diff --git a/rust/hg-core/src/dirstate_tree/dirstate_map.rs b/rust/hg-core/src/dirstate_tree/dirstate_map.rs
--- a/rust/hg-core/src/dirstate_tree/dirstate_map.rs
+++ b/rust/hg-core/src/dirstate_tree/dirstate_map.rs
@@ -884,17 +884,6 @@
         });
     }
 
-    pub fn set_entry(
-        &mut self,
-        filename: &HgPath,
-        entry: DirstateEntry,
-    ) -> Result<(), DirstateV2ParseError> {
-        self.with_dmap_mut(|map| {
-            map.get_or_insert(&filename)?.data = NodeData::Entry(entry);
-            Ok(())
-        })
-    }
-
     pub fn set_tracked(
         &mut self,
         filename: &HgPath,
diff --git a/rust/hg-cpython/src/dirstate/dirstate_map.rs b/rust/hg-cpython/src/dirstate/dirstate_map.rs
--- a/rust/hg-cpython/src/dirstate/dirstate_map.rs
+++ b/rust/hg-cpython/src/dirstate/dirstate_map.rs
@@ -104,20 +104,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    def set_dirstate_item(
-        &self,
-        path: PyObject,
-        item: DirstateItem
-    ) -> PyResult<PyObject> {
-        let f = path.extract::<PyBytes>(py)?;
-        let filename = HgPath::new(f.data(py));
-        self.inner(py)
-            .borrow_mut()
-            .set_entry(filename, item.get_entry(py))
-            .map_err(|e| v2_error(py, e))?;
-        Ok(py.None())
-    }
-
     def set_tracked(&self, f: PyObject) -> PyResult<PyBool> {
         let bytes = f.extract::<PyBytes>(py)?;
         let path = HgPath::new(bytes.data(py));