diff --git a/src/schema.hpp b/src/schema.hpp
index 6a2240d..87feeaa 100644
--- a/src/schema.hpp
+++ b/src/schema.hpp
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
     virtual bool leafEnumHasValue(const schemaPath_& location, const ModuleNodePair& node, const std::string& value) const = 0;
     virtual bool leafIdentityIsValid(const schemaPath_& location, const ModuleNodePair& node, const ModuleValuePair& value) const = 0;
     virtual bool listHasKey(const schemaPath_& location, const ModuleNodePair& node, const std::string& key) const = 0;
-    virtual bool nodeExists(const std::string& location, const std::string& node) const = 0;
     virtual const std::set<std::string> listKeys(const schemaPath_& location, const ModuleNodePair& node) const = 0;
     virtual yang::LeafDataTypes leafType(const schemaPath_& location, const ModuleNodePair& node) const = 0;
     virtual const std::set<std::string> validIdentities(const schemaPath_& location, const ModuleNodePair& node, const Prefixes prefixes) const = 0;
diff --git a/src/static_schema.hpp b/src/static_schema.hpp
index 3bf60f0..3071e4c 100644
--- a/src/static_schema.hpp
+++ b/src/static_schema.hpp
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
     bool leafEnumHasValue(const schemaPath_& location, const ModuleNodePair& node, const std::string& value) const override;
     bool leafIdentityIsValid(const schemaPath_& location, const ModuleNodePair& node, const ModuleValuePair& value) const override;
     bool listHasKey(const schemaPath_& location, const ModuleNodePair& node, const std::string& key) const override;
-    bool nodeExists(const std::string& location, const std::string& node) const override;
     const std::set<std::string> listKeys(const schemaPath_& location, const ModuleNodePair& node) const override;
     yang::LeafDataTypes leafType(const schemaPath_& location, const ModuleNodePair& node) const override;
     const std::set<std::string> enumValues(const schemaPath_& location, const ModuleNodePair& node) const override;
@@ -49,6 +48,7 @@
 private:
     const std::unordered_map<std::string, NodeType>& children(const std::string& name) const;
     void getIdentSet(const ModuleValuePair& ident, std::set<ModuleValuePair>& res) const;
+    bool nodeExists(const std::string& location, const std::string& node) const;
 
     std::unordered_map<std::string, std::unordered_map<std::string, NodeType>> m_nodes;
     std::set<std::string> m_modules;
diff --git a/src/yang_schema.cpp b/src/yang_schema.cpp
index 6431500..bab4715 100644
--- a/src/yang_schema.cpp
+++ b/src/yang_schema.cpp
@@ -187,13 +187,6 @@
     return keys.find(key) != keys.end();
 }
 
-bool YangSchema::nodeExists(const std::string& location, const std::string& node) const
-{
-    const auto absPath = location + "/" + node;
-    const auto set = m_context->find_path(absPath.c_str());
-    return set->number() == 1;
-}
-
 libyang::S_Set YangSchema::getNodeSet(const schemaPath_& location, const ModuleNodePair& node) const
 {
     std::string absPath = location.m_nodes.empty() ? "" : "/";
diff --git a/src/yang_schema.hpp b/src/yang_schema.hpp
index 64e3ac5..baeb466 100644
--- a/src/yang_schema.hpp
+++ b/src/yang_schema.hpp
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
     bool leafEnumHasValue(const schemaPath_& location, const ModuleNodePair& node, const std::string& value) const override;
     bool leafIdentityIsValid(const schemaPath_& location, const ModuleNodePair& node, const ModuleValuePair& value) const override;
     bool listHasKey(const schemaPath_& location, const ModuleNodePair& node, const std::string& key) const override;
-    bool nodeExists(const std::string& location, const std::string& node) const override;
     const std::set<std::string> listKeys(const schemaPath_& location, const ModuleNodePair& node) const override;
     yang::LeafDataTypes leafType(const schemaPath_& location, const ModuleNodePair& node) const override;
     const std::set<std::string> validIdentities(const schemaPath_& location, const ModuleNodePair& node, const Prefixes prefixes) const override;
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@
 
 private:
     std::set<std::string> modules() const;
-    bool nodeExists(const schemaPath_& location, const ModuleNodePair& node) const;
 
     /** @short Returns a set of nodes, that match the location and name criteria. */
     std::shared_ptr<libyang::Set> getNodeSet(const schemaPath_& location, const ModuleNodePair& node) const;