diff --git a/pyriodicity/tools/__init__.py b/pyriodicity/tools/__init__.py
index 85ba005..c2877f6 100644
--- a/pyriodicity/tools/__init__.py
+++ b/pyriodicity/tools/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from ._tools import (
     acf,
     apply_window,
-    detrend,
     power_threshold,
     remove_overloaded_kwargs,
     seasonality_strength,
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@
 __all__ = [
     "acf",
     "apply_window",
-    "detrend",
     "power_threshold",
     "remove_overloaded_kwargs",
     "seasonality_strength",
diff --git a/pyriodicity/tools/_tools.py b/pyriodicity/tools/_tools.py
index c9de60f..0977bc5 100644
--- a/pyriodicity/tools/_tools.py
+++ b/pyriodicity/tools/_tools.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-from typing import Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Union
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
 import numpy as np
 from numpy.typing import ArrayLike, NDArray
-from scipy.signal import detrend as _detrend
 from scipy.signal import get_window, periodogram
 from scipy.stats import kendalltau, pearsonr, spearmanr
 
@@ -32,16 +31,6 @@ def apply_window(x: ArrayLike, window_func: Union[str, float, tuple]) -> NDArray
     return x * get_window(window=window_func, Nx=len(x))
 
 
-@staticmethod
-def detrend(
-    x: ArrayLike,
-    method: Union[str, Callable[[ArrayLike], NDArray]],
-) -> NDArray:
-    if isinstance(method, str):
-        return _detrend(x, type=method)
-    return method(x)
-
-
 @staticmethod
 def acf(
     x: ArrayLike,