diff --git a/dist/lib/signatureUtils.d.ts b/dist/lib/signatureUtils.d.ts
index 3f4a099328f2ffc15541f1b51a5cbd2db0c2dda7..854b289aa8b15219250038038257afee3762c673 100644
--- a/dist/lib/signatureUtils.d.ts
+++ b/dist/lib/signatureUtils.d.ts
@@ -10,4 +10,3 @@ export declare const extractSignature: (pdf: any) => {
     }[];
 };
 export declare const getMessageFromSignature: (signature: any) => any;
-export declare const authenticateSignature: (certs: any) => boolean;
diff --git a/dist/lib/signatureUtils.js b/dist/lib/signatureUtils.js
index c9168d372f7013e810052759172c27d39b8563ae..6c89c09b4bf798213df27bc2b08497b10630c4a7 100644
--- a/dist/lib/signatureUtils.js
+++ b/dist/lib/signatureUtils.js
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
     return result;
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
-exports.authenticateSignature = exports.getMessageFromSignature = exports.extractSignature = void 0;
+exports.getMessageFromSignature = exports.extractSignature = void 0;
 const forge = __importStar(require("@vereign/node-forge"));
 const errors_1 = require("./errors");
 const generalUtils_1 = require("./generalUtils");
 const timeUtils_1 = require("./timeUtils");
-const rootCAs = require("./rootCAs");
+// const rootCAs = require("./rootCAs");
 const getSignatureMeta = (signedData) => {
     const str = Buffer.isBuffer(signedData) ? signedData.toString() : signedData;
     const formattedSignDate = (0, timeUtils_1.formatPdfTime)((0, generalUtils_1.getMetaRegexMatch)("M")(str));
@@ -39,18 +39,21 @@ const getSignatureMeta = (signedData) => {
         signDate: formattedSignDate,
     };
 };
-const verifyCaBundle = (certs) => !!certs.find((cert, i) => certs[i + 1] && certs[i + 1].issued(cert));
-const getRootCAs = () => rootCAs;
-const verifyRootCert = (chainRootInForgeFormat) => !!getRootCAs().find((rootCAInPem) => {
-    try {
-        const rootCAInForgeCert = forge.pki.certificateFromPem(rootCAInPem);
-        return (forge.pki.certificateToPem(chainRootInForgeFormat) === rootCAInPem ||
-            rootCAInForgeCert.issued(chainRootInForgeFormat));
-    }
-    catch (e) {
-        return false;
-    }
-});
+// const verifyCaBundle = (certs) =>
+//   !!certs.find((cert, i) => certs[i + 1] && certs[i + 1].issued(cert));
+// const getRootCAs = () => rootCAs;
+// const verifyRootCert = (chainRootInForgeFormat) =>
+//   !!getRootCAs().find((rootCAInPem) => {
+//     try {
+//       const rootCAInForgeCert = forge.pki.certificateFromPem(rootCAInPem);
+//       return (
+//         forge.pki.certificateToPem(chainRootInForgeFormat) === rootCAInPem ||
+//         rootCAInForgeCert.issued(chainRootInForgeFormat)
+//       );
+//     } catch (e) {
+//       return false;
+//     }
+//   });
 const extractSignature = (pdf) => {
     const pdfBuffer = (0, generalUtils_1.preparePDF)(pdf);
     const { byteRanges } = (0, generalUtils_1.getByteRange)(pdfBuffer);
@@ -89,5 +92,5 @@ const getMessageFromSignature = (signature) => {
     }
 };
 exports.getMessageFromSignature = getMessageFromSignature;
-const authenticateSignature = (certs) => verifyCaBundle(certs) && verifyRootCert(certs[certs.length - 1]);
-exports.authenticateSignature = authenticateSignature;
+// export const authenticateSignature = (certs) =>
+//   verifyCaBundle(certs) && verifyRootCert(certs[certs.length - 1]);
diff --git a/src/lib/index.ts b/src/lib/index.ts
index 031bbbd18d5292999236eb7770ba295c1c79cbad..3f27563609559d38e13dd1d23775aea2856223de 100644
--- a/src/lib/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/index.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ export const verifyPDF = (pdf: Buffer) => {
   const pdfBuffer = preparePDF(pdf);
   checkForSubFilter(pdfBuffer);
   try {
-    const { signatureStr, signedData, signatureMeta } = extractSignature(
-      pdfBuffer
-    );
+    const { signatureStr, signedData, signatureMeta } =
+      extractSignature(pdfBuffer);
 
     const signatures: any = signedData.map((_signed, index) => {
       return verify(signatureStr[index], signatureMeta[index]);
diff --git a/src/lib/signatureUtils.ts b/src/lib/signatureUtils.ts
index 6ac2a1568030379210f198e523d4ad2df5e8df63..c2dea55c2415656b142426934d688e372a93d3f9 100644
--- a/src/lib/signatureUtils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/signatureUtils.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { AppError } from "./errors";
 import { getByteRange, getMetaRegexMatch, preparePDF } from "./generalUtils";
 import { formatPdfTime } from "./timeUtils";
 
-const rootCAs = require("./rootCAs");
+// const rootCAs = require("./rootCAs");
 
 const getSignatureMeta = (signedData) => {
   const str = Buffer.isBuffer(signedData) ? signedData.toString() : signedData;
@@ -18,23 +18,23 @@ const getSignatureMeta = (signedData) => {
   };
 };
 
-const verifyCaBundle = (certs) =>
-  !!certs.find((cert, i) => certs[i + 1] && certs[i + 1].issued(cert));
+// const verifyCaBundle = (certs) =>
+//   !!certs.find((cert, i) => certs[i + 1] && certs[i + 1].issued(cert));
 
-const getRootCAs = () => rootCAs;
+// const getRootCAs = () => rootCAs;
 
-const verifyRootCert = (chainRootInForgeFormat) =>
-  !!getRootCAs().find((rootCAInPem) => {
-    try {
-      const rootCAInForgeCert = forge.pki.certificateFromPem(rootCAInPem);
-      return (
-        forge.pki.certificateToPem(chainRootInForgeFormat) === rootCAInPem ||
-        rootCAInForgeCert.issued(chainRootInForgeFormat)
-      );
-    } catch (e) {
-      return false;
-    }
-  });
+// const verifyRootCert = (chainRootInForgeFormat) =>
+//   !!getRootCAs().find((rootCAInPem) => {
+//     try {
+//       const rootCAInForgeCert = forge.pki.certificateFromPem(rootCAInPem);
+//       return (
+//         forge.pki.certificateToPem(chainRootInForgeFormat) === rootCAInPem ||
+//         rootCAInForgeCert.issued(chainRootInForgeFormat)
+//       );
+//     } catch (e) {
+//       return false;
+//     }
+//   });
 
 export const extractSignature = (pdf) => {
   const pdfBuffer = preparePDF(pdf);
@@ -79,5 +79,5 @@ export const getMessageFromSignature = (signature) => {
   }
 };
 
-export const authenticateSignature = (certs) =>
-  verifyCaBundle(certs) && verifyRootCert(certs[certs.length - 1]);
+// export const authenticateSignature = (certs) =>
+//   verifyCaBundle(certs) && verifyRootCert(certs[certs.length - 1]);