diff --git a/cmd/cmd_test.go b/cmd/cmd_test.go
index edd975763..70903abbf 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd_test.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd_test.go
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ func TestCommandsIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 		fmt.Sprintf("qri save --body=%s me/movies", moviesFilePath),
 		fmt.Sprintf("qri save --body=%s me/movies2", movies2FilePath),
 		fmt.Sprintf("qri save --body=%s me/links", linksFilepath),
-		"qri info me/movies",
 		"qri list",
+		"qri list me/movies",
 		fmt.Sprintf("qri save --body=%s -t=commit_1 me/movies", movies2FilePath),
 		"qri log me/movies",
 		"qri diff me/movies me/movies2 -d=detail",
diff --git a/cmd/info.go b/cmd/info.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 12faef64a..000000000
--- a/cmd/info.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,132 +0,0 @@
-package cmd
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/qri-io/dataset"
-	"github.com/qri-io/ioes"
-	"github.com/qri-io/qri/lib"
-	"github.com/qri-io/qri/repo"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-)
-
-// NewInfoCommand creates a `qri info` cobra command for describing datasets
-func NewInfoCommand(f Factory, ioStreams ioes.IOStreams) *cobra.Command {
-	o := &InfoOptions{IOStreams: ioStreams}
-	cmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:     "info",
-		Aliases: []string{"get", "describe"},
-		Short:   "Show summarized description of a dataset",
-		Long: `Info describes datasets. By default, it will return the peername, dataset name, 
-the network, the dataset hash, the file size, the length of the datasets, 
-and the validation errors.
-
-Using the ` + "`--format`" + ` flag, you can get output in json. This will return a json
-representation of the dataset, without the dataset body, identical to 
-` + "`qri get --format json`" + `.
-
-To get info on a peer's dataset, you must be running ` + "`qri connect`" + ` in a separate 
-terminal window.`,
-		Example: `  # get info for my dataset:
-  qri info me/annual_pop
-
-  # get info for a dataset at a specific version:
-  qri info me@/ipfs/QmUNLLsPACCz1vLxQVkXqqLX5R1X345qqfHbsf67hvA3Nn
-
-  or
-
-  qri info me/comics@/ipfs/QmUNLLsPACCz1vLxQVkXqqLX5R1X345qqfHbsf67hvA3Nn
-
-  # get info in json format
-  qri info -f json me/annual_pop
-
-  # to get info on a peer's dataset, spin up your qri node
-  qri connect
-
-  # then, in a separate window, request the info from peer b5
-  qri info b5/comics`,
-		Annotations: map[string]string{
-			"group": "dataset",
-		},
-		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			if err := o.Complete(f, args); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			return o.Run()
-		},
-	}
-
-	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&o.Format, "format", "f", "", "set output format [json]")
-	return cmd
-}
-
-// InfoOptions encapsulates state for the info command
-type InfoOptions struct {
-	ioes.IOStreams
-
-	Refs   []string
-	Format string
-
-	DatasetRequests *lib.DatasetRequests
-}
-
-// Complete adds any missing configuration that can only be added just before calling Run
-func (o *InfoOptions) Complete(f Factory, args []string) (err error) {
-	o.Refs = args
-	o.DatasetRequests, err = f.DatasetRequests()
-	return
-}
-
-// Run executes the info command
-func (o *InfoOptions) Run() error {
-	if o.Format != "" {
-		format, err := dataset.ParseDataFormatString(o.Format)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("invalid data format: %s", o.Format)
-		}
-		if format != dataset.JSONDataFormat {
-			return fmt.Errorf("invalid data format. currently only json or plaintext are supported")
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(o.Refs) == 0 {
-		return o.info(0, "")
-	}
-
-	for i, refstr := range o.Refs {
-		if err := o.info(i, refstr); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// info prints terse information about a single dataset
-func (o *InfoOptions) info(index int, refstr string) (err error) {
-
-	p := lib.GetParams{
-		Path: refstr,
-	}
-	res := lib.GetResult{}
-	if err = o.DatasetRequests.Get(&p, &res); err != nil {
-		if err == repo.ErrEmptyRef {
-			return lib.NewError(err, "please provide a dataset reference")
-		}
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if o.Format == "" {
-		// TODO (b5): refactor to work with dataset.Dataset instead
-		ref := repo.DatasetRef{Peername: res.Dataset.Peername, Name: res.Dataset.Name, Dataset: res.Dataset}
-		printDatasetRefInfo(o.Out, index, ref)
-	} else {
-		data, err := json.MarshalIndent(res.Dataset, "", "  ")
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		fmt.Fprintf(o.Out, "%s", string(data))
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/cmd/qri.go b/cmd/qri.go
index 8b43fbe88..5bd9f4a0b 100644
--- a/cmd/qri.go
+++ b/cmd/qri.go
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ https://github.com/qri-io/qri/issues`,
 		NewDiffCommand(opt, ioStreams),
 		NewExportCommand(opt, ioStreams),
 		NewGetCommand(opt, ioStreams),
-		NewInfoCommand(opt, ioStreams),
 		NewListCommand(opt, ioStreams),
 		NewLogCommand(opt, ioStreams),
 		NewManifestCommand(opt, ioStreams),