diff --git a/src/stream/src/executor/backfill/snapshot_backfill/vnode_stream.rs b/src/stream/src/executor/backfill/snapshot_backfill/vnode_stream.rs
index 25f7fe9dddbe..71fde5771e3a 100644
--- a/src/stream/src/executor/backfill/snapshot_backfill/vnode_stream.rs
+++ b/src/stream/src/executor/backfill/snapshot_backfill/vnode_stream.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ impl<St: BackfillRowStream> VnodeStream<St> {
         }
     }
 
-    #[expect(dead_code)]
     pub(super) fn consume_builder(&mut self) -> Option<StreamChunk> {
         self.data_chunk_builder.consume_all().map(|chunk| {
             let ops = replace(
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ impl<St: BackfillRowStream> VnodeStream<St> {
         })
     }
 
-    #[expect(dead_code)]
     pub(super) async fn for_vnode_pk_progress(
         &mut self,
         pk_indices: &[usize],