diff --git a/examples/iterating_docs_and_positions.rs b/examples/iterating_docs_and_positions.rs
index d08b66a09..abee516cd 100644
--- a/examples/iterating_docs_and_positions.rs
+++ b/examples/iterating_docs_and_positions.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 // the list of documents containing a term, getting
 // its term frequency, and accessing its positions.
 
-use tantivy::codec::postings::PostingsReader as _;
 use tantivy::postings::Postings;
 // ---
 // Importing tantivy...
@@ -92,46 +91,10 @@ fn main() -> tantivy::Result<()> {
         }
     }
 
-    // A `Term` is a text token associated with a field.
-    // Let's go through all docs containing the term `title:the` and access their position
-    let term_the = Term::from_field_text(title, "the");
-
-    // Some other powerful operations (especially `.skip_to`) may be useful to consume these
+    // Some other powerful operations (especially `.seek`) may be useful to consume these
     // posting lists rapidly.
     // You can check for them in the [`DocSet`](https://docs.rs/tantivy/~0/tantivy/trait.DocSet.html) trait
     // and the [`Postings`](https://docs.rs/tantivy/~0/tantivy/trait.Postings.html) trait
 
-    // Also, for some VERY specific high performance use case like an OLAP analysis of logs,
-    // you can get better performance by accessing directly the blocks of doc ids.
-    for segment_reader in searcher.segment_readers() {
-        // A segment contains different data structure.
-        // Inverted index stands for the combination of
-        // - the term dictionary
-        // - the inverted lists associated with each terms and their positions
-        let inverted_index = segment_reader.inverted_index(title)?;
-
-        // This segment posting object is like a cursor over the documents matching the term.
-        // The `IndexRecordOption` arguments tells tantivy we will be interested in both term
-        // frequencies and positions.
-        //
-        // If you don't need all this information, you may get better performance by decompressing
-        // less information.
-        if let Some(mut block_segment_postings) =
-            inverted_index.read_block_postings(&term_the, IndexRecordOption::Basic)?
-        {
-            loop {
-                let docs = block_segment_postings.docs();
-                if docs.is_empty() {
-                    break;
-                }
-                // Once again these docs MAY contains deleted documents as well.
-                let docs = block_segment_postings.docs();
-                // Prints `Docs [0, 2].`
-                println!("Docs {docs:?}");
-                block_segment_postings.advance();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/codec/standard/postings/standard_postings_reader.rs b/src/codec/standard/postings/standard_postings_reader.rs
index 1e97ab46c..d7048b626 100644
--- a/src/codec/standard/postings/standard_postings_reader.rs
+++ b/src/codec/standard/postings/standard_postings_reader.rs
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ mod tests {
         let searcher = index.reader()?.searcher();
         let segment_reader = searcher.segment_reader(0);
 
-        let mut block_segments;
+        let block_segments;
         {
             let term = Term::from_field_u64(int_field, 0u64);
             let inverted_index = segment_reader.inverted_index(int_field)?;
@@ -552,13 +552,6 @@ mod tests {
                 .read_block_postings_from_terminfo(&term_info, IndexRecordOption::Basic)?;
         }
         assert_eq!(block_segments.docs(), &[0, 2, 4]);
-        {
-            let term = Term::from_field_u64(int_field, 1u64);
-            let inverted_index = segment_reader.inverted_index(int_field)?;
-            let term_info = inverted_index.get_term_info(&term)?.unwrap();
-            inverted_index.reset_block_postings_from_terminfo(&term_info, &mut block_segments)?;
-        }
-        assert_eq!(block_segments.docs(), &[1, 3, 5]);
         Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/index/inverted_index_reader.rs b/src/index/inverted_index_reader.rs
index 4473abaed..7817e5cd8 100644
--- a/src/index/inverted_index_reader.rs
+++ b/src/index/inverted_index_reader.rs
@@ -161,43 +161,6 @@ impl InvertedIndexReader {
         Ok(fields)
     }
 
-    /// Resets the block segment to another position of the postings
-    /// file.
-    ///
-    /// This is useful for enumerating through a list of terms,
-    /// and consuming the associated posting lists while avoiding
-    /// reallocating a [`BlockSegmentPostings`].
-    ///
-    /// # Warning
-    ///
-    /// This does not reset the positions list.
-    pub fn reset_block_postings_from_terminfo(
-        &self,
-        term_info: &TermInfo,
-        block_postings: &mut BlockSegmentPostings,
-    ) -> io::Result<()> {
-        let postings_slice = self
-            .postings_file_slice
-            .slice(term_info.postings_range.clone());
-        let postings_bytes = postings_slice.read_bytes()?;
-        block_postings.reset(term_info.doc_freq, postings_bytes)?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    /// Returns a block postings given a `Term`.
-    /// This method is for an advanced usage only.
-    ///
-    /// Most users should prefer using [`Self::read_postings()`] instead.
-    pub fn read_block_postings(
-        &self,
-        term: &Term,
-        option: IndexRecordOption,
-    ) -> io::Result<Option<BlockSegmentPostings>> {
-        self.get_term_info(term)?
-            .map(move |term_info| self.read_block_postings_from_terminfo(&term_info, option))
-            .transpose()
-    }
-
     /// Returns a block postings given a `term_info`.
     /// This method is for an advanced usage only.
     ///