diff --git a/crates/cargo-test-support/src/registry.rs b/crates/cargo-test-support/src/registry.rs
index 228af17cf693..3926e6da0141 100644
--- a/crates/cargo-test-support/src/registry.rs
+++ b/crates/cargo-test-support/src/registry.rs
@@ -866,16 +866,8 @@ impl Package {
         self
     }
 
-    /// Call with `true` to publish a git dependency in a "local registry".
-    ///
-    /// The difference between this and [Package::local] is that this will
-    /// skip checksum generation as git dependencies do not have checksums.
-    ///
-    /// See `source-replacement.html#local-registry-sources` for more details
-    /// on local registries. See `local_registry.rs` for the tests that use
-    /// this.
-    pub fn local_from_git(&mut self, local: bool) -> &mut Package {
-        self.local = local;
+    /// Call with `true` to prevent a checksum being generated for the package.
+    pub fn skip_checksum(&mut self, local: bool) -> &mut Package {
         self.generate_checksum = !local;
         self
     }
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/local_registry.rs b/tests/testsuite/local_registry.rs
index 2add32fd408d..3c488fb05fe7 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/local_registry.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/local_registry.rs
@@ -563,7 +563,8 @@ fn git_dependencies_do_not_require_a_checksum() {
     t!(fs::create_dir(&root.join(".cargo")));
 
     Package::new("bar", "0.0.1")
-        .local_from_git(true)
+        .local(true)
+        .skip_checksum(true)
         .file("src/lib.rs", "pub fn bar() {}")
         .publish();