diff --git a/src/abi/mod.rs b/src/abi/mod.rs
index 521a36f..7d7c90e 100644
--- a/src/abi/mod.rs
+++ b/src/abi/mod.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ use std::str::FromStr;
 
 const L1_DEFAULT_BRIDGE_INTERFACE: &str = include_str!("./IL1Bridge.json");
 
-// FIXME this was taken from
-pub fn load_contract(raw_abi_string: &str) -> Contract {
+fn load_contract(raw_abi_string: &str) -> Contract {
     // Note that using `.expect` here is acceptable because we expect the value of
     // `L1_DEFAULT_BRIDGE_INTERFACE` to be correct. In the future, we should refactor this piece of
     // code to run in compile time.