diff --git a/soroban-env-host/src/host.rs b/soroban-env-host/src/host.rs
index 4bde5f1a5..339750180 100644
--- a/soroban-env-host/src/host.rs
+++ b/soroban-env-host/src/host.rs
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ impl EnvBase for Host {
 
     fn symbol_index_in_strs(&self, sym: Symbol, slices: &[&str]) -> Result<U32Val, Self::Error> {
         let mut found = None;
-        self.metered_scan_slice_of_slices(slices, |i, slice| {
+        self.scan_slice_of_slices(slices, |i, slice| {
             if self.symbol_matches(slice.as_bytes(), sym)? && found.is_none() {
                 found = Some(i)
             }
diff --git a/soroban-env-host/src/host/mem_helper.rs b/soroban-env-host/src/host/mem_helper.rs
index c75ee7fd8..13f5f0081 100644
--- a/soroban-env-host/src/host/mem_helper.rs
+++ b/soroban-env-host/src/host/mem_helper.rs
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ impl Host {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn metered_scan_slice_of_slices(
+    pub(crate) fn scan_slice_of_slices(
         &self,
         slices: &[&str],
         mut callback: impl FnMut(usize, &str) -> Result<(), HostError>,