diff --git a/doc/changelog.rst b/doc/changelog.rst
index e67bb2117..6ba963cc0 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/changelog.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ To be released at some future point in time
 
 Description
 
+- Remove unneeded method from Python SRObject class
 - Fixed a memory leak in the C layer
 - Remove debug output in pybind layer
 - Update Hiredis version to 1.1.0
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ Description
 
 Detailed Notes
 
+- Remove from_pybind() from Python SRObject class as it's not needed and didn't work properly anyway (PR358_)
 - Fixed memory leaked from the C layer when calling get_string_option() (PR357_)
 - Remove debug output in pybind layer associated with put_dataset (PR352_)
 - Updated to the latest version of Hiredis (1.1.0) (PR351_)
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ users need not import `iso_c_binding` in their own applications (PR340_)
 - New pip-install target in Makefile will be a dependency of the lib target going forward so that users don't have to manually pip install SmartRedis in the future (PR330_)
 - Added ConfigOptions class and API, which will form the backbone of multiDB support (PR303_)
 
+.. _PR358: https://github.com/CrayLabs/SmartRedis/pull/358
 .. _PR357: https://github.com/CrayLabs/SmartRedis/pull/357
 .. _PR352: https://github.com/CrayLabs/SmartRedis/pull/352
 .. _PR351: https://github.com/CrayLabs/SmartRedis/pull/351
diff --git a/src/python/module/smartredis/srobject.py b/src/python/module/smartredis/srobject.py
index 787e6786b..d0cf2bff6 100644
--- a/src/python/module/smartredis/srobject.py
+++ b/src/python/module/smartredis/srobject.py
@@ -43,21 +43,6 @@ def __init__(self, context):
         else:
             self._srobject = context
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def from_pybind(srobject):
-        """Initialize a SRObject object from
-        a PySRObject object
-
-        :param srobject: The pybind PySRObject object to use for construction
-        :type srobject: PySRObject
-        :return: The newly constructed¸ SRObject from the PySRObject
-        :rtype: SRObject
-        """
-        typecheck(srobject, "srobject", PySRObject)
-        new_srobject = SRObject(srobject._name)
-        new_srobject.set_data(srobject)
-        return new_srobject
-
     @exception_handler
     def get_srobject(self):
         """Return the PySRObject attribute