diff --git a/bucket_map/src/bucket_storage.rs b/bucket_map/src/bucket_storage.rs
index 54dfb2f43a50c5..f83eade4b39004 100644
--- a/bucket_map/src/bucket_storage.rs
+++ b/bucket_map/src/bucket_storage.rs
@@ -289,18 +289,6 @@ impl<O: BucketOccupied> BucketStorage<O> {
         unsafe { slice.get_unchecked_mut(0) }
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn get_mut_from_parts<T>(item_slice: &mut [u8]) -> &mut T {
-        debug_assert!(std::mem::size_of::<T>() <= item_slice.len());
-        let item = item_slice.as_mut_ptr() as *mut T;
-        unsafe { &mut *item }
-    }
-
-    pub(crate) fn get_from_parts<T>(item_slice: &[u8]) -> &T {
-        debug_assert!(std::mem::size_of::<T>() <= item_slice.len());
-        let item = item_slice.as_ptr() as *const T;
-        unsafe { &*item }
-    }
-
     pub(crate) fn get_slice<T>(&self, ix: u64, len: u64, header: IncludeHeader) -> &[T] {
         let start = self.get_start_offset(ix, header);
         let slice = {
diff --git a/bucket_map/src/index_entry.rs b/bucket_map/src/index_entry.rs
index 279ac392a1de8a..97915cdc392d98 100644
--- a/bucket_map/src/index_entry.rs
+++ b/bucket_map/src/index_entry.rs
@@ -46,19 +46,16 @@ pub struct BucketWithHeader {
 impl BucketOccupied for BucketWithHeader {
     fn occupy(&mut self, element: &mut [u8], ix: usize) {
         assert!(self.is_free(element, ix));
-        let entry: &mut DataBucketRefCountOccupiedHeader =
-            BucketStorage::<BucketWithHeader>::get_mut_from_parts(element);
+        let entry = get_mut_from_bytes::<DataBucketRefCountOccupiedHeader>(element);
         entry.packed_ref_count.set_occupied(OCCUPIED_OCCUPIED);
     }
     fn free(&mut self, element: &mut [u8], ix: usize) {
         assert!(!self.is_free(element, ix));
-        let entry: &mut DataBucketRefCountOccupiedHeader =
-            BucketStorage::<BucketWithHeader>::get_mut_from_parts(element);
+        let entry = get_mut_from_bytes::<DataBucketRefCountOccupiedHeader>(element);
         entry.packed_ref_count.set_occupied(OCCUPIED_FREE);
     }
     fn is_free(&self, element: &[u8], _ix: usize) -> bool {
-        let entry: &DataBucketRefCountOccupiedHeader =
-            BucketStorage::<BucketWithHeader>::get_from_parts(element);
+        let entry = get_from_bytes::<DataBucketRefCountOccupiedHeader>(element);
         entry.packed_ref_count.occupied() == OCCUPIED_FREE
     }
     fn offset_to_first_data() -> usize {
@@ -426,6 +423,18 @@ impl<T: Copy + 'static> IndexEntryPlaceInBucket<T> {
     }
 }
 
+fn get_from_bytes<T>(item_slice: &[u8]) -> &T {
+    debug_assert!(std::mem::size_of::<T>() <= item_slice.len());
+    let item = item_slice.as_ptr() as *const T;
+    unsafe { &*item }
+}
+
+fn get_mut_from_bytes<T>(item_slice: &mut [u8]) -> &mut T {
+    debug_assert!(std::mem::size_of::<T>() <= item_slice.len());
+    let item = item_slice.as_mut_ptr() as *mut T;
+    unsafe { &mut *item }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;