diff --git a/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/sparse_compressors/base.py b/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/sparse_compressors/base.py
index d15057ce..12b43287 100644
--- a/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/sparse_compressors/base.py
+++ b/src/compressed_tensors/compressors/sparse_compressors/base.py
@@ -127,15 +127,17 @@ def decompress(
             yield other_name, value
 
     @staticmethod
-    def should_compress(name: str, targets: Optional[Set[str]] = None) -> bool:
+    def should_compress(name: str, expanded_targets: Optional[Set[str]] = None) -> bool:
         """
         Check if a parameter should be compressed
 
         :param name: name of the parameter
-        :param targets: set of layer prefixes to compress
+        :param expanded_targets: set of layer prefixes to compress
         :return: whether or not the parameter should be compressed
         """
-        if targets is None:
+        if expanded_targets is None:
             return name.endswith(".weight")
 
-        return name.endswith(".weight") and name[: -(len(".weight"))] in targets
+        return (
+            name.endswith(".weight") and name[: -(len(".weight"))] in expanded_targets
+        )
diff --git a/src/compressed_tensors/utils/safetensors_load.py b/src/compressed_tensors/utils/safetensors_load.py
index e4f8d7a7..11f0f326 100644
--- a/src/compressed_tensors/utils/safetensors_load.py
+++ b/src/compressed_tensors/utils/safetensors_load.py
@@ -32,11 +32,10 @@
     "get_nested_weight_mappings",
     "get_quantization_state_dict",
     "is_quantization_param",
-    "get_nested_mappings_from_state_dict",
 ]
 
-WEIGHT_MAPPING_TYPE = Dict[str, str]
-NESTED_WEIGHT_MAPPING_TYPE = Dict[str, WEIGHT_MAPPING_TYPE]
+WeightMappingType = Dict[str, str]
+NestedWeightMappingType = Dict[str, WeightMappingType]
 
 
 def get_safetensors_folder(
@@ -181,9 +180,7 @@ def get_weight_mappings(path_to_model_or_tensors: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
 
 def get_nested_weight_mappings(
     model_path: str, params_to_nest: List[str], return_other_params: bool = False
-) -> Union[
-    NESTED_WEIGHT_MAPPING_TYPE, Tuple[NESTED_WEIGHT_MAPPING_TYPE, WEIGHT_MAPPING_TYPE]
-]:
+) -> Union[NestedWeightMappingType, Tuple[NestedWeightMappingType, WeightMappingType]]:
     """
     Takes a path to a state dict saved in safetensors format and returns a nested
     mapping from uncompressed parameterized layer names to the file locations of each
@@ -256,17 +253,3 @@ def is_quantization_param(name: str) -> bool:
         return True
 
     return False
-
-
-def get_nested_mappings_from_state_dict(state_dict, params_to_nest):
-    nested_weight_mappings = {}
-    for key in state_dict.keys():
-        for param_name in params_to_nest:
-            maybe_match = match_param_name(key, param_name)
-            if maybe_match is not None:
-                dense_param = maybe_match
-                if dense_param not in nested_weight_mappings:
-                    nested_weight_mappings[dense_param] = {}
-                nested_weight_mappings[dense_param][param_name] = state_dict[key]
-
-    return nested_weight_mappings
diff --git a/tests/test_quantization/lifecycle/test_apply.py b/tests/test_quantization/lifecycle/test_apply.py
index 7474795b..d1799a39 100644
--- a/tests/test_quantization/lifecycle/test_apply.py
+++ b/tests/test_quantization/lifecycle/test_apply.py
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ def test_apply_quantization_status(caplog, ignore, should_raise_warning):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "targets, ignore, expected",
+    "targets, ignore, expected_targets",
     [
         ([], [], set()),
         (["layer1", "layer2"], [], {"layer1", "layer2"}),
@@ -305,13 +305,13 @@ def test_apply_quantization_status(caplog, ignore, should_raise_warning):
         (["re:layer.*"], ["layer3"], {"layer1", "layer2"}),
     ],
 )
-def test_expand_targets_with_mock(mock_model, targets, ignore, expected):
-    result = expand_targets(mock_model, targets, ignore)
-    assert result == expected
+def test_expand_targets_with_mock(mock_model, targets, ignore, expected_targets):
+    expanded_targets = expand_targets(mock_model, targets, ignore)
+    assert expanded_targets == expected_targets
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "targets, ignore, expected",
+    "targets, ignore, expected_targets",
     [
         (
             ["re:model.layers.[01].self_attn.q_proj"],
@@ -344,10 +344,10 @@ def test_expand_targets_with_mock(mock_model, targets, ignore, expected):
     ],
 )
 def test_expand_targets_with_llama_stories(
-    llama_stories_model, targets, ignore, expected
+    llama_stories_model, targets, ignore, expected_targets
 ):
-    actual_targets = expand_targets(llama_stories_model, targets, ignore)
-    assert actual_targets == expected
+    expanded_targets = expand_targets(llama_stories_model, targets, ignore)
+    assert expanded_targets == expected_targets
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(