diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/DefaultStoreFileTracker.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/DefaultStoreFileTracker.java
index a13b75b0dcc4..b1e298dbbe22 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/DefaultStoreFileTracker.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/DefaultStoreFileTracker.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ protected void doAddCompactionResults(Collection<StoreFileInfo> compactedFiles,
   }
 
   @Override
-  void set(List<StoreFileInfo> files) {
+  public void set(List<StoreFileInfo> files) {
     // NOOP
   }
 }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/FileBasedStoreFileTracker.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/FileBasedStoreFileTracker.java
index 4da7911bdded..079b59ba0274 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/FileBasedStoreFileTracker.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/FileBasedStoreFileTracker.java
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ protected void doAddCompactionResults(Collection<StoreFileInfo> compactedFiles,
   }
 
   @Override
-  void set(List<StoreFileInfo> files) throws IOException {
+  public void set(List<StoreFileInfo> files) throws IOException {
     synchronized (storefiles) {
       storefiles.clear();
       StoreFileList.Builder builder = StoreFileList.newBuilder();
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/MigrationStoreFileTracker.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/MigrationStoreFileTracker.java
index 230c1ec1b7a8..a6648f291e43 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/MigrationStoreFileTracker.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/MigrationStoreFileTracker.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.TableDescriptor;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.TableDescriptorBuilder;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.procedure2.util.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.StoreContext;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.StoreFileInfo;
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
@@ -84,7 +81,7 @@ protected void doAddCompactionResults(Collection<StoreFileInfo> compactedFiles,
   }
 
   @Override
-  void set(List<StoreFileInfo> files) {
+  public void set(List<StoreFileInfo> files) {
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
       "Should not call this method on " + getClass().getSimpleName());
   }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/StoreFileTracker.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/StoreFileTracker.java
index fd8f7c99092d..f56a0dde4741 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/StoreFileTracker.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/StoreFileTracker.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
-
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.TableDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.TableDescriptorBuilder;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.CreateStoreFileWriterParams;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.StoreFileInfo;
@@ -69,6 +67,11 @@ public interface StoreFileTracker {
   void replace(Collection<StoreFileInfo> compactedFiles, Collection<StoreFileInfo> newFiles)
     throws IOException;
 
+  /**
+   * Set the store files.
+   */
+  void set(List<StoreFileInfo> files) throws IOException;
+
   /**
    * Create a writer for writing new store files.
    * @return Writer for a new StoreFile
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/StoreFileTrackerBase.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/StoreFileTrackerBase.java
index edbaace40c26..d3c5859ba26e 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/StoreFileTrackerBase.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/StoreFileTrackerBase.java
@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.List;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.ColumnFamilyDescriptor;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.TableDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.TableDescriptorBuilder;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.compress.Compression;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.crypto.Encryption;
@@ -184,12 +182,4 @@ public final StoreFileWriter createWriter(CreateStoreFileWriterParams params) th
 
   protected abstract void doAddCompactionResults(Collection<StoreFileInfo> compactedFiles,
     Collection<StoreFileInfo> newFiles) throws IOException;
-
-  /**
-   * used to mirror the store file list after loading when migration.
-   * <p/>
-   * Do not add this method to the {@link StoreFileTracker} interface since we do not need this
-   * method in upper layer.
-   */
-  abstract void set(List<StoreFileInfo> files) throws IOException;
 }