diff --git a/src/fastfield/mod.rs b/src/fastfield/mod.rs
index 1b639ed3d..c3ee7258a 100644
--- a/src/fastfield/mod.rs
+++ b/src/fastfield/mod.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub use self::delete::DeleteBitSet;
 pub use self::error::{FastFieldNotAvailableError, Result};
 pub use self::facet_reader::FacetReader;
 pub use self::multivalued::{MultiValuedFastFieldReader, MultiValuedFastFieldWriter};
-pub use self::reader::BitpackedFastFieldReader;
+pub(crate) use self::reader::BitpackedFastFieldReader;
 pub use self::reader::DynamicFastFieldReader;
 pub use self::reader::FastFieldReader;
 pub use self::readers::FastFieldReaders;
diff --git a/src/fastfield/reader.rs b/src/fastfield/reader.rs
index 9af1a4e77..1b093c9f4 100644
--- a/src/fastfield/reader.rs
+++ b/src/fastfield/reader.rs
@@ -231,8 +231,7 @@ impl<Item: FastValue, C: CodecReader + Clone> FastFieldReader<Item>
     }
 }
 
-pub type BitpackedFastFieldReader<Item: FastValue> =
-    FastFieldReaderCodecWrapper<Item, BitpackedReader>;
+pub(crate) type BitpackedFastFieldReader<Item> = FastFieldReaderCodecWrapper<Item, BitpackedReader>;
 
 impl<Item: FastValue> From<Vec<Item>> for DynamicFastFieldReader<Item> {
     fn from(vals: Vec<Item>) -> DynamicFastFieldReader<Item> {
diff --git a/src/indexer/merger.rs b/src/indexer/merger.rs
index 34bb61ed3..e6fcfa573 100644
--- a/src/indexer/merger.rs
+++ b/src/indexer/merger.rs
@@ -367,8 +367,7 @@ impl IndexMerger {
             };
             let iter = doc_id_mapping.iter().map(|(doc_id, reader_with_ordinal)| {
                 let fast_field_reader = &fast_field_readers[reader_with_ordinal.ordinal as usize];
-                let val = fast_field_reader.get(*doc_id);
-                val
+                fast_field_reader.get(*doc_id)
             });
             fast_field_serializer.create_auto_detect_u64_fast_field(
                 field,