diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/MemoryRecords.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/MemoryRecords.java
index 2e2b97dfe37ba..f806cce692073 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/MemoryRecords.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/record/MemoryRecords.java
@@ -492,16 +492,6 @@ public static MemoryRecordsBuilder builder(ByteBuffer buffer,
             false, false, RecordBatch.NO_PARTITION_LEADER_EPOCH, maxSize);
     }
 
-    public static MemoryRecordsBuilder idempotentBuilder(ByteBuffer buffer,
-                                                         Compression compression,
-                                                         long baseOffset,
-                                                         long producerId,
-                                                         short producerEpoch,
-                                                         int baseSequence) {
-        return builder(buffer, RecordBatch.CURRENT_MAGIC_VALUE, compression, TimestampType.CREATE_TIME,
-                baseOffset, System.currentTimeMillis(), producerId, producerEpoch, baseSequence);
-    }
-
     public static MemoryRecordsBuilder builder(ByteBuffer buffer,
                                                byte magic,
                                                Compression compression,
diff --git a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/FetchRequestManagerTest.java b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/FetchRequestManagerTest.java
index 0f83e28d9e4d8..1475cef20db8b 100644
--- a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/FetchRequestManagerTest.java
+++ b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/FetchRequestManagerTest.java
@@ -872,7 +872,8 @@ public void testFetcherIgnoresControlRecords() {
         int partitionLeaderEpoch = 0;
 
         ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(1024);
-        MemoryRecordsBuilder builder = MemoryRecords.idempotentBuilder(buffer, Compression.NONE, 0L, producerId,
+        MemoryRecordsBuilder builder = MemoryRecords.builder(buffer, RecordBatch.CURRENT_MAGIC_VALUE, Compression.NONE,
+                TimestampType.CREATE_TIME, 0L, System.currentTimeMillis(), producerId,
                 producerEpoch, baseSequence);
         builder.append(0L, "key".getBytes(), null);
         builder.close();
diff --git a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/FetcherTest.java b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/FetcherTest.java
index b85daebb8d899..07bf55dec9866 100644
--- a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/FetcherTest.java
+++ b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/FetcherTest.java
@@ -811,7 +811,8 @@ public void testFetcherIgnoresControlRecords() {
         int partitionLeaderEpoch = 0;
 
         ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(1024);
-        MemoryRecordsBuilder builder = MemoryRecords.idempotentBuilder(buffer, Compression.NONE, 0L, producerId,
+        MemoryRecordsBuilder builder = MemoryRecords.builder(buffer, RecordBatch.CURRENT_MAGIC_VALUE, Compression.NONE,
+                TimestampType.CREATE_TIME, 0L, System.currentTimeMillis(), producerId,
                 producerEpoch, baseSequence);
         builder.append(0L, "key".getBytes(), null);
         builder.close();