diff --git a/src/serena/ls_manager.py b/src/serena/ls_manager.py
index 99569095..5c33fa52 100644
--- a/src/serena/ls_manager.py
+++ b/src/serena/ls_manager.py
@@ -77,8 +77,12 @@ class LanguageServerManager:
         """
         self._language_servers = language_servers
         self._language_server_factory = language_server_factory
-        self._default_language_server = next(iter(language_servers.values()))
-        self._root_path = self._default_language_server.repository_root_path
+
+    @property
+    def _default_language_server(self) -> SolidLanguageServer:
+        if len(self._language_servers) == 0:
+            raise ValueError("No language servers available in the manager")
+        return next(iter(self._language_servers.values()))
 
     @staticmethod
     def from_languages(languages: list[Language], factory: LanguageServerFactory) -> "LanguageServerManager":
@@ -139,9 +143,6 @@ class LanguageServerManager:
 
         return LanguageServerManager(language_servers, factory)
 
-    def get_root_path(self) -> str:
-        return self._root_path
-
     def _ensure_functional_ls(self, ls: SolidLanguageServer) -> SolidLanguageServer:
         if not ls.is_running():
             log.warning(f"Language server for language {ls.language} is not running; restarting ...")
diff --git a/src/serena/symbol.py b/src/serena/symbol.py
index 25111c99..d29876f6 100644
--- a/src/serena/symbol.py
+++ b/src/serena/symbol.py
@@ -681,9 +681,6 @@ class LanguageServerSymbolRetriever:
 
         return info_by_symbol
 
-    def get_root_path(self) -> str:
-        return self._ls_manager.get_root_path()
-
     def can_analyze_file(self, relative_file_path: str) -> bool:
         return self._ls_manager.has_suitable_ls_for_file(relative_file_path)