diff --git a/planetmint/backend/localmongodb/query.py b/planetmint/backend/localmongodb/query.py
index 03a7b8e..c27dd37 100644
--- a/planetmint/backend/localmongodb/query.py
+++ b/planetmint/backend/localmongodb/query.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ def store_assets(conn, assets):
         .insert_many(assets, ordered=False))
 
 
+# TODO: pass filter/projection in function call this is not the expected behaviour for a function called get_asset
 @register_query(LocalMongoDBConnection)
 def get_asset(conn, asset_id):
     try:
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ def get_asset(conn, asset_id):
     except IndexError:
         pass
 
-
+# TODO: pass filter/projection in function call this is not the expected behaviour for a function called get_assets
 @register_query(LocalMongoDBConnection)
 def get_assets(conn, asset_ids):
     return conn.run(
diff --git a/planetmint/backend/query.py b/planetmint/backend/query.py
index a2df194..c9da238 100644
--- a/planetmint/backend/query.py
+++ b/planetmint/backend/query.py
@@ -202,18 +202,6 @@ def get_metadata(connection, transaction_ids):
     raise NotImplementedError
 
 
-@singledispatch
-def get_assets(connection, asset_ids):
-    """Get a list of assets from the assets table.
-    Args:
-        asset_ids (list): a list of ids for the assets to be retrieved from
-        the database.
-    Returns:
-        assets (list): the list of returned assets.
-    """
-    raise NotImplementedError
-
-
 @singledispatch
 def get_txids_filtered(connection, asset_ids, operation=None):
     """Return all transactions for a particular asset id and optional operation.