diff --git a/lib/sync/index.js b/lib/sync/index.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/sync/index.js
+++ b/lib/sync/index.js
@@ -285,7 +285,6 @@ module.exports = {
     stop: stop,
     stopAll: stopAll,
     connect: connect,
-    start: start, //TODO: looks like we don't need to expose this one anymore? init can be used as start
     toJSON: toJSON,
     setLogLevel: setLogLevel,
     globalHandleList: function() {},
remove the start API from the sync server