diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
index dffbd3c9b4..b112dbae9e 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
@@ -2878,7 +2878,7 @@ impl Tenant {
     /// - after initialization complete, remove the temp dir.
     ///
     /// The caller is responsible for activating the returned timeline.
-    pub async fn bootstrap_timeline(
+    pub(crate) async fn bootstrap_timeline(
         &self,
         timeline_id: TimelineId,
         pg_version: u32,