diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h b/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
index 339bc0f12..d2d1c5e88 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
@@ -3477,28 +3477,6 @@ uint32_t         dc_chatlist_get_msg_id      (const dc_chatlist_t* chatlist, siz
 dc_lot_t*        dc_chatlist_get_summary     (const dc_chatlist_t* chatlist, size_t index, dc_chat_t* chat);
 
 
-/**
- * Create a chatlist summary item when the chatlist object is already unref()'d.
- *
- * This function is similar to dc_chatlist_get_summary(), however,
- * it takes the chat ID and the message ID as returned by dc_chatlist_get_chat_id() and dc_chatlist_get_msg_id()
- * as arguments. The chatlist object itself is not needed directly.
- *
- * This maybe useful if you convert the complete object into a different representation
- * as done e.g. in the node-bindings.
- * If you have access to the chatlist object in some way, using this function is not recommended,
- * use dc_chatlist_get_summary() in this case instead.
- *
- * @memberof dc_context_t
- * @param context The context object.
- * @param chat_id The chat ID to get a summary for.
- * @param msg_id The message ID to get a summary for.
- * @return The summary as an dc_lot_t object, see dc_chatlist_get_summary() for details.
- *     Must be freed using dc_lot_unref(). NULL is never returned.
- */
-dc_lot_t*        dc_chatlist_get_summary2    (dc_context_t* context, uint32_t chat_id, uint32_t msg_id);
-
-
 /**
  * Helper function to get the associated context object.
  *
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs b/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
index 702329310..f874e593b 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ mod dc_array;
 mod lot;
 
 mod string;
-use deltachat::chatlist::Chatlist;
 
 use self::string::*;
 
@@ -2889,34 +2888,6 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_chatlist_get_summary(
     })
 }
 
-#[no_mangle]
-pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_chatlist_get_summary2(
-    context: *mut dc_context_t,
-    chat_id: u32,
-    msg_id: u32,
-) -> *mut dc_lot_t {
-    if context.is_null() {
-        eprintln!("ignoring careless call to dc_chatlist_get_summary2()");
-        return ptr::null_mut();
-    }
-    let ctx = &*context;
-    let msg_id = if msg_id == 0 {
-        None
-    } else {
-        Some(MsgId::new(msg_id))
-    };
-    let summary = block_on(Chatlist::get_summary2(
-        ctx,
-        ChatId::new(chat_id),
-        msg_id,
-        None,
-    ))
-    .context("get_summary2 failed")
-    .log_err(ctx)
-    .unwrap_or_default();
-    Box::into_raw(Box::new(summary.into()))
-}
-
 #[no_mangle]
 pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_chatlist_get_context(
     chatlist: *mut dc_chatlist_t,
diff --git a/node/lib/context.ts b/node/lib/context.ts
index b292e9e35..2962c73dd 100644
--- a/node/lib/context.ts
+++ b/node/lib/context.ts
@@ -345,13 +345,6 @@ export class Context extends EventEmitter {
     return binding.dcn_get_mime_headers(this.dcn_context, Number(messageId))
   }
 
-  getChatlistItemSummary(chatId: number, messageId: number) {
-    debug(`getChatlistItemSummary ${chatId} ${messageId}`)
-    return new Lot(
-      binding.dcn_chatlist_get_summary2(this.dcn_context, chatId, messageId)
-    )
-  }
-
   getChatMessages(chatId: number, flags: number, marker1before: number) {
     debug(`getChatMessages ${chatId} ${flags} ${marker1before}`)
     return binding.dcn_get_chat_msgs(
diff --git a/node/src/module.c b/node/src/module.c
index da44376dc..df0ce7e6b 100644
--- a/node/src/module.c
+++ b/node/src/module.c
@@ -1792,28 +1792,6 @@ NAPI_METHOD(dcn_chatlist_get_summary) {
   return result;
 }
 
-NAPI_METHOD(dcn_chatlist_get_summary2) {
-  NAPI_ARGV(3);
-  NAPI_DCN_CONTEXT();
-  NAPI_ARGV_INT32(chat_id, 1);
-  NAPI_ARGV_INT32(message_id, 2);
-
-  //TRACE("calling..");
-  dc_lot_t* summary = dc_chatlist_get_summary2(dcn_context->dc_context, chat_id, message_id);
-
-  napi_value result;
-  if (summary == NULL) {
-    NAPI_STATUS_THROWS(napi_get_null(env, &result));
-  } else {
-    NAPI_STATUS_THROWS(napi_create_external(env, summary,
-                                            finalize_lot,
-                                            NULL, &result));
-  }
-  //TRACE("done");
-
-  return result;
-}
-
 /**
  * dc_contact_t
  */
@@ -3511,7 +3489,6 @@ NAPI_INIT() {
   NAPI_EXPORT_FUNCTION(dcn_chatlist_get_cnt);
   NAPI_EXPORT_FUNCTION(dcn_chatlist_get_msg_id);
   NAPI_EXPORT_FUNCTION(dcn_chatlist_get_summary);
-  NAPI_EXPORT_FUNCTION(dcn_chatlist_get_summary2);
 
   /**
    * dc_contact_t