diff --git a/src/odoc/indexing.ml b/src/odoc/indexing.ml
index 7ac04222a1..65fb95fc48 100644
--- a/src/odoc/indexing.ml
+++ b/src/odoc/indexing.ml
@@ -7,23 +7,6 @@ open Odoc_model
 module H = Odoc_model.Paths.Identifier.Hashtbl.Any
 module Id = Odoc_model.Paths.Identifier
 
-let handle_file file ~unit ~page ~occ =
-  match Fpath.basename file with
-  | s when String.is_prefix ~affix:"index-" s ->
-      Odoc_file.load_index file >>= fun index -> Ok (occ index)
-  | _ -> (
-      Odoc_file.load file >>= fun unit' ->
-      match unit' with
-      | { Odoc_file.content = Unit_content unit'; _ } when unit'.hidden ->
-          Error (`Msg "Hidden units are ignored when generating an index")
-      | { Odoc_file.content = Unit_content unit'; _ } -> Ok (unit unit')
-      | { Odoc_file.content = Page_content page'; _ } -> Ok (page page')
-      | _ ->
-          Error
-            (`Msg
-              "Only pages and unit are allowed as input when generating an \
-               index"))
-
 let parse_input_file input =
   let is_sep = function '\n' | '\r' -> true | _ -> false in
   Fs.File.read input >>= fun content ->
diff --git a/src/odoc/indexing.mli b/src/odoc/indexing.mli
index ebe59dabc3..342e5e03d3 100644
--- a/src/odoc/indexing.mli
+++ b/src/odoc/indexing.mli
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 open Or_error
 
-val handle_file :
-  Fpath.t ->
-  unit:(Odoc_model.Lang.Compilation_unit.t -> 'a) ->
-  page:(Odoc_model.Lang.Page.t -> 'a) ->
-  occ:(Odoc_index.Skeleton.t list -> 'a) ->
-  ('a, [> msg ]) result
-(** This function is exposed for custom indexers that uses [odoc] as a library
-    to generate their search index *)
-
 val compile :
   [ `JSON | `Marshall ] ->
   output:Fs.file ->