diff --git a/src/resource/resourceLogic.ts b/src/resource/resourceLogic.ts
index 4e866b5..7d39f00 100644
--- a/src/resource/resourceLogic.ts
+++ b/src/resource/resourceLogic.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import { NamedNode, sym, LiveStore } from 'rdflib'
+import { NamedNode, sym } from 'rdflib'
 import { ACL_LINK } from '../acl/aclLogic'
 import { ns } from '../util/ns'
 import { assertSuccessfulHttpResponse, isMissingError } from './resourceHttp'
 import { readWacAccessInfo } from './resourceMetadata'
 import { type AclLogic, type ResourceAccess, type ResourceAccessWithDelete, type ResourceDeleteOptions, type ResourceLogic, type ResourceMetadata, type ResourceMetadataWithDelete, type TypeIndexLogic } from '../types'
 
-export function createResourceLogic(store: LiveStore, aclLogic: AclLogic, containerLogic, typeIndexLogic: TypeIndexLogic): ResourceLogic {
+export function createResourceLogic(store, aclLogic: AclLogic, containerLogic, typeIndexLogic: TypeIndexLogic): ResourceLogic {
   function createContainer(url: string) {
     return containerLogic.createContainer(url)
   }
@@ -168,33 +168,11 @@ export function createResourceLogic(store: LiveStore, aclLogic: AclLogic, contai
     await recursiveDelete(resourceNode, { deleteTypeIndexes: true, user })
   }
 
-  async function checkAndRefreshEditable(resourceNode: NamedNode | null | undefined): Promise<boolean> {
-    if (!resourceNode || !store.updater || !store.fetcher || typeof store.fetcher.refresh !== 'function') return false
-
-    const resourceUri = resourceNode.uri || resourceNode.value || ''
-    if (!resourceUri) return false
-
-    const editable = store.updater.editable(resourceUri, store)
-    if (editable !== false && editable !== undefined) {
-      return true
-    }
-
-    try {
-      await store.fetcher.refresh(resourceNode)
-    } catch (error) {
-      throw error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(`Failed to refresh <${resourceUri}>`)
-    }
-
-    const editableAfterRefresh = store.updater.editable(resourceUri, store)
-    return editableAfterRefresh !== false && editableAfterRefresh !== undefined
-  }
-
   return {
     recursiveDelete,
     deleteResourceAndTypeIndexIfExists,
     fetchMetadata,
     fetchMetadataWithDelete,
-    checkAndRefreshEditable,
     createContainer,
     isContainer,
     getContainerMemberCount
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 427ff97..58ebd61 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ export interface ResourceLogic {
     deleteResourceAndTypeIndexIfExists: (resource: NamedNode, user?: NamedNode | null) => Promise<void>,
     fetchMetadata: (subject: NamedNode) => Promise<ResourceMetadata>,
     fetchMetadataWithDelete: (subject: NamedNode) => Promise<ResourceMetadataWithDelete>,
-    checkAndRefreshEditable: (resource: NamedNode | null | undefined) => Promise<boolean>,
     createContainer: (url: string) => Promise<void>,
     isContainer: (resource: NamedNode) => boolean,
     getContainerMemberCount: (resource: NamedNode) => number
diff --git a/test/resourceLogic.test.ts b/test/resourceLogic.test.ts
index 73643d3..62007fe 100644
--- a/test/resourceLogic.test.ts
+++ b/test/resourceLogic.test.ts
@@ -103,21 +103,4 @@ describe('resourceLogic', () => {
     await expect(resourceLogic.recursiveDelete(resource)).resolves.toBeUndefined()
     expect(store.removeDocument).toHaveBeenCalledWith(resource)
   })
-
-  it('refreshes a resource when editability is stale and returns the refreshed editability', async () => {
-    const resourceLogic = createResourceLogic(store, aclLogic, containerLogic, typeIndexLogic)
-    const resource = sym('https://example.com/profile/card')
-    const editable = vi.fn().mockReturnValueOnce(false).mockReturnValueOnce(true)
-    const refresh = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)
-
-    store.updater = {
-      editable
-    } as unknown as LiveStore['updater']
-    store.fetcher.refresh = refresh as unknown as Fetcher['refresh']
-
-    await expect(resourceLogic.checkAndRefreshEditable(resource)).resolves.toBe(true)
-    expect(editable).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, resource.uri, store)
-    expect(refresh).toHaveBeenCalledWith(resource)
-    expect(editable).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, resource.uri, store)
-  })
 })