diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/intent/impl/GossipIntentStore.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/intent/impl/GossipIntentStore.java
index 717c9fe..2b59fae 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/intent/impl/GossipIntentStore.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/intent/impl/GossipIntentStore.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import org.onosproject.net.intent.IntentStore;
 import org.onosproject.net.intent.IntentStoreDelegate;
 import org.onosproject.net.intent.Key;
+import org.onosproject.net.intent.PartitionService;
 import org.onosproject.store.AbstractStore;
 import org.onosproject.store.cluster.messaging.ClusterCommunicationService;
 import org.onosproject.store.ecmap.EventuallyConsistentMap;
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/intent/impl/PartitionManager.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/intent/impl/PartitionManager.java
index 5fa26a7..72590aa 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/intent/impl/PartitionManager.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/intent/impl/PartitionManager.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.onosproject.cluster.LeadershipService;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.NodeId;
 import org.onosproject.net.intent.Key;
+import org.onosproject.net.intent.PartitionService;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/intent/impl/PartitionService.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/intent/impl/PartitionService.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ee4434..0000000
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/intent/impl/PartitionService.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.onosproject.store.intent.impl;
-
-import org.onosproject.cluster.NodeId;
-import org.onosproject.net.intent.Key;
-
-/**
- * Service for interacting with the partition-to-instance assignments.
- */
-public interface PartitionService {
-
-    /**
-     * Returns whether the given intent key is in a partition owned by this
-     * instance or not.
-     *
-     * @param intentKey intent key to query
-     * @return true if the key is owned by this instance, otherwise false
-     */
-    boolean isMine(Key intentKey);
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the leader for a particular key.
-     *
-     * @param intentKey intent key to query
-     * @return the leader node
-     */
-    NodeId getLeader(Key intentKey);
-
-    // TODO add API for rebalancing partitions
-}