diff --git a/readers/generating_v2.hh b/readers/generating_v2.hh
index 4cf8f2476c..27ba53ff44 100644
--- a/readers/generating_v2.hh
+++ b/readers/generating_v2.hh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class mutation_reader;
 class reader_permit;
 
 mutation_reader
-make_generating_reader_v2(schema_ptr s, reader_permit permit, noncopyable_function<future<mutation_fragment_v2_opt> ()> get_next_fragment);
+make_generating_reader(schema_ptr s, reader_permit permit, noncopyable_function<future<mutation_fragment_v2_opt> ()> get_next_fragment);
 
 mutation_reader
 make_generating_reader_v1(schema_ptr s, reader_permit permit, noncopyable_function<future<mutation_fragment_opt> ()> get_next_fragment);
diff --git a/readers/mutation_readers.cc b/readers/mutation_readers.cc
index 71dd2e94f6..6adb54f805 100644
--- a/readers/mutation_readers.cc
+++ b/readers/mutation_readers.cc
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ public:
     }
 };
 
-mutation_reader make_generating_reader_v2(schema_ptr s, reader_permit permit, noncopyable_function<future<mutation_fragment_v2_opt> ()> get_next_fragment) {
+mutation_reader make_generating_reader(schema_ptr s, reader_permit permit, noncopyable_function<future<mutation_fragment_v2_opt> ()> get_next_fragment) {
     return make_mutation_reader<generating_reader_v2>(std::move(s), std::move(permit), std::move(get_next_fragment));
 }
 
diff --git a/test/boost/mutation_reader_test.cc b/test/boost/mutation_reader_test.cc
index c4bbfef605..d497bb988d 100644
--- a/test/boost/mutation_reader_test.cc
+++ b/test/boost/mutation_reader_test.cc
@@ -4281,7 +4281,7 @@ SEASTAR_THREAD_TEST_CASE(test_generating_reader_v2) {
                 streamed_mutation::forwarding fwd_sm,
                 mutation_reader::forwarding fwd_mr) {
             auto underlying = make_mutation_reader_from_mutations(schema, permit, squash_mutations(muts), range, slice);
-            auto rd = make_next_partition_adaptor(make_generating_reader_v2(schema, permit, closing_holder(std::move(underlying))));
+            auto rd = make_next_partition_adaptor(make_generating_reader(schema, permit, closing_holder(std::move(underlying))));
             if (fwd_sm == streamed_mutation::forwarding::yes) {
                 return make_forwardable(std::move(rd));
             }
diff --git a/test/boost/mutation_writer_test.cc b/test/boost/mutation_writer_test.cc
index 5a4a5ebea6..80758e7cd2 100644
--- a/test/boost/mutation_writer_test.cc
+++ b/test/boost/mutation_writer_test.cc
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ SEASTAR_TEST_CASE(test_multishard_writer_producer_aborts) {
             auto& sharder = s->get_sharder();
             try {
                 distribute_reader_and_consume_on_shards(s, sharder,
-                    make_generating_reader_v2(s, make_reader_permit(e), std::move(get_next_mutation_fragment)),
+                    make_generating_reader(s, make_reader_permit(e), std::move(get_next_mutation_fragment)),
                     [&sharder, error] (mutation_reader reader) mutable {
                         if (error) {
                           return reader.close().then([] {
diff --git a/tools/scylla-sstable.cc b/tools/scylla-sstable.cc
index 9aace1eea7..72f45ebb56 100644
--- a/tools/scylla-sstable.cc
+++ b/tools/scylla-sstable.cc
@@ -2637,7 +2637,7 @@ void write_operation(schema_ptr schema, reader_permit permit, const std::vector<
     auto ifile = open_file_dma(input_file, open_flags::ro).get();
     auto istream = make_file_input_stream(std::move(ifile));
     auto parser = json_mutation_stream_parser{schema, permit, std::move(istream)};
-    auto reader = make_generating_reader_v2(schema, permit, std::move(parser));
+    auto reader = make_generating_reader(schema, permit, std::move(parser));
     auto writer_cfg = manager.configure_writer("scylla-sstable");
     writer_cfg.validation_level = validation_level;
     auto local = data_dictionary::make_local_options(output_dir);