diff --git a/lib/src/repo.rs b/lib/src/repo.rs
index b1f09022d8..a6a0aba055 100644
--- a/lib/src/repo.rs
+++ b/lib/src/repo.rs
@@ -882,21 +882,6 @@ impl MutableRepo {
         !(self.rewritten_commits.is_empty() && self.abandoned_commits.is_empty())
     }
 
-    /// Creates a `DescendantRebaser` to rebase descendants of the recorded
-    /// rewritten and abandoned commits.
-    // TODO(ilyagr): Inline this. It's only used in tests.
-    fn create_descendant_rebaser<'settings, 'repo>(
-        &'repo mut self,
-        settings: &'settings UserSettings,
-    ) -> DescendantRebaser<'settings, 'repo> {
-        DescendantRebaser::new(
-            settings,
-            self,
-            self.rewritten_commits.clone(),
-            self.abandoned_commits.clone(),
-        )
-    }
-
     /// After the rebaser returned by this function is dropped,
     /// self.clear_descendant_rebaser_plans() needs to be called.
     fn rebase_descendants_return_rebaser<'settings, 'repo>(
@@ -908,7 +893,12 @@ impl MutableRepo {
             // Optimization
             return Ok(None);
         }
-        let mut rebaser = self.create_descendant_rebaser(settings);
+        let mut rebaser = DescendantRebaser::new(
+            settings,
+            self,
+            self.rewritten_commits.clone(),
+            self.abandoned_commits.clone(),
+        );
         *rebaser.mut_options() = options;
         rebaser.rebase_all()?;
         Ok(Some(rebaser))
diff --git a/lib/src/rewrite.rs b/lib/src/rewrite.rs
index d2bccc89be..64c728470f 100644
--- a/lib/src/rewrite.rs
+++ b/lib/src/rewrite.rs
@@ -587,9 +587,12 @@ impl<'settings, 'repo> DescendantRebaser<'settings, 'repo> {
                 new_commit,
             }));
         }
-        // TODO: As the TODO above says, we should probably change the API. Even if we
-        // don't, we should at least make this code not do any work if you call
-        // rebase_next() after we've returned None.
+        Ok(None)
+    }
+
+    pub fn rebase_all(&mut self) -> Result<(), TreeMergeError> {
+        while self.rebase_next()?.is_some() {}
+        // TODO: As the TODO above says, we should probably change the API.
         let mut view = self.mut_repo.view().store_view().clone();
         for commit_id in &self.heads_to_remove {
             view.head_ids.remove(commit_id);
@@ -600,11 +603,6 @@ impl<'settings, 'repo> DescendantRebaser<'settings, 'repo> {
         self.heads_to_remove.clear();
         self.heads_to_add.clear();
         self.mut_repo.set_view(view);
-        Ok(None)
-    }
-
-    pub fn rebase_all(&mut self) -> Result<(), TreeMergeError> {
-        while self.rebase_next()?.is_some() {}
         Ok(())
     }
 }