
-        let mut dir = fs::read_dir(path).await
-            .map_err(RecordingStoreError::OpenDirError)?;
-        loop {
-            let dir_entry = match dir.next_entry().await  {
-                Ok(Some(entry)) => entry,
-                Ok(None) => break,
-                Err(err) => return Err(RecordingStoreError::OpenDirError(err)),
-            };
-            let qmdl_path = dir_entry.path();
-            if qmdl_path.ends_with("qmdl") {
-                info!("ignoring non-QMDL file {:?}", qmdl_path);
-                continue;
-            }
-            let mut manifest_entry = ManifestEntry::new();
-            manifest_entry.name = qmdl_path.file_stem()
-                    .unwrap()
-                    .to_string_lossy()
-                    .into_owned();
-        }
-        todo!();
-    }
-
     // Creates a new RecordingStore at the given path. This involves creating a dir
     // and writing an empty manifest.
     pub async fn create<P>(path: P) -> Result<Self, RecordingStoreError>