diff --git a/pkg/reporegistry/reporegistry.go b/pkg/reporegistry/reporegistry.go
index 43db679373..aab3594817 100644
--- a/pkg/reporegistry/reporegistry.go
+++ b/pkg/reporegistry/reporegistry.go
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ package reporegistry
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
 
-	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/distro"
 	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/distroidparser"
 	"github.com/osbuild/images/pkg/rpmmd"
 )
@@ -38,26 +36,12 @@ func NewFromDistrosRepoConfigs(distrosRepoConfigs rpmmd.DistrosRepoConfigs) *Rep
 	return &RepoRegistry{distrosRepoConfigs}
 }
 
-// ReposByImageType returns a slice of rpmmd.RepoConfig instances, which should be used for building the specific
-// image type. All repositories for the associated distribution and architecture, without any ImageTypeTags set,
-// are always part of the returned slice. In addition, if there are repositories tagged with the specific image
-// type name, these are added to the returned slice as well.
-func (r *RepoRegistry) ReposByImageType(imageType distro.ImageType) ([]rpmmd.RepoConfig, error) {
-	if imageType.Arch() == nil || reflect.ValueOf(imageType.Arch()).IsNil() {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("there is no architecture associated with the provided image type")
-	}
-	if imageType.Arch().Distro() == nil || reflect.ValueOf(imageType.Arch().Distro()).IsNil() {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("there is no distribution associated with the architecture associated with the provided image type")
-	}
-	return r.reposByImageTypeName(imageType.Arch().Distro().Name(), imageType.Arch().Name(), imageType.Name())
-}
-
-// reposByImageTypeName returns a slice of rpmmd.RepoConfig instances, which should be used for building the specific
+// ReposByImageTypeName returns a slice of rpmmd.RepoConfig instances, which should be used for building the specific
 // image type name (of a given distribution and architecture). The method does not verify
 // if the given image type name is actually part of the architecture definition of the provided name.
 // Therefore in general, all common distro-arch-specific repositories are returned for any image type name,
 // even for non-existing ones.
-func (r *RepoRegistry) reposByImageTypeName(distro, arch, imageType string) ([]rpmmd.RepoConfig, error) {
+func (r *RepoRegistry) ReposByImageTypeName(distro, arch, imageType string) ([]rpmmd.RepoConfig, error) {
 	repositories := []rpmmd.RepoConfig{}
 
 	archRepos, err := r.ReposByArchName(distro, arch, true)
diff --git a/pkg/reporegistry/reporegistry_test.go b/pkg/reporegistry/reporegistry_test.go
index 8e58bd3841..7124f42cad 100644
--- a/pkg/reporegistry/reporegistry_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reporegistry/reporegistry_test.go
@@ -95,21 +95,9 @@ func TestReposByImageType_reposByImageTypeName(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got, err := rr.ReposByImageType(tt.args.input)
+			got, err := rr.ReposByImageTypeName(tt.args.input.Arch().Distro().Name(), tt.args.input.Arch().Name(), tt.args.input.Name())
 			assert.Nil(t, err)
-
-			var gotNames []string
-			for _, r := range got {
-				gotNames = append(gotNames, r.Name)
-			}
-
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotNames, tt.want) {
-				t.Errorf("ReposByImageType() =\n got: %#v\n want: %#v", gotNames, tt.want)
-			}
-
-			got, err = rr.reposByImageTypeName(tt.args.input.Arch().Distro().Name(), tt.args.input.Arch().Name(), tt.args.input.Name())
-			assert.Nil(t, err)
-			gotNames = []string{}
+			gotNames := []string{}
 			for _, r := range got {
 				gotNames = append(gotNames, r.Name)
 			}
@@ -121,18 +109,6 @@ func TestReposByImageType_reposByImageTypeName(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestInvalidReposByImageType tests return values from ReposByImageType
-// for invalid values
-func TestInvalidReposByImageType(t *testing.T) {
-	rr := getTestingRepoRegistry()
-
-	ti := test_distro.TestImageType{}
-
-	repos, err := rr.ReposByImageType(&ti)
-	assert.Nil(t, repos)
-	assert.NotNil(t, err)
-}
-
 // TestInvalidreposByImageTypeName tests return values from reposByImageTypeName
 // for invalid distro name, arch and image type
 func TestInvalidreposByImageTypeName(t *testing.T) {
@@ -222,7 +198,7 @@ func TestInvalidreposByImageTypeName(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got, err := rr.reposByImageTypeName(tt.args.distro, tt.args.arch, tt.args.imageType)
+			got, err := rr.ReposByImageTypeName(tt.args.distro, tt.args.arch, tt.args.imageType)
 			assert.True(t, tt.want(got, err))
 		})
 	}