diff --git a/src/backend/executor/execMain.c b/src/backend/executor/execMain.c
index b3ce4bae53..1fd4f85b49 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/execMain.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/execMain.c
@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@ ExecPartitionCheckEmitError(ResultRelInfo *resultRelInfo,
 		 */
 		if (map != NULL)
 			slot = execute_attr_map_slot(map, slot,
-										 MakeTupleTableSlot(tupdesc, &TTSOpsVirtual));
+										 MakeSingleTupleTableSlot(tupdesc, &TTSOpsVirtual));
 		modifiedCols = bms_union(ExecGetInsertedCols(rootrel, estate),
 								 ExecGetUpdatedCols(rootrel, estate));
 	}
@@ -1866,7 +1866,7 @@ ExecConstraints(ResultRelInfo *resultRelInfo,
 					 */
 					if (map != NULL)
 						slot = execute_attr_map_slot(map, slot,
-													 MakeTupleTableSlot(tupdesc, &TTSOpsVirtual));
+													 MakeSingleTupleTableSlot(tupdesc, &TTSOpsVirtual));
 					modifiedCols = bms_union(ExecGetInsertedCols(rootrel, estate),
 											 ExecGetUpdatedCols(rootrel, estate));
 					rel = rootrel->ri_RelationDesc;
@@ -1918,7 +1918,7 @@ ExecConstraints(ResultRelInfo *resultRelInfo,
 				 */
 				if (map != NULL)
 					slot = execute_attr_map_slot(map, slot,
-												 MakeTupleTableSlot(tupdesc, &TTSOpsVirtual));
+												 MakeSingleTupleTableSlot(tupdesc, &TTSOpsVirtual));
 				modifiedCols = bms_union(ExecGetInsertedCols(rootrel, estate),
 										 ExecGetUpdatedCols(rootrel, estate));
 				rel = rootrel->ri_RelationDesc;
@@ -2025,7 +2025,7 @@ ExecWithCheckOptions(WCOKind kind, ResultRelInfo *resultRelInfo,
 						 */
 						if (map != NULL)
 							slot = execute_attr_map_slot(map, slot,
-														 MakeTupleTableSlot(tupdesc, &TTSOpsVirtual));
+														 MakeSingleTupleTableSlot(tupdesc, &TTSOpsVirtual));
 
 						modifiedCols = bms_union(ExecGetInsertedCols(rootrel, estate),
 												 ExecGetUpdatedCols(rootrel, estate));
diff --git a/src/backend/executor/execTuples.c b/src/backend/executor/execTuples.c
index f447802843..687e15fcf3 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/execTuples.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/execTuples.c
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ const TupleTableSlotOps TTSOpsBufferHeapTuple = {
  */
 
 /* --------------------------------
- *		MakeTupleTableSlot
+ *		MakeSingleTupleTableSlot
  *
  *		Basic routine to make an empty TupleTableSlot of given
  *		TupleTableSlotType. If tupleDesc is specified the slot's descriptor is
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ const TupleTableSlotOps TTSOpsBufferHeapTuple = {
  * --------------------------------
  */
 TupleTableSlot *
-MakeTupleTableSlot(TupleDesc tupleDesc,
+MakeSingleTupleTableSlot(TupleDesc tupleDesc,
 				   const TupleTableSlotOps *tts_ops)
 {
 	Size		basesz,
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ TupleTableSlot *
 ExecAllocTableSlot(List **tupleTable, TupleDesc desc,
 				   const TupleTableSlotOps *tts_ops)
 {
-	TupleTableSlot *slot = MakeTupleTableSlot(desc, tts_ops);
+	TupleTableSlot *slot = MakeSingleTupleTableSlot(desc, tts_ops);
 
 	*tupleTable = lappend(*tupleTable, slot);
 
@@ -1225,24 +1225,6 @@ ExecResetTupleTable(List *tupleTable,	/* tuple table */
 		list_free(tupleTable);
 }
 
-/* --------------------------------
- *		MakeSingleTupleTableSlot
- *
- *		This is a convenience routine for operations that need a standalone
- *		TupleTableSlot not gotten from the main executor tuple table.  It makes
- *		a single slot of given TupleTableSlotType and initializes it to use the
- *		given tuple descriptor.
- * --------------------------------
- */
-TupleTableSlot *
-MakeSingleTupleTableSlot(TupleDesc tupdesc,
-						 const TupleTableSlotOps *tts_ops)
-{
-	TupleTableSlot *slot = MakeTupleTableSlot(tupdesc, tts_ops);
-
-	return slot;
-}
-
 /* --------------------------------
  *		ExecDropSingleTupleTableSlot
  *
diff --git a/src/include/executor/tuptable.h b/src/include/executor/tuptable.h
index 679e57fbdd..54ec4514b5 100644
--- a/src/include/executor/tuptable.h
+++ b/src/include/executor/tuptable.h
@@ -293,8 +293,6 @@ typedef struct MinimalTupleTableSlot
 	((slot) == NULL || TTS_EMPTY(slot))
 
 /* in executor/execTuples.c */
-extern TupleTableSlot *MakeTupleTableSlot(TupleDesc tupleDesc,
-										  const TupleTableSlotOps *tts_ops);
 extern TupleTableSlot *ExecAllocTableSlot(List **tupleTable, TupleDesc desc,
 										  const TupleTableSlotOps *tts_ops);
 extern void ExecResetTupleTable(List *tupleTable, bool shouldFree);