diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/fieldmanager.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/fieldmanager.go
index 7c9199782ad..dde120d1502 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/fieldmanager.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/fieldmanager/fieldmanager.go
@@ -123,15 +123,6 @@ func newDefaultFieldManager(f Manager, typeConverter TypeConverter, objectConver
 	)
 }
 
-func FieldsToSet(f metav1.FieldsV1) (s fieldpath.Set, err error) {
-	return internal.FieldsToSet(f)
-}
-
-// SetToFields creates a trie of fields from an input set of paths
-func SetToFields(s fieldpath.Set) (f metav1.FieldsV1, err error) {
-	return internal.SetToFields(s)
-}
-
 // DecodeManagedFields converts ManagedFields from the wire format (api format)
 // to the format used by sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff
 func DecodeManagedFields(encodedManagedFields []metav1.ManagedFieldsEntry) (Managed, error) {