diff --git a/src/roiextractors/extractors/tiffimagingextractors/scanimagetiffimagingextractor.py b/src/roiextractors/extractors/tiffimagingextractors/scanimagetiffimagingextractor.py
index 1f97fdea..5fbdeb9e 100644
--- a/src/roiextractors/extractors/tiffimagingextractors/scanimagetiffimagingextractor.py
+++ b/src/roiextractors/extractors/tiffimagingextractors/scanimagetiffimagingextractor.py
@@ -504,9 +504,6 @@ def get_sampling_frequency(self) -> float:
     def get_num_channels(self) -> int:
         return self._num_channels
 
-    def get_channel_names(self) -> list:
-        return self._channel_names
-
     def get_num_planes(self) -> int:
         return self._num_planes