diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 27c50c07475220..4be4bb737b4268 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6857,6 +6857,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "ouroboros",
  "percentage",
+ "qualifier_attr",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
  "rayon",
diff --git a/programs/sbf/Cargo.lock b/programs/sbf/Cargo.lock
index 895200bce4c5e1..c7a02a7ef4a875 100644
--- a/programs/sbf/Cargo.lock
+++ b/programs/sbf/Cargo.lock
@@ -5551,6 +5551,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "ouroboros",
  "percentage",
+ "qualifier_attr",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "rayon",
  "regex",
diff --git a/runtime/Cargo.toml b/runtime/Cargo.toml
index cfc8b65496a79a..3f872acf45edec 100644
--- a/runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ num_enum = { workspace = true }
 once_cell = { workspace = true }
 ouroboros = { workspace = true }
 percentage = { workspace = true }
+qualifier_attr = { workspace = true }
 rand = { workspace = true }
 rayon = { workspace = true }
 regex = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/runtime/src/accounts_background_service.rs b/runtime/src/accounts_background_service.rs
index dc635f7e67c8fe..627ccbf76adaa5 100644
--- a/runtime/src/accounts_background_service.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/accounts_background_service.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 //! This can be expensive since we have to walk the append vecs being cleaned up.
 
 mod stats;
+#[cfg(feature = "dev-context-only-utils")]
+use qualifier_attr::qualifiers;
 use {
     crate::{
         bank::{Bank, BankSlotDelta, DropCallback},
@@ -501,7 +503,8 @@ pub struct PrunedBanksRequestHandler {
 }
 
 impl PrunedBanksRequestHandler {
-    pub fn handle_request(&self, bank: &Bank) -> usize {
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "dev-context-only-utils", qualifiers(pub))]
+    fn handle_request(&self, bank: &Bank) -> usize {
         let mut banks_to_purge: Vec<_> = self.pruned_banks_receiver.try_iter().collect();
         // We need a stable sort to ensure we purge banks—with the same slot—in the same order
         // they were sent into the channel.