diff --git a/rules/alerting.go b/rules/alerting.go
index d7cf5545e..b3fe2ea2a 100644
--- a/rules/alerting.go
+++ b/rules/alerting.go
@@ -126,19 +126,14 @@ func (rule *AlertingRule) Name() string {
 	return rule.name
 }
 
-// EvalRaw returns the raw value of the rule expression, without creating alerts.
-func (rule *AlertingRule) EvalRaw(timestamp clientmodel.Timestamp, engine *promql.Engine) (promql.Vector, error) {
+// Eval evaluates the rule expression and then creates pending alerts and fires
+// or removes previously pending alerts accordingly.
+func (rule *AlertingRule) Eval(timestamp clientmodel.Timestamp, engine *promql.Engine) (promql.Vector, error) {
 	query, err := engine.NewInstantQuery(rule.Vector.String(), timestamp)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return query.Exec().Vector()
-}
-
-// Eval evaluates the rule expression and then creates pending alerts and fires
-// or removes previously pending alerts accordingly.
-func (rule *AlertingRule) Eval(timestamp clientmodel.Timestamp, engine *promql.Engine) (promql.Vector, error) {
-	exprResult, err := rule.EvalRaw(timestamp, engine)
+	exprResult, err := query.Exec().Vector()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/rules/recording.go b/rules/recording.go
index 95bb3d262..8a94048b6 100644
--- a/rules/recording.go
+++ b/rules/recording.go
@@ -34,18 +34,13 @@ type RecordingRule struct {
 // Name returns the rule name.
 func (rule RecordingRule) Name() string { return rule.name }
 
-// EvalRaw returns the raw value of the rule expression.
-func (rule RecordingRule) EvalRaw(timestamp clientmodel.Timestamp, engine *promql.Engine) (promql.Vector, error) {
+// Eval evaluates the rule and then overrides the metric names and labels accordingly.
+func (rule RecordingRule) Eval(timestamp clientmodel.Timestamp, engine *promql.Engine) (promql.Vector, error) {
 	query, err := engine.NewInstantQuery(rule.vector.String(), timestamp)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return query.Exec().Vector()
-}
-
-// Eval evaluates the rule and then overrides the metric names and labels accordingly.
-func (rule RecordingRule) Eval(timestamp clientmodel.Timestamp, engine *promql.Engine) (promql.Vector, error) {
-	vector, err := rule.EvalRaw(timestamp, engine)
+	vector, err := query.Exec().Vector()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/rules/rules.go b/rules/rules.go
index 2af1d5c61..88a89705f 100644
--- a/rules/rules.go
+++ b/rules/rules.go
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import (
 type Rule interface {
 	// Name returns the name of the rule.
 	Name() string
-	// EvalRaw evaluates the rule's vector expression without triggering any
-	// other actions, like recording or alerting.
-	EvalRaw(clientmodel.Timestamp, *promql.Engine) (promql.Vector, error)
 	// Eval evaluates the rule, including any associated recording or alerting actions.
 	Eval(clientmodel.Timestamp, *promql.Engine) (promql.Vector, error)
 	// DotGraph returns a Graphviz dot graph of the rule.