diff --git a/base/remove.go b/base/remove.go
index 2fcf6a4d3..b9b5ea691 100644
--- a/base/remove.go
+++ b/base/remove.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func RemoveEntireDataset(ctx context.Context, r repo.Repo, ref dsref.Ref, histor
 			removeErr = err
 		}
 	} else {
-		if err := book.RemoveAnyoneLog(ctx, ref); err == nil {
+		if err := book.RemoveLog(ctx, ref); err == nil {
 			didRemove = appendString(didRemove, "logbook")
 		} else {
 			log.Debugf("Remove, logbook.RemoveLog failed, error: %s", err)
diff --git a/fsi/init.go b/fsi/init.go
index 7ff9341c3..c982162db 100644
--- a/fsi/init.go
+++ b/fsi/init.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ to create a working directory for an existing dataset`
 	rollback = concatFunc(
 		func() {
 			log.Debugf("removing log from logbook %q", ref)
-			if err := book.RemoveLog(ctx, book.Author(), ref); err != nil {
+			if err := book.RemoveLog(ctx, ref); err != nil {
 				log.Error(err)
 			}
 		}, rollback)
diff --git a/logbook/logbook.go b/logbook/logbook.go
index 52164d90a..45f4b3907 100644
--- a/logbook/logbook.go
+++ b/logbook/logbook.go
@@ -826,43 +826,7 @@ func (book *Book) MergeLog(ctx context.Context, sender identity.Author, lg *oplo
 }
 
 // RemoveLog removes an entire log from a logbook
-func (book *Book) RemoveLog(ctx context.Context, sender identity.Author, ref dsref.Ref) error {
-	if book == nil {
-		return ErrNoLogbook
-	}
-
-	l, err := book.BranchRef(ctx, ref)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// eventually access control will dictate which logs can be written by whom.
-	// For now we only allow users to merge logs they've written
-	// book will need access to a store of public keys before we can verify
-	// signatures non-same-senders
-	// if err := l.Verify(sender.AuthorPubKey()); err != nil {
-	// 	return err
-	// }
-
-	root := l
-	for {
-		p := root.Parent()
-		if p == nil {
-			break
-		}
-		root = p
-	}
-
-	if root.ID() != sender.AuthorID() {
-		return fmt.Errorf("authors can only remove logs they own")
-	}
-
-	book.store.RemoveLog(ctx, dsRefToLogPath(ref)...)
-	return book.save(ctx)
-}
-
-// RemoveAnyoneLog removes a log owned by anyone.
-func (book *Book) RemoveAnyoneLog(ctx context.Context, ref dsref.Ref) error {
+func (book *Book) RemoveLog(ctx context.Context, ref dsref.Ref) error {
 	if book == nil {
 		return ErrNoLogbook
 	}
diff --git a/logbook/logbook_test.go b/logbook/logbook_test.go
index c4acd7989..ed6df6004 100644
--- a/logbook/logbook_test.go
+++ b/logbook/logbook_test.go
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func TestNilCallable(t *testing.T) {
 	if err = book.MergeLog(ctx, nil, &oplog.Log{}); err != logbook.ErrNoLogbook {
 		t.Errorf("expected '%s', got: %v", logbook.ErrNoLogbook, err)
 	}
-	if err = book.RemoveLog(ctx, nil, dsref.Ref{}); err != logbook.ErrNoLogbook {
+	if err = book.RemoveLog(ctx, dsref.Ref{}); err != logbook.ErrNoLogbook {
 		t.Errorf("expected '%s', got: %v", logbook.ErrNoLogbook, err)
 	}
 	if err = book.ConstructDatasetLog(ctx, dsref.Ref{}, nil); err != logbook.ErrNoLogbook {
diff --git a/logbook/logsync/logsync.go b/logbook/logsync/logsync.go
index bd683eb25..a2f255937 100644
--- a/logbook/logsync/logsync.go
+++ b/logbook/logsync/logsync.go
@@ -271,7 +271,33 @@ func (lsync *Logsync) del(ctx context.Context, sender identity.Author, ref dsref
 		}
 	}
 
-	if err := lsync.book.RemoveLog(ctx, sender, ref); err != nil {
+	l, err := lsync.book.BranchRef(ctx, ref)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// eventually access control will dictate which logs can be written by whom.
+	// For now we only allow users to merge logs they've written
+	// book will need access to a store of public keys before we can verify
+	// signatures non-same-senders
+	// if err := l.Verify(sender.AuthorPubKey()); err != nil {
+	// 	return err
+	// }
+
+	root := l
+	for {
+		p := root.Parent()
+		if p == nil {
+			break
+		}
+		root = p
+	}
+
+	if root.ID() != sender.AuthorID() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("authors can only remove logs they own")
+	}
+
+	if err := lsync.book.RemoveLog(ctx, ref); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/remote/mock_client.go b/remote/mock_client.go
index 364d93f81..137d429b7 100644
--- a/remote/mock_client.go
+++ b/remote/mock_client.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (c *MockClient) FetchLogs(ctx context.Context, ref dsref.Ref, remoteAddr st
 	return nil, ErrNotImplemented
 }
 
-// CloneLogs is not implemented
+// CloneLogs creates a log from a temp logbook, and merges those into the client's logbook
 func (c *MockClient) CloneLogs(ctx context.Context, ref dsref.Ref, remoteAddr string) error {
 	tmpdir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
 	if err != nil {