diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/ifcopenshell_wrapper.pyi b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/ifcopenshell_wrapper.pyi
index 1eef8b4df3..09f797b260 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/ifcopenshell_wrapper.pyi
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/ifcopenshell_wrapper.pyi
@@ -942,7 +942,6 @@ class file:
     @property
     def header(self) -> IfcSpfHeader: ...
     def ifcroot_type(self) -> entity: ...
-    def instances_by_reference(self, id): ...
     def internal_guid_map(self): ...
     def load(self, entity_instance_name, entity, arg4, attribute_index): ...
     def recalculate_id_counter(self): ...
diff --git a/src/ifcwrap/IfcParseWrapper.i b/src/ifcwrap/IfcParseWrapper.i
index 84a5e4e642..2b92fe05e0 100644
--- a/src/ifcwrap/IfcParseWrapper.i
+++ b/src/ifcwrap/IfcParseWrapper.i
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ private:
 %ignore IfcParse::IfcFile::schema;
 %ignore IfcParse::IfcFile::begin;
 %ignore IfcParse::IfcFile::end;
+// Available as get_inverse().
+%ignore IfcParse::IfcFile::instances_by_reference;
 
 %ignore parse_context;