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diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/xref.el b/lisp/progmodes/xref.el
index a5e6edf951d..5d1ba4eaf55 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/xref.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/xref.el
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ This behavior is new in Emacs 28.")
   "A match xref item describes a search result."
   length)
 
-(cl-defgeneric xref-match-length ((item xref-match-item))
+(cl-defmethod xref-match-length ((item xref-match-item))
   "Return the length of the match."
   (xref-match-item-length item))