diff --git a/trie/utils/verkle.go b/trie/utils/verkle.go
index 481f485267..f138a047d1 100644
--- a/trie/utils/verkle.go
+++ b/trie/utils/verkle.go
@@ -308,14 +308,14 @@ func StorageSlotKeyWithEvaluatedAddress(evaluated *verkle.Point, storageKey []by
 // TODO: We can remove this method once https://github.com/ethereum/go-verkle/pull/428
 // TODO is merged.
 // TODO: we would then be able to call `verkle.MapToScalarFieldBytes`
-func MapToScalarFieldBytes(point *verkle.Point) [32]byte {
+func mapToScalarFieldBytes(point *verkle.Point) [32]byte {
 	var hashedPoint verkle.Fr
 	point.MapToScalarField(&hashedPoint)
 	return hashedPoint.BytesLE()
 }
 
 func pointToHash(evaluated *verkle.Point, suffix byte) []byte {
-	bytes := MapToScalarFieldBytes(evaluated)
+	bytes := mapToScalarFieldBytes(evaluated)
 	bytes[31] = suffix
 	return bytes[:]
 }