diff --git a/Src/Base/AMReX_BoxArray.H b/Src/Base/AMReX_BoxArray.H
index 43763f2310e..e3ad9a9c9a7 100644
--- a/Src/Base/AMReX_BoxArray.H
+++ b/Src/Base/AMReX_BoxArray.H
@@ -804,6 +804,9 @@ public:
     //! Make ourselves unique.
     void uniqify ();
 
+    BoxList const& simplified_list () const; // For regular AMR grids only!!!
+    BoxArray simplified () const; // For regular AMR grids only!!!
+
     friend class AmrMesh;
     friend class FabArrayBase;
 
@@ -811,9 +814,6 @@ private:
     //!  Update BoxArray index type according the box type, and then convert boxes to cell-centered.
     void type_update ();
 
-    BoxList const& simplified_list () const; // For regular AMR grids only
-    BoxArray simplified () const;
-
     BARef::HashType& getHashMap () const;
 
     IntVect getDoiLo () const noexcept;