diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8621612..7c847e3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ git logs & PR history.
 ### Added
 - Re-write check\_pool in pool\_manager to improve readability
 - Add a docker-compose file for testing vmpooler
+- Add capability to weight backends when an alias spans multiple backends (POOLER-129)
 
 # [0.2.0](https://github.com/puppetlabs/vmpooler/compare/0.1.0...0.2.0)
 
diff --git a/lib/vmpooler/api/v1.rb b/lib/vmpooler/api/v1.rb
index 694a05e..434e17e 100644
--- a/lib/vmpooler/api/v1.rb
+++ b/lib/vmpooler/api/v1.rb
@@ -36,13 +36,6 @@ module Vmpooler
       validate_token(backend)
     end
 
-    def pool_backend(pool)
-      pool_index = pool_index(pools)
-      pool_config = pools[pool_index[pool]]
-      backend = pool_config['clone_target'] || config['clone_target'] || 'default'
-      return backend
-    end
-
     def fetch_single_vm(template)
       template_backends = [template]
       aliases = Vmpooler::API.settings.config[:alias]