diff --git a/openmls/src/group/core_group/proposals.rs b/openmls/src/group/core_group/proposals.rs
index e505f2bceb..f2b1f1f932 100644
--- a/openmls/src/group/core_group/proposals.rs
+++ b/openmls/src/group/core_group/proposals.rs
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ impl ProposalQueue {
     /// don't need filtering.
     /// This functions does the following checks:
     ///  - ValSem200
-    pub fn from_committed_proposals(
+    pub(crate) fn from_committed_proposals(
         ciphersuite: Ciphersuite,
         backend: &impl OpenMlsCryptoProvider,
         committed_proposals: Vec<ProposalOrRef>,
diff --git a/openmls/src/group/mls_group/mod.rs b/openmls/src/group/mls_group/mod.rs
index f8a6799eda..57e13b6d33 100644
--- a/openmls/src/group/mls_group/mod.rs
+++ b/openmls/src/group/mls_group/mod.rs
@@ -177,12 +177,6 @@ pub struct MlsGroup {
     state_changed: InnerState,
 }
 
-impl AsRef<PublicGroup> for MlsGroup {
-    fn as_ref(&self) -> &PublicGroup {
-        self.group.public_group()
-    }
-}
-
 impl MlsGroup {
     // === Configuration ===
 
diff --git a/openmls/src/group/public_group/mod.rs b/openmls/src/group/public_group/mod.rs
index c8efb58809..02160922dd 100644
--- a/openmls/src/group/public_group/mod.rs
+++ b/openmls/src/group/public_group/mod.rs
@@ -329,10 +329,6 @@ impl PublicGroup {
     pub(crate) fn owned_encryption_keys(&self, leaf_index: LeafNodeIndex) -> Vec<EncryptionKey> {
         self.treesync().owned_encryption_keys(leaf_index)
     }
-
-    pub fn proposal_store(&self) -> &ProposalStore {
-        &self.proposal_store
-    }
 }
 
 // Test functions