diff --git a/lib/src/default_revset_engine.rs b/lib/src/default_revset_engine.rs
index 0c7e83e8e..a9fd94328 100644
--- a/lib/src/default_revset_engine.rs
+++ b/lib/src/default_revset_engine.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ use std::iter::Peekable;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 
 use crate::backend::CommitId;
-use crate::commit::Commit;
 use crate::default_index_store::IndexEntry;
 use crate::default_revset_graph_iterator::RevsetGraphIterator;
 use crate::matchers::{EverythingMatcher, Matcher, PrefixMatcher};
@@ -614,19 +613,6 @@ fn revset_for_commit_ids<'index>(
     RevsetImpl::new(Box::new(EagerRevset { index_entries }))
 }
 
-pub fn revset_for_commits<'index>(
-    repo: &'index dyn Repo,
-    commits: &[&Commit],
-) -> Box<dyn Revset<'index> + 'index> {
-    let index = repo.index();
-    let mut index_entries = commits
-        .iter()
-        .map(|commit| index.entry_by_id(commit.id()).unwrap())
-        .collect_vec();
-    index_entries.sort_by_key(|b| Reverse(b.position()));
-    Box::new(RevsetImpl::new(Box::new(EagerRevset { index_entries })))
-}
-
 type PurePredicateFn<'index> = Box<dyn Fn(&IndexEntry<'index>) -> bool + 'index>;
 
 impl<'index> ToPredicateFn<'index> for PurePredicateFn<'index> {
diff --git a/lib/tests/test_default_revset_graph_iterator.rs b/lib/tests/test_default_revset_graph_iterator.rs
index cfedce142..26a545471 100644
--- a/lib/tests/test_default_revset_graph_iterator.rs
+++ b/lib/tests/test_default_revset_graph_iterator.rs
@@ -14,13 +14,21 @@
 
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use jujutsu_lib::commit::Commit;
-use jujutsu_lib::default_revset_engine::revset_for_commits;
 use jujutsu_lib::default_revset_graph_iterator::RevsetGraphIterator;
 use jujutsu_lib::repo::Repo;
-use jujutsu_lib::revset::RevsetGraphEdge;
+use jujutsu_lib::revset::{Revset, RevsetExpression, RevsetGraphEdge};
 use test_case::test_case;
 use testutils::{CommitGraphBuilder, TestRepo};
 
+fn revset_for_commits<'index>(
+    repo: &'index dyn Repo,
+    commits: &[&Commit],
+) -> Box<dyn Revset<'index> + 'index> {
+    RevsetExpression::commits(commits.iter().map(|commit| commit.id().clone()).collect())
+        .evaluate(repo)
+        .unwrap()
+}
+
 fn direct(commit: &Commit) -> RevsetGraphEdge {
     RevsetGraphEdge::direct(commit.id().clone())
 }
diff --git a/lib/tests/test_revset.rs b/lib/tests/test_revset.rs
index f883df299..aed557492 100644
--- a/lib/tests/test_revset.rs
+++ b/lib/tests/test_revset.rs
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use assert_matches::assert_matches;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use jujutsu_lib::backend::{CommitId, MillisSinceEpoch, ObjectId, Signature, Timestamp};
-use jujutsu_lib::default_revset_engine::revset_for_commits;
+use jujutsu_lib::commit::Commit;
 use jujutsu_lib::git;
 use jujutsu_lib::op_store::{RefTarget, WorkspaceId};
 use jujutsu_lib::repo::Repo;
 use jujutsu_lib::repo_path::RepoPath;
 use jujutsu_lib::revset::{
-    optimize, parse, resolve_symbol, resolve_symbols, ReverseRevsetGraphIterator, RevsetAliasesMap,
-    RevsetError, RevsetExpression, RevsetFilterPredicate, RevsetGraphEdge, RevsetIteratorExt,
-    RevsetWorkspaceContext,
+    optimize, parse, resolve_symbol, resolve_symbols, ReverseRevsetGraphIterator, Revset,
+    RevsetAliasesMap, RevsetError, RevsetExpression, RevsetFilterPredicate, RevsetGraphEdge,
+    RevsetIteratorExt, RevsetWorkspaceContext,
 };
 use jujutsu_lib::settings::GitSettings;
 use jujutsu_lib::workspace::Workspace;
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ use testutils::{
     create_random_commit, write_random_commit, CommitGraphBuilder, TestRepo, TestWorkspace,
 };
 
+fn revset_for_commits<'index>(
+    repo: &'index dyn Repo,
+    commits: &[&Commit],
+) -> Box<dyn Revset<'index> + 'index> {
+    RevsetExpression::commits(commits.iter().map(|commit| commit.id().clone()).collect())
+        .evaluate(repo)
+        .unwrap()
+}
 #[test_case(false ; "local backend")]
 #[test_case(true ; "git backend")]
 fn test_resolve_symbol_root(use_git: bool) {