diff --git a/includes/Api/QueryAbuseLog.php b/includes/Api/QueryAbuseLog.php
index d5c233c01..2d7a73e42 100644
--- a/includes/Api/QueryAbuseLog.php
+++ b/includes/Api/QueryAbuseLog.php
@@ -327,9 +327,8 @@ class QueryAbuseLog extends ApiQueryBase {
 				}
 			}
 
-			$hidden = SpecialAbuseLog::isHidden( $row );
-			if ( $fld_hidden && $hidden ) {
-				$entry['hidden'] = $hidden;
+			if ( $fld_hidden ) {
+				$entry['hidden'] = (bool)$row->afl_deleted;
 			}
 
 			if ( $entry ) {
diff --git a/includes/Pager/AbuseLogPager.php b/includes/Pager/AbuseLogPager.php
index 820f30ccd..8cb9ae1fc 100644
--- a/includes/Pager/AbuseLogPager.php
+++ b/includes/Pager/AbuseLogPager.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use MediaWiki\Extension\AbuseFilter\CentralDBNotAvailableException;
 use MediaWiki\Extension\AbuseFilter\Special\SpecialAbuseLog;
 use MediaWiki\Linker\LinkRenderer;
 use MediaWiki\Linker\LinkTarget;
+use MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices;
 use MediaWiki\Permissions\PermissionManager;
 use ReverseChronologicalPager;
 use Sanitizer;
@@ -274,15 +275,14 @@ class AbuseLogPager extends ReverseChronologicalPager {
 		}
 
 		$attribs = null;
-		$isHidden = SpecialAbuseLog::isHidden( $row );
 		if (
 			$this->isHidingEntry( $row ) === true ||
 			// If isHidingEntry is false, we've just unhidden the row
-			( $this->isHidingEntry( $row ) === null && $isHidden === true )
+			( $this->isHidingEntry( $row ) === null && $row->afl_deleted )
 		) {
 			$attribs = [ 'class' => 'mw-abusefilter-log-hidden-entry' ];
 		}
-		if ( $isHidden === 'implicit' ) {
+		if ( self::entryHasAssociatedDeletedRev( $row ) ) {
 			$description .= ' ' .
 				$this->msg( 'abusefilter-log-hidden-implicit' )->parse();
 		}
@@ -408,6 +408,21 @@ class AbuseLogPager extends ReverseChronologicalPager {
 		$result->seek( 0 );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @param stdClass $row
+	 * @return bool
+	 * @todo This should be moved elsewhere
+	 */
+	private static function entryHasAssociatedDeletedRev( stdClass $row ): bool {
+		if ( !$row->afl_rev_id ) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		$revision = MediaWikiServices::getInstance()
+			->getRevisionLookup()
+			->getRevisionById( $row->afl_rev_id );
+		return $revision && $revision->getVisibility() !== 0;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Check whether the entry passed in is being currently hidden/unhidden.
 	 * This is used to format the entries list shown when updating visibility, and is necessary because
diff --git a/includes/Special/SpecialAbuseLog.php b/includes/Special/SpecialAbuseLog.php
index 34f84f01a..d237c18cf 100644
--- a/includes/Special/SpecialAbuseLog.php
+++ b/includes/Special/SpecialAbuseLog.php
@@ -1082,33 +1082,6 @@ class SpecialAbuseLog extends AbuseFilterSpecialPage {
 		return $cache[$userName][$userId];
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Given a log entry row, decides whether or not it can be viewed by the public.
-	 *
-	 * @param stdClass $row The abuse_filter_log row object.
-	 *
-	 * @return bool|string true if the item is explicitly hidden, false if it is not.
-	 *    The string 'implicit' if it is hidden because the corresponding revision is hidden.
-	 * @todo Stop using this method.
-	 */
-	public static function isHidden( $row ) {
-		// First, check if the entry is hidden. Since this is an oversight-level deletion,
-		// it's more important than the associated revision being deleted.
-		if ( $row->afl_deleted ) {
-			return true;
-		}
-		if ( $row->afl_rev_id ) {
-			$revision = MediaWikiServices::getInstance()
-				->getRevisionLookup()
-				->getRevisionById( $row->afl_rev_id );
-			if ( $revision && $revision->getVisibility() !== 0 ) {
-				return 'implicit';
-			}
-		}
-
-		return false;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @param stdClass $row
 	 * @param Authority $authority