diff --git a/cid.js b/cid.js
index 096110dc..ce61d1fb 100644
--- a/cid.js
+++ b/cid.js
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ export default multiformats => {
       return {
         code: this.code,
         version: this.version,
-        asCID: this,
         hash: this.multihash
       }
     }