diff --git a/lib/src/default_index/composite.rs b/lib/src/default_index/composite.rs
index 67903921c..7ae39ac11 100644
--- a/lib/src/default_index/composite.rs
+++ b/lib/src/default_index/composite.rs
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ pub(super) trait IndexSegment: Send + Sync {
     fn segment_num_parents(&self, local_pos: u32) -> u32;
 
     fn segment_parent_positions(&self, local_pos: u32) -> SmallIndexPositionsVec;
-
-    fn segment_entry_by_pos(&self, pos: IndexPosition, local_pos: u32) -> IndexEntry;
 }
 
 /// Abstraction over owned and borrowed types that can be cheaply converted to
@@ -153,7 +151,7 @@ impl<'a> CompositeIndex<'a> {
         self.ancestor_index_segments()
             .find_map(|segment| {
                 u32::checked_sub(pos.0, segment.segment_num_parent_commits())
-                    .map(|local_pos| segment.segment_entry_by_pos(pos, local_pos))
+                    .map(|local_pos| IndexEntry::new(segment, pos, local_pos))
             })
             .unwrap()
     }
diff --git a/lib/src/default_index/mutable.rs b/lib/src/default_index/mutable.rs
index 7260225eb..3a66e9a7e 100644
--- a/lib/src/default_index/mutable.rs
+++ b/lib/src/default_index/mutable.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use smallvec::SmallVec;
 use tempfile::NamedTempFile;
 
 use super::composite::{AsCompositeIndex, CompositeIndex, IndexSegment};
-use super::entry::{IndexEntry, IndexPosition, SmallIndexPositionsVec};
+use super::entry::{IndexPosition, SmallIndexPositionsVec};
 use super::readonly::{DefaultReadonlyIndex, ReadonlyIndexSegment};
 use crate::backend::{ChangeId, CommitId, ObjectId};
 use crate::commit::Commit;
@@ -374,10 +374,6 @@ impl IndexSegment for MutableIndexSegment {
     fn segment_parent_positions(&self, local_pos: u32) -> SmallIndexPositionsVec {
         self.graph[local_pos as usize].parent_positions.clone()
     }
-
-    fn segment_entry_by_pos(&self, pos: IndexPosition, local_pos: u32) -> IndexEntry {
-        IndexEntry::new(self, pos, local_pos)
-    }
 }
 
 /// In-memory mutable records for the on-disk commit index backend.
diff --git a/lib/src/default_index/readonly.rs b/lib/src/default_index/readonly.rs
index 0c3b08b71..c801e7738 100644
--- a/lib/src/default_index/readonly.rs
+++ b/lib/src/default_index/readonly.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use smallvec::SmallVec;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 use super::composite::{AsCompositeIndex, CompositeIndex, IndexSegment};
-use super::entry::{IndexEntry, IndexPosition, SmallIndexPositionsVec};
+use super::entry::{IndexPosition, SmallIndexPositionsVec};
 use super::mutable::DefaultMutableIndex;
 use crate::backend::{ChangeId, CommitId, ObjectId};
 use crate::default_revset_engine;
@@ -457,10 +457,6 @@ impl IndexSegment for ReadonlyIndexSegment {
         }
         parent_entries
     }
-
-    fn segment_entry_by_pos(&self, pos: IndexPosition, local_pos: u32) -> IndexEntry {
-        IndexEntry::new(self, pos, local_pos)
-    }
 }
 
 /// Commit index backend which stores data on local disk.