diff --git a/src/geef_ref.erl b/src/geef_ref.erl
index 77dbd54..0cd982c 100644
--- a/src/geef_ref.erl
+++ b/src/geef_ref.erl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -module(geef_ref).
 
--export([lookup/2, resolve/1, target/1, name_to_id/2, create/4]).
+-export([lookup/2, resolve/1, name_to_id/2, create/4]).
 
 -include("geef_records.hrl").
 
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ resolve(#ref{handle=Handle}) ->
 	    Other
     end.
 
--spec target(ref()) -> binary() | oid().
-target(#ref{target=Target}) ->
-    Target.
-
 -spec name_to_id(repo(), iolist()) -> {ok, oid()} | {error, binary()}.
 name_to_id(#repo{handle=Handle}, Name) ->
     case geef_nif:reference_to_id(Handle, Name) of
diff --git a/test/repo_test.erl b/test/repo_test.erl
index 391987e..49cbbea 100644
--- a/test/repo_test.erl
+++ b/test/repo_test.erl
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ create_ref_test(Repo) ->
     {ok, _} = geef_ref:create(Repo, "refs/heads/other", "refs/heads/branch", true),
     {ok, Ref0} = geef_ref:lookup(Repo, "refs/heads/branch"),
     {ok, Ref1} = geef_ref:lookup(Repo, "refs/heads/other"),
-    [?_assertEqual(geef_ref:target(Ref0), Id),
-     ?_assertEqual(geef_ref:target(Ref1), <<"refs/heads/branch">>)].
+    [?_assertEqual(Ref0#ref.target, Id),
+     ?_assertEqual(Ref1#ref.target, <<"refs/heads/branch">>)].
 
 rm_r(Path) ->
     case filelib:is_dir(Path) of