diff --git a/src/review/review-eligibility.ts b/src/review/review-eligibility.ts
index cf38e100a..464177be9 100644
--- a/src/review/review-eligibility.ts
+++ b/src/review/review-eligibility.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,3 @@ export function decideReviewEligibility(input: ReviewEligibilityInput): ReviewEl
 
   return REVIEW_ELIGIBLE;
 }
-
-export function isIgnoredReviewAuthor(input: ReviewEligibilityInput): boolean {
-  return !decideReviewEligibility(input).eligible;
-}
diff --git a/test/unit/review-eligibility.test.ts b/test/unit/review-eligibility.test.ts
index 0627d2543..ebe685954 100644
--- a/test/unit/review-eligibility.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/review-eligibility.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { decideReviewEligibility, isIgnoredReviewAuthor } from "../../src/review/review-eligibility";
+import { decideReviewEligibility } from "../../src/review/review-eligibility";
 
 describe("decideReviewEligibility", () => {
   it("keeps authors eligible when no ignore list is configured", () => {
@@ -87,11 +87,6 @@ describe("decideReviewEligibility", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it("exposes a boolean helper for compact call sites", () => {
-    expect(isIgnoredReviewAuthor({ authorLogin: "renovate[bot]", ignoreAuthors: ["renovate*"] })).toBe(true);
-    expect(isIgnoredReviewAuthor({ authorLogin: "alice", ignoreAuthors: ["renovate*"] })).toBe(false);
-  });
-
   it("treats a nullish ignore list as the default empty list", () => {
     expect(decideReviewEligibility({ authorLogin: "renovate", ignoreAuthors: null })).toEqual({
       eligible: true,