diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/RawMustacheTag.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/RawMustacheTag.ts
index 4b28815993..7810d8f099 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/RawMustacheTag.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/RawMustacheTag.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export default class RawMustacheTagWrapper extends Tag {
 			block.chunks.create.push(b`${html_tag} = new @HtmlTag(${is_svg ? 'true' : 'false'});`);
 
 			if (this.renderer.options.hydratable) {
-				block.chunks.claim.push(b`${html_tag} = ${is_svg ? '@claim_svg_tag' : '@claim_html_tag'}(${_parent_nodes});`);
+				block.chunks.claim.push(b`${html_tag} = @claim_html_tag(${_parent_nodes}, ${is_svg ? 'true' : 'false'});`);
 			}
 			block.chunks.hydrate.push(b`${html_tag}.a = ${update_anchor};`);
 			block.chunks.mount.push(b`${html_tag}.m(${init}, ${parent_node || '#target'}, ${parent_node ? null : '#anchor'});`);
diff --git a/src/runtime/internal/dom.ts b/src/runtime/internal/dom.ts
index 5bacaf2fcf..cadc1abbaa 100644
--- a/src/runtime/internal/dom.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/internal/dom.ts
@@ -492,15 +492,8 @@ function find_comment(nodes, text, start) {
 	return nodes.length;
 }
 
-export function claim_html_tag(nodes) {
-	return claim_tag(nodes, false);
-}
-
-export function claim_svg_tag(nodes) {
-	return claim_tag(nodes, true);
-}
 
-function claim_tag(nodes, is_svg: boolean) {
+export function claim_html_tag(nodes, is_svg: boolean) {
 	// find html opening tag
 	const start_index = find_comment(nodes, 'HTML_TAG_START', 0);
 	const end_index = find_comment(nodes, 'HTML_TAG_END', start_index);