diff --git a/compiler/types/src/subs.rs b/compiler/types/src/subs.rs
index b252a7b6ee..8a6aac861f 100644
--- a/compiler/types/src/subs.rs
+++ b/compiler/types/src/subs.rs
@@ -1601,8 +1601,8 @@ impl Subs {
 
     /// Unions two keys without the possibility of failure.
     pub fn union(&mut self, left: Variable, right: Variable, desc: Descriptor) {
-        let l_root = self.utable.inlined_get_root_key(left);
-        let r_root = self.utable.inlined_get_root_key(right);
+        let l_root = self.utable.root_key(left);
+        let r_root = self.utable.root_key(right);
 
         // NOTE this swapping is intentional! most of our unifying commands are based on the elm
         // source, but unify_roots is from `ena`, not the elm source. Turns out that they have
@@ -1657,7 +1657,7 @@ impl Subs {
 
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn get_root_key(&mut self, key: Variable) -> Variable {
-        self.utable.inlined_get_root_key(key)
+        self.utable.root_key(key)
     }
 
     #[inline(always)]
@@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@ impl Subs {
 
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn set(&mut self, key: Variable, r_value: Descriptor) {
-        let l_key = self.utable.inlined_get_root_key(key);
+        let l_key = self.utable.root_key(key);
 
         // self.utable.update_value(l_key, |node| node.value = r_value);
         self.utable.set_descriptor(l_key, r_value)
diff --git a/compiler/types/src/unification_table.rs b/compiler/types/src/unification_table.rs
index 9f2f95a223..693a83c53f 100644
--- a/compiler/types/src/unification_table.rs
+++ b/compiler/types/src/unification_table.rs
@@ -263,12 +263,6 @@ impl UnificationTable {
         self.ranks[index]
     }
 
-    // TODO remove
-    #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn inlined_get_root_key(&mut self, key: Variable) -> Variable {
-        self.root_key(key)
-    }
-
     /// NOTE: assumes variables are root
     pub fn unify_roots(&mut self, to: Variable, from: Variable, desc: Descriptor) {
         let from_index = from.index() as usize;