diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeOpHelper.java b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeOpHelper.java
index 05d0192..09a809b 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeOpHelper.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-btree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/btree/dataflow/BTreeOpHelper.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.dataflow;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.btree.impls.BTree;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IFreePageManager;
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.TreeIndexOpHelper;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.frames.LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.freepage.LinkedListFreePageManager;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
 
 public class BTreeOpHelper extends TreeIndexOpHelper {
@@ -33,9 +31,4 @@
         return new BTree(bufferCache, opDesc.getTreeIndexFieldCount(), cmp, freePageManager, opDesc.getTreeIndexInteriorFactory(),
                 opDesc.getTreeIndexLeafFactory());
     }
-
-    // TODO: Is there still a need for this?
-    public MultiComparator createMultiComparator(IBinaryComparator[] comparators) throws HyracksDataException {
-        return new MultiComparator(comparators);
-    }
 }
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diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexOpHelper.java b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexOpHelper.java
index 5dbe709..797ae1e 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexOpHelper.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/common/dataflow/TreeIndexOpHelper.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
             for (int i = 0; i < opDesc.getTreeIndexComparatorFactories().length; i++) {
                 comparators[i] = opDesc.getTreeIndexComparatorFactories()[i].createBinaryComparator();
             }
-            cmp = createMultiComparator(comparators);
+            cmp = new MultiComparator(comparators);
             treeIndex = createTreeIndex();
             if (mode == IndexHelperOpenMode.CREATE) {
                 ITreeIndexMetaDataFrame metaFrame = treeIndex.getFreePageManager().getMetaDataFrameFactory()
diff --git a/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/dataflow/RTreeOpHelper.java b/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/dataflow/RTreeOpHelper.java
index eb8e0ad..8c83636 100644
--- a/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/dataflow/RTreeOpHelper.java
+++ b/hyracks-storage-am-rtree/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/storage/am/rtree/dataflow/RTreeOpHelper.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.dataflow;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IFreePageManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndex;
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.dataflow.TreeIndexOpHelper;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.frames.LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.freepage.LinkedListFreePageManager;
-import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers.MultiComparator;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.impls.RTree;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.IBufferCache;
 
@@ -48,9 +46,4 @@
 				freePageManager, opDesc.getTreeIndexInteriorFactory(),
 				opDesc.getTreeIndexLeafFactory());
 	}
-
-	public MultiComparator createMultiComparator(IBinaryComparator[] comparators)
-			throws HyracksDataException {
-		return new MultiComparator(comparators);
-	}
 }
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