diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/refresh_helper.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/refresh_helper.go
index 7988c3697..5eb699da2 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/refresh_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/refresh_helper.go
@@ -1851,7 +1851,8 @@ func (self *RefreshHelper) setGithubPullRequests(baseInfo *githubRemoteInfo, bra
 		// This lands whenever the network call happens to return, and only
 		// changes how the branches are rendered, not which one is selected, so
 		// it has no business moving the viewport.
-		self.c.PostRefreshUpdateKeepingScrollPosition(self.c.Contexts().Branches)
+		self.c.PostRefreshUpdateWithOptions(self.c.Contexts().Branches,
+			types.OnFocusOpts{KeepScrollPosition: true})
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/local_commits_controller.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/local_commits_controller.go
index 43d62f0cc..b1f89baa9 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/local_commits_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/local_commits_controller.go
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ func (self *LocalCommitsController) handleCommitDrag(opts gocui.ViewMouseBinding
 
 	self.commitDrag.hasMoved = true
 	if self.updateCommitDragInsertion(opts.Y) {
-		self.c.PostRefreshUpdateKeepingScrollPosition(self.context())
+		self.c.PostRefreshUpdateWithOptions(self.context(),
+			types.OnFocusOpts{KeepScrollPosition: true})
 	}
 	originY := self.context().GetView().OriginY()
 	self.dragAutoscroller.Update(opts.Y - originY)
diff --git a/pkg/gui/gui_common.go b/pkg/gui/gui_common.go
index 86b0455ee..692df5142 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/gui_common.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/gui_common.go
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@ func (self *guiCommon) PostRefreshUpdateWithOptions(context types.Context, opts
 	self.gui.postRefreshUpdate(context, opts)
 }
 
-func (self *guiCommon) PostRefreshUpdateKeepingScrollPosition(context types.Context) {
-	self.gui.postRefreshUpdate(context, types.OnFocusOpts{KeepScrollPosition: true})
-}
-
 func (self *guiCommon) RunSubprocessAndRefresh(cmdObj *oscommands.CmdObj) error {
 	return self.gui.runSubprocessWithSuspenseAndRefresh(cmdObj)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/gui/types/common.go b/pkg/gui/types/common.go
index 85fabeb13..92cc141cf 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/types/common.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/types/common.go
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ type IGuiCommon interface {
 	// Like PostRefreshUpdate, with control over scrolling and whether to update
 	// the main view.
 	PostRefreshUpdateWithOptions(Context, OnFocusOpts)
-	// Like PostRefreshUpdate, but leaves the view scrolled where it is. For
-	// refreshes that no user action is behind: those must not move the viewport
-	// away from wherever the user last put it.
-	PostRefreshUpdateKeepingScrollPosition(Context)
 
 	// renders string to a view without resetting its origin
 	SetViewContent(view *gocui.View, content string)