diff --git a/ledger/src/shred.rs b/ledger/src/shred.rs
index 96b53e200a4804..2b6f6f136784c2 100644
--- a/ledger/src/shred.rs
+++ b/ledger/src/shred.rs
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ impl ErasureSetId {
 macro_rules! dispatch {
     ($vis:vis fn $name:ident(&self $(, $arg:ident : $ty:ty)?) $(-> $out:ty)?) => {
         #[inline]
+        #[allow(dead_code)]
         $vis fn $name(&self $(, $arg:$ty)?) $(-> $out)? {
             match self {
                 Self::ShredCode(shred) => shred.$name($($arg, )?),
@@ -334,16 +335,6 @@ macro_rules! dispatch {
                 Self::ShredData(shred) => shred.$name($($arg, )?),
             }
         }
-    };
-    (allow_dead $vis:vis fn $name:ident(&self $(, $arg:ident : $ty:ty)?) $(-> $out:ty)?) => {
-        #[allow(dead_code)]
-        #[inline]
-        $vis fn $name(&self $(, $arg:$ty)?) $(-> $out)? {
-            match self {
-                Self::ShredCode(shred) => shred.$name($($arg, )?),
-                Self::ShredData(shred) => shred.$name($($arg, )?),
-            }
-        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -354,7 +345,7 @@ impl Shred {
     dispatch!(fn set_signature(&mut self, signature: Signature));
     dispatch!(fn signed_data(&self) -> Result<SignedData, Error>);
 
-    dispatch!(allow_dead pub(crate) fn chained_merkle_root(&self) -> Result<Hash, Error>);
+    dispatch!(pub(crate) fn chained_merkle_root(&self) -> Result<Hash, Error>);
     // Returns the portion of the shred's payload which is erasure coded.
     dispatch!(pub(crate) fn erasure_shard(self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error>);
     // Like Shred::erasure_shard but returning a slice.
@@ -751,7 +742,16 @@ pub mod layout {
                 chained: true,
                 resigned,
             } => merkle::ShredData::get_chained_merkle_root_offset(proof_size, resigned).ok(),
-            _ => None,
+            ShredVariant::MerkleCode {
+                proof_size: _,
+                chained: false,
+                resigned: _,
+            } => None,
+            ShredVariant::MerkleData {
+                proof_size: _,
+                chained: false,
+                resigned: _,
+            } => None,
         }?;
         shred
             .get(offset..offset + SIZE_OF_MERKLE_ROOT)
diff --git a/ledger/src/shred/merkle.rs b/ledger/src/shred/merkle.rs
index c8da794a5cb1ef..a7cc134824cf31 100644
--- a/ledger/src/shred/merkle.rs
+++ b/ledger/src/shred/merkle.rs
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ impl ShredData {
         Self::get_chained_merkle_root_offset(proof_size, resigned)
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn get_chained_merkle_root_offset(
+    pub(super) fn get_chained_merkle_root_offset(
         proof_size: u8,
         resigned: bool,
     ) -> Result<usize, Error> {
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ impl ShredCode {
         Self::get_chained_merkle_root_offset(proof_size, resigned)
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn get_chained_merkle_root_offset(
+    pub(super) fn get_chained_merkle_root_offset(
         proof_size: u8,
         resigned: bool,
     ) -> Result<usize, Error> {