diff --git a/pkg/storage/mvcc_key.go b/pkg/storage/mvcc_key.go
index 54f21a63c35b..587c9ad2aa6b 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/mvcc_key.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/mvcc_key.go
@@ -501,8 +501,8 @@ func (s MVCCRangeKeyStack) AsRangeKeyValues() []MVCCRangeKeyValue {
 }
 
 // CanMergeRight returns true if the current stack will merge with the given
-// right-hand stack. The key bounds must touch exactly, i.e. lhs.EndKey must
-// equal rhs.Key.
+// right-hand stack. The key bounds must touch exactly, i.e. the left-hand
+// EndKey must equal the right-hand Key.
 func (s MVCCRangeKeyStack) CanMergeRight(r MVCCRangeKeyStack) bool {
 	if s.IsEmpty() || s.Len() != r.Len() || !s.Bounds.EndKey.Equal(r.Bounds.Key) {
 		return false
@@ -669,40 +669,3 @@ func (v MVCCRangeKeyVersion) Clone() MVCCRangeKeyVersion {
 func (v MVCCRangeKeyVersion) Equal(o MVCCRangeKeyVersion) bool {
 	return v.Timestamp.Equal(o.Timestamp) && bytes.Equal(v.Value, o.Value)
 }
-
-// FirstRangeKeyAbove does a binary search for the first range key at or above
-// the given timestamp. It assumes the range keys are ordered in descending
-// timestamp order, as returned by SimpleMVCCIterator.RangeKeys(). Returns false
-// if no matching range key was found.
-//
-// TODO(erikgrinaker): Consider using a new type for []MVCCRangeKeyValue as
-// returned by SimpleMVCCIterator.RangeKeys(), and add this as a method.
-func FirstRangeKeyAbove(rangeKeys []MVCCRangeKeyValue, ts hlc.Timestamp) (MVCCRangeKeyValue, bool) {
-	// This is kind of odd due to sort.Search() semantics: we do a binary search
-	// for the first range tombstone that's below the timestamp, then return the
-	// previous range tombstone if any.
-	if i := sort.Search(len(rangeKeys), func(i int) bool {
-		return rangeKeys[i].RangeKey.Timestamp.Less(ts)
-	}); i > 0 {
-		return rangeKeys[i-1], true
-	}
-	return MVCCRangeKeyValue{}, false
-}
-
-// HasRangeKeyBetween checks whether an MVCC range key exists between the two
-// given timestamps (in order). It assumes the range keys are ordered in
-// descending timestamp order, as returned by SimpleMVCCIterator.RangeKeys().
-func HasRangeKeyBetween(rangeKeys []MVCCRangeKeyValue, upper, lower hlc.Timestamp) bool {
-	if len(rangeKeys) == 0 {
-		return false
-	}
-	if util.RaceEnabled && upper.Less(lower) {
-		panic(errors.AssertionFailedf("HasRangeKeyBetween given upper %s <= lower %s", upper, lower))
-	}
-	if rkv, ok := FirstRangeKeyAbove(rangeKeys, lower); ok {
-		// Consider equal timestamps to be "between". This shouldn't really happen,
-		// since MVCC enforces point and range keys can't have the same timestamp.
-		return rkv.RangeKey.Timestamp.LessEq(upper)
-	}
-	return false
-}