diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/impl/HashSplitting.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/impl/HashSplitting.java
index 447a1531c..2e17a8149 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/impl/HashSplitting.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/impl/HashSplitting.java
@@ -27,20 +27,18 @@ import static net.openhft.chronicle.core.Maths.isPowerOf2;
 
 public interface HashSplitting extends Marshallable {
 
+    static HashSplitting forSegments(int segments) {
+        assert segments > 0;
+        if (segments == 1)
+            return ForSingleSegment.INSTANCE;
+        if (isPowerOf2(segments))
+            return new ForPowerOf2Segments(segments);
+        return new ForNonPowerOf2Segments(segments);
+    }
+
     int segmentIndex(long hash);
     long segmentHash(long hash);
 
-    class Splitting {
-        static HashSplitting forSegments(int segments) {
-            assert segments > 0;
-            if (segments == 1)
-                return ForSingleSegment.INSTANCE;
-            if (isPowerOf2(segments))
-                return new ForPowerOf2Segments(segments);
-            return new ForNonPowerOf2Segments(segments);
-        }
-    }
-
     enum ForSingleSegment implements HashSplitting, EnumMarshallable<ForSingleSegment> {
         INSTANCE;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/impl/VanillaChronicleHash.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/impl/VanillaChronicleHash.java
index d711a4d0f..3c796e726 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/impl/VanillaChronicleHash.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/impl/VanillaChronicleHash.java
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public abstract class VanillaChronicleHash<K,
         keyDataAccess = keyBuilder.dataAccess();
 
         actualSegments = privateAPI.actualSegments();
-        hashSplitting = HashSplitting.Splitting.forSegments(actualSegments);
+        hashSplitting = HashSplitting.forSegments(actualSegments);
 
         chunkSize = privateAPI.chunkSize();
         maxChunksPerEntry = privateAPI.maxChunksPerEntry();