diff --git a/src/components/app/app.ts b/src/components/app/app.ts
index cdd3a67273..ccea638f0b 100644
--- a/src/components/app/app.ts
+++ b/src/components/app/app.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ export class App {
   }
 
   /**
+   * @private
    * Sets if the app is currently enabled or not, meaning if it's
    * available to accept new user commands. For example, this is set to `false`
    * while views transition, a modal slides up, an action-sheet
@@ -119,11 +120,12 @@ export class App {
   }
 
   /**
+   * @private
    * Toggles whether an application can be scrolled
    * @param {boolean} disableScroll when set to `false`, the application's
    * scrolling is enabled. When set to `true`, scrolling is disabled.
    */
-  setScrollDisabled(disableScroll: boolean) {
+  _setDisableScroll(disableScroll: boolean) {
     if (this._disableScrollAssist) {
       this._appRoot._disableScroll(disableScroll);
     }
diff --git a/src/gestures/gesture-controller.ts b/src/gestures/gesture-controller.ts
index 647b4639f5..1e5b3d749b 100644
--- a/src/gestures/gesture-controller.ts
+++ b/src/gestures/gesture-controller.ts
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export class GestureController {
     this.disabledScroll.add(id);
     if (this._app && isEnabled && this.isScrollDisabled()) {
       console.debug('GestureController: Disabling scrolling');
-      this._app.setScrollDisabled(true);
+      this._app._setDisableScroll(true);
     }
   }
 
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ export class GestureController {
     this.disabledScroll.delete(id);
     if (this._app && isDisabled && !this.isScrollDisabled()) {
       console.debug('GestureController: Enabling scrolling');
-      this._app.setScrollDisabled(false);
+      this._app._setDisableScroll(false);
     }
   }