diff --git a/crates/radicle-cli/src/commands/inspect.rs b/crates/radicle-cli/src/commands/inspect.rs
index 656fa798..70194dc4 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-cli/src/commands/inspect.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle-cli/src/commands/inspect.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use radicle::identity::{DocAt, Identity};
 use radicle::node::policy::SeedingPolicy;
 use radicle::node::AliasStore as _;
 use radicle::storage::git::{Repository, Storage};
-use radicle::storage::refs::{FeatureLevel, RefsAt};
+use radicle::storage::refs::{FeatureLevel, RefsAt, SignedRefs};
 use radicle::storage::{ReadRepository, ReadStorage};
 
 use crate::terminal as term;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pub fn run(args: Args, ctx: impl term::Context) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             for remote in repo.remote_ids()? {
                 let remote = remote?;
                 let refs = RefsAt::new(&repo, remote)?;
-                let sigrefs = refs.load(&repo);
+                let sigrefs = SignedRefs::load_at(refs.at, remote, &repo);
 
                 println!(
                     "{:<48} {} {}",
diff --git a/crates/radicle/src/storage/refs.rs b/crates/radicle/src/storage/refs.rs
index 180c853b..e8d455ac 100644
--- a/crates/radicle/src/storage/refs.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle/src/storage/refs.rs
@@ -330,7 +330,8 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for FeatureLevel {
 /// The content-addressable information required to load a remote's
 /// `rad/sigrefs`.
 ///
-/// Use [`RefsAt::load`] to produce [`SignedRefs`].
+/// Use [`RefsAt::remote`] and [`RefsAt::at`] with [`SignedRefs::load_at`] to
+/// attempt loading the expected signed references.
 ///
 /// `RefsAt` can also be used for communicating announcements of updates
 /// references to other nodes.
@@ -358,14 +359,6 @@ impl RefsAt {
         Ok(RefsAt { remote, at })
     }
 
-    pub fn load<R>(&self, repo: &R) -> Result<Option<SignedRefs>, sigrefs::read::error::Read>
-    where
-        R: HasRepoId,
-        R: sigrefs::git::object::Reader + sigrefs::git::reference::Reader,
-    {
-        SignedRefs::load_at(self.at, self.remote, repo)
-    }
-
     pub fn path(&self) -> &git::fmt::Qualified<'_> {
         &SIGREFS_BRANCH
     }