diff --git a/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit.m b/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit.m
index 5ef4eccc..c91c4713 100644
--- a/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit.m
+++ b/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit.m
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ @implementation RCTAppleHealthKit
     [self initializeHealthKit:input callback:callback];
 }
 
-RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(checkSharePermission:(NSString *)input callback:(RCTResponseSenderBlock)callback)
-{
-    [self checkPermission:input callback:callback];
-}
-
 RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(initStepCountObserver:(NSDictionary *)input callback:(RCTResponseSenderBlock)callback)
 {
     [self fitness_initializeStepEventObserver:input callback:callback];
@@ -286,23 +281,6 @@ - (void)initializeHealthKit:(NSDictionary *)input callback:(RCTResponseSenderBlo
     }
 }
 
-- (void)checkPermission:(NSString *)input callback:(RCTResponseSenderBlock)callback
-{
-    self.healthStore = [[HKHealthStore alloc] init];
-    if ([HKHealthStore isHealthDataAvailable]) {
-        
-        HKObjectType *val = [[self writePermsDict] objectForKey:input];
-        
-        if ([self.healthStore authorizationStatusForType:val] == HKAuthorizationStatusSharingAuthorized) {
-            callback(@[[NSNull null], @true]);
-        } else {
-            callback(@[[NSNull null], @false]);
-        }
-    } else {
-        callback(@[RCTMakeError(@"HealthKit data is not available", nil, nil)]);
-    }
-}
-
 - (void)getModuleInfo:(NSDictionary *)input callback:(RCTResponseSenderBlock)callback
 {
     NSDictionary *info = @{
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 409d745e..170a40c4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ AppleHealthKit.initHealthKit(options: Object, (err: string, results: Object) =>
     * Base Methods
       * [isAvailable](/docs/isAvailable().md)
       * [initHealthKit](/docs/initHealthKit().md)
-      * checkSharePermission
     * Realtime Methods
       * [initStepCountObserver](/docs/initStepCountObserver().md)
       * [setObserver](/docs/setObserver().md)