diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-indexing/src/split_store/indexing_split_store.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-indexing/src/split_store/indexing_split_store.rs
index 3262d0d611b..9fd42b8d18f 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-indexing/src/split_store/indexing_split_store.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-indexing/src/split_store/indexing_split_store.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #[cfg(any(test, feature = "testsuite"))]
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
-use std::sync::{Arc, Weak};
+use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
 use anyhow::Context;
@@ -68,18 +68,6 @@ struct InnerIndexingSplitStore {
     local_split_store: Arc<LocalSplitStore>,
 }
 
-pub struct WeakIndexingSplitStore {
-    inner: Weak<InnerIndexingSplitStore>,
-}
-
-impl WeakIndexingSplitStore {
-    pub fn upgrade(&self) -> Option<IndexingSplitStore> {
-        self.inner
-            .upgrade()
-            .map(|inner| IndexingSplitStore { inner })
-    }
-}
-
 impl IndexingSplitStore {
     /// Creates an instance of [`IndexingSplitStore`]
     ///
@@ -226,12 +214,6 @@ impl IndexingSplitStore {
         get_tantivy_directory_from_split_bundle(&dest_filepath)
     }
 
-    pub fn downgrade(&self) -> WeakIndexingSplitStore {
-        WeakIndexingSplitStore {
-            inner: Arc::downgrade(&self.inner),
-        }
-    }
-
     /// Takes a snapshot of the cache view (only used for testing).
     #[cfg(any(test, feature = "testsuite"))]
     pub async fn inspect_local_store(&self) -> HashMap<String, ByteSize> {
diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-indexing/src/split_store/mod.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-indexing/src/split_store/mod.rs
index fd31ddf00a7..cf776b71a8b 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-indexing/src/split_store/mod.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-indexing/src/split_store/mod.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ mod indexing_split_store;
 mod local_split_store;
 mod split_store_quota;
 
-pub use indexing_split_store::{IndexingSplitStore, WeakIndexingSplitStore};
+pub use indexing_split_store::IndexingSplitStore;
 pub use local_split_store::{get_tantivy_directory_from_split_bundle, LocalSplitStore};
 pub use split_store_quota::SplitStoreQuota;