diff --git a/pkg/chunked/compression_linux.go b/pkg/chunked/compression_linux.go
index 4196c9ce62..d1d06f7340 100644
--- a/pkg/chunked/compression_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/chunked/compression_linux.go
@@ -139,10 +139,17 @@ func readZstdChunkedManifest(blobStream ImageSourceSeekable, tocDigest digest.Di
 		return nil, nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("%q annotation missing", internal.ManifestInfoKey)
 	}
 
-	footerData, err := internal.ReadFooterDataFromAnnotations(annotations)
-	if err != nil {
+	var footerData internal.ZstdChunkedFooterData
+
+	if _, err := fmt.Sscanf(offsetMetadata, "%d:%d:%d:%d", &footerData.Offset, &footerData.LengthCompressed, &footerData.LengthUncompressed, &footerData.ManifestType); err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, 0, err
 	}
+	if tarSplitInfoKeyAnnotation, found := annotations[internal.TarSplitInfoKey]; found {
+		if _, err := fmt.Sscanf(tarSplitInfoKeyAnnotation, "%d:%d:%d", &footerData.OffsetTarSplit, &footerData.LengthCompressedTarSplit, &footerData.LengthUncompressedTarSplit); err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, 0, err
+		}
+		footerData.ChecksumAnnotationTarSplit = annotations[internal.TarSplitChecksumKey]
+	}
 
 	if footerData.ManifestType != internal.ManifestTypeCRFS {
 		return nil, nil, 0, errors.New("invalid manifest type")
diff --git a/pkg/chunked/internal/compression.go b/pkg/chunked/internal/compression.go
index 14897e5c20..e43082e7c2 100644
--- a/pkg/chunked/internal/compression.go
+++ b/pkg/chunked/internal/compression.go
@@ -231,22 +231,3 @@ func footerDataToBlob(footer ZstdChunkedFooterData) []byte {
 
 	return manifestDataLE
 }
-
-// ReadFooterDataFromAnnotations reads the zstd:chunked footer data from the given annotations.
-func ReadFooterDataFromAnnotations(annotations map[string]string) (ZstdChunkedFooterData, error) {
-	var footerData ZstdChunkedFooterData
-
-	offsetMetadata := annotations[ManifestInfoKey]
-
-	if _, err := fmt.Sscanf(offsetMetadata, "%d:%d:%d:%d", &footerData.Offset, &footerData.LengthCompressed, &footerData.LengthUncompressed, &footerData.ManifestType); err != nil {
-		return footerData, err
-	}
-
-	if tarSplitInfoKeyAnnotation, found := annotations[TarSplitInfoKey]; found {
-		if _, err := fmt.Sscanf(tarSplitInfoKeyAnnotation, "%d:%d:%d", &footerData.OffsetTarSplit, &footerData.LengthCompressedTarSplit, &footerData.LengthUncompressedTarSplit); err != nil {
-			return footerData, err
-		}
-		footerData.ChecksumAnnotationTarSplit = annotations[TarSplitChecksumKey]
-	}
-	return footerData, nil
-}