diff --git a/src/arithmetic/fields.rs b/src/arithmetic/fields.rs
index 6d638c9..46b9a85 100644
--- a/src/arithmetic/fields.rs
+++ b/src/arithmetic/fields.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pub(crate) trait SqrtTableHelpers: ff::PrimeField {
 
 /// This trait is a common interface for dealing with elements of a finite
 /// field.
-pub trait FieldExt: ff::PrimeField + From<bool> + Ord + Group<Scalar = Self> {
+pub trait FieldExt: ff::PrimeField + Ord + Group<Scalar = Self> {
     /// Modulus of the field written as a string for display purposes
     const MODULUS: &'static str;
 
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ pub trait FieldExt: ff::PrimeField + From<bool> + Ord + Group<Scalar = Self> {
     /// Obtains a field element that is congruent to the provided little endian
     /// byte representation of an integer.
     fn from_bytes_wide(bytes: &[u8; 64]) -> Self;
-
-    /// Gets the lower 128 bits of this field element when expressed
-    /// canonically.
-    fn get_lower_128(&self) -> u128;
 }
 
 /// Parameters for a perfect hash function used in square root computation.
diff --git a/src/fields/fp.rs b/src/fields/fp.rs
index f781cff..b505c99 100644
--- a/src/fields/fp.rs
+++ b/src/fields/fp.rs
@@ -767,12 +767,6 @@ impl FieldExt for Fp {
             u64::from_le_bytes(bytes[56..64].try_into().unwrap()),
         ])
     }
-
-    fn get_lower_128(&self) -> u128 {
-        let tmp = Fp::montgomery_reduce(self.0[0], self.0[1], self.0[2], self.0[3], 0, 0, 0, 0);
-
-        u128::from(tmp.0[0]) | (u128::from(tmp.0[1]) << 64)
-    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "gpu")]
diff --git a/src/fields/fq.rs b/src/fields/fq.rs
index 2046530..8f70cb5 100644
--- a/src/fields/fq.rs
+++ b/src/fields/fq.rs
@@ -766,12 +766,6 @@ impl FieldExt for Fq {
             u64::from_le_bytes(bytes[56..64].try_into().unwrap()),
         ])
     }
-
-    fn get_lower_128(&self) -> u128 {
-        let tmp = Fq::montgomery_reduce(self.0[0], self.0[1], self.0[2], self.0[3], 0, 0, 0, 0);
-
-        u128::from(tmp.0[0]) | (u128::from(tmp.0[1]) << 64)
-    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "gpu")]