diff --git a/src/schema/term.rs b/src/schema/term.rs
index 41fc613fb..a539d6e2b 100644
--- a/src/schema/term.rs
+++ b/src/schema/term.rs
@@ -43,14 +43,6 @@ impl Term {
         BigEndian::write_u32(&mut self.0[0..4], field.0);
     }
 
-    /// Returns the field.
-    pub fn set_field(&mut self, field: Field) {
-        if self.0.len() < 4 {
-            self.0.resize(4, 0u8);
-        }
-        BigEndian::write_u32(&mut self.0[0..4], field.0);
-    }
-
     /// Builds a term given a field, and a u64-value
     ///
     /// Assuming the term has a field id of 1, and a u64 value of 3234,