diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Entity/Term.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Entity/Term.php
index 995030a..976e6d4 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Entity/Term.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/Entity/Term.php
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ public static function postDelete(EntityStorageInterface $storage, array $entiti
 
     // Delete term hierarchy information after looking up orphans but before
     // deleting them so that their children/parent information is consistent.
-    $storage->deleteTermsFromTermHierarchy(array_keys($entities));
+    $storage->deleteTermHierarchy(array_keys($entities));
+    $storage->deleteTermHierarchyByParent(array_keys($entities));
 
     if (!empty($orphans)) {
       entity_delete_multiple('taxonomy_term', $orphans);
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/src/TermStorage.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/TermStorage.php
index 4ae132e..836da9e 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/src/TermStorage.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/TermStorage.php
@@ -115,14 +115,6 @@ public function deleteTermHierarchyByParent($pids) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Removes the terms and reference to parents from term_hierarchy.
-   */
-  public function deleteTermsFromTermHierarchy($tids) {
-    $this->deleteTermHierarchy($tids);
-    $this->deleteTermHierarchyByParent($tids);
-  }
-
-  /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function updateTermHierarchy(EntityInterface $term) {
diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/src/TermStorageInterface.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/TermStorageInterface.php
index 00f37fd..9786f17 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/src/TermStorageInterface.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/TermStorageInterface.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public function deleteTermHierarchy($tids);
 
   /**
    * Removes reference to terms from term_hierarchy parent.
+   *
    * @param array $pids
    *  Array of parent terms that need to be removed from hierarchy.
    */