diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/tastyreflect/ReflectionCompilerInterface.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/tastyreflect/ReflectionCompilerInterface.scala
index 0b722f0d862d..ce41a2f6165d 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/tastyreflect/ReflectionCompilerInterface.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/tastyreflect/ReflectionCompilerInterface.scala
@@ -1906,20 +1906,6 @@ class ReflectionCompilerInterface(val rootContext: core.Contexts.Context) extend
     case _ => Some(new scala.internal.quoted.Expr(self, compilerId))
   }
 
-  /** Checked cast to a `quoted.Expr[U]` */
-  def QuotedExpr_cast[U](self: scala.quoted.Expr[?])(using tp: scala.quoted.Type[U], ctx: Context): scala.quoted.Expr[U] = {
-    val tree = QuotedExpr_unseal(self)
-    val expectedType = QuotedType_unseal(tp).tpe
-    if (tree.tpe <:< expectedType)
-      self.asInstanceOf[scala.quoted.Expr[U]]
-    else
-      throw new scala.tasty.reflect.ExprCastError(
-        s"""Expr: ${tree.show}
-           |did not conform to type: ${expectedType.show}
-           |""".stripMargin
-      )
-  }
-
   /** Convert `Type` to an `quoted.Type[?]` */
   def QuotedType_seal(self: Type)(using ctx: Context): scala.quoted.Type[?] = {
     val dummySpan = ctx.owner.span // FIXME
diff --git a/library/src-bootstrapped/scala/quoted/Expr.scala b/library/src-bootstrapped/scala/quoted/Expr.scala
index 7441e5d26306..9c46a968ed17 100644
--- a/library/src-bootstrapped/scala/quoted/Expr.scala
+++ b/library/src-bootstrapped/scala/quoted/Expr.scala
@@ -41,8 +41,18 @@ class Expr[+T] private[scala] {
     !scala.internal.quoted.Expr.unapply[EmptyTuple, EmptyTuple](this)(using that, false, qctx).isEmpty
 
   /** Checked cast to a `quoted.Expr[U]` */
-  def cast[U](using tp: scala.quoted.Type[U])(using qctx: QuoteContext): scala.quoted.Expr[U] =
-    qctx.tasty.internal.QuotedExpr_cast[U](this)(using tp, qctx.tasty.rootContext)
+  def cast[U](using tp: scala.quoted.Type[U])(using qctx: QuoteContext): scala.quoted.Expr[U] = {
+    val tree = this.unseal
+    val expectedType = tp.unseal.tpe
+    if (tree.tpe <:< expectedType)
+      this.asInstanceOf[scala.quoted.Expr[U]]
+    else
+      throw new scala.tasty.reflect.ExprCastError(
+        s"""Expr: ${tree.show}
+           |did not conform to type: ${expectedType.show}
+           |""".stripMargin
+      )
+  }
 
   /** View this expression `quoted.Expr[T]` as a `Term` */
   def unseal(using qctx: QuoteContext): qctx.tasty.Term =
diff --git a/library/src/scala/tasty/reflect/CompilerInterface.scala b/library/src/scala/tasty/reflect/CompilerInterface.scala
index ed901586ce81..354d317cf2b8 100644
--- a/library/src/scala/tasty/reflect/CompilerInterface.scala
+++ b/library/src/scala/tasty/reflect/CompilerInterface.scala
@@ -1443,9 +1443,6 @@ trait CompilerInterface {
   /** View this expression `quoted.Expr[Any]` as a `Term` */
   def QuotedExpr_unseal(self: scala.quoted.Expr[Any])(using ctx: Context): Term
 
-  /** Checked cast to a `quoted.Expr[U]` */
-  def QuotedExpr_cast[U](self: scala.quoted.Expr[Any])(using tp: scala.quoted.Type[U], ctx: Context): scala.quoted.Expr[U]
-
   /** View this expression `quoted.Type[T]` as a `TypeTree` */
   def QuotedType_unseal(self: scala.quoted.Type[_])(using ctx: Context): TypeTree