diff --git a/src/bin/ent/main.rs b/src/bin/ent/main.rs
index 187d067..d26dc3c 100644
--- a/src/bin/ent/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/ent/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use clap::Parser;
 
-use entomologist::issue::State;
 #[cfg(feature = "log")]
 use simple_logger;
 
@@ -33,9 +32,6 @@ enum Commands {
 
     /// Show the full description of an issue.
     Show { issue_id: String },
-
-    /// Modify the state of an issue
-    State { issue_id: String, new_state: Option<State> },
 }
 
 fn handle_command(args: &Args, issues_dir: &std::path::Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
@@ -86,31 +82,6 @@ fn handle_command(args: &Args, issues_dir: &std::path::Path) -> anyhow::Result<(
                 }
             }
         }
-        Commands::State { issue_id, new_state } => {
-            let mut issues =
-                entomologist::issues::Issues::new_from_dir(std::path::Path::new(issues_dir))?;
-            match issues.issues.get_mut(issue_id) {
-                Some(issue) => {
-                   let current_state = issue.state.clone();
-
-                    match new_state {
-                        Some(s) => {
-                            issue.set_state(s.clone())?;
-                            println!("issue: {}", issue_id);
-                            println!("state: {} -> {}", current_state, s);
-                        }
-                        None => {
-                            println!("issue: {}", issue_id);
-                            println!("state: {}", current_state);
-                        }
-                    }
-                   
-                }
-                None => {
-                    println!("issue {} not found", issue_id);
-                }
-            }
-        }
     }
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/issue.rs b/src/issue.rs
index f931be3..bb8594a 100644
--- a/src/issue.rs
+++ b/src/issue.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-use core::fmt;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "log")]
 use log::debug;
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, serde::Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, serde::Deserialize)]
 /// These are the states an issue can be in.
 pub enum State {
     New,
@@ -63,21 +62,6 @@ impl FromStr for State {
     }
 }
 
-impl fmt::Display for State {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        let fmt_str = match self {
-            State::New => "new",
-            State::Backlog => "backlog",
-            State::Blocked => "blocked",
-            State::InProgress => "inprogress",
-            State::Done => "done",
-            State::WontDo => "wontdo",
-            
-        };
-        write!(f, "{fmt_str}")
-    }
-}
-
 impl Issue {
     pub fn new_from_dir(dir: &std::path::Path) -> Result<Self, IssueError> {
         let mut description: Option<String> = None;
@@ -173,23 +157,6 @@ impl Issue {
             None => self.description.as_str(),
         }
     }
-
-    pub fn set_state(&mut self, new_state: State) -> Result<(), IssueError> {
-        let mut state_filename = std::path::PathBuf::from(&self.dir);
-        state_filename.push("state");
-        let mut state_file = std::fs::File::create(&state_filename)?;
-        write!(state_file, "{}", new_state)?;
-        crate::git::git_commit_file(&state_filename)?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    pub fn read_state(&mut self) -> Result<(), IssueError> {
-        let mut state_filename = std::path::PathBuf::from(&self.dir);
-        state_filename.push("state");
-        let state_string = std::fs::read_to_string(state_filename)?;
-        self.state = State::from_str(state_string.trim())?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]