diff --git a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/index/IdHelperService.java b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/index/IdHelperService.java
index 3a3a6640054..6445feb67eb 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/index/IdHelperService.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/dao/index/IdHelperService.java
@@ -108,19 +108,6 @@ public class IdHelperService {
 		myForcedIdDao.deleteByPid(forcedId.getId());
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Given a resource type and ID, looks up the resource and returns a {@link IResourceLookup}. This
-	 * object contains the internal PID for the resource and the resource deletion status, making it sufficient
-	 * for persisting resource links between resources without adding any further database calls after the
-	 * single one performed by this call.
-	 *
-	 * @throws ResourceNotFoundException If the ID can not be found
-	 */
-	@Nonnull
-	public ResourcePersistentId translateForcedIdToPid(IIdType theId, RequestDetails theRequestDetails) {
-		return translateForcedIdToPid(theId.getResourceType(), theId.getIdPart(), theRequestDetails);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Given a forced ID, convert it to it's Long value. Since you are allowed to use string IDs for resources, we need to
 	 * convert those to the underlying Long values that are stored, for lookup and comparison purposes.
@@ -178,10 +165,10 @@ public class IdHelperService {
 		if (myDaoConfig.getResourceClientIdStrategy() != DaoConfig.ClientIdStrategyEnum.ANY) {
 			theIds
 				.stream()
-				.filter(t -> isValidPid(t))
-				.map(t -> t.getIdPartAsLong())
-				.map(t -> new ResourcePersistentId(t))
-				.forEach(t -> retVal.add(t));
+				.filter(IdHelperService::isValidPid)
+				.map(IIdType::getIdPartAsLong)
+				.map(ResourcePersistentId::new)
+				.forEach(retVal::add);
 		}
 
 		ListMultimap<String, String> typeToIds = organizeIdsByResourceType(theIds);