diff --git a/Source/IGListAdapter.m b/Source/IGListAdapter.m
index 36b21956..cb9524b2 100644
--- a/Source/IGListAdapter.m
+++ b/Source/IGListAdapter.m
@@ -443,15 +443,6 @@
     _collectionView.backgroundView.hidden = itemCount > 0;
 }
 
-// use the string representation of a reusable view class when registering with a UICollectionView
-- (NSString *)reusableViewIdentifierForClass:(Class)viewClass {
-    return NSStringFromClass(viewClass);
-}
-
-- (NSString *)reusableViewIdentifierForClass:(Class)viewClass elementKind:(NSString *)elementKind {
-    return [elementKind stringByAppendingString:NSStringFromClass(viewClass)];
-}
-
 - (IGListSectionMap *)sectionMapAdjustForUpdateBlock:(BOOL)adjustForUpdateBlock {
     // if we are inside an update block, we may have to use the /previous/ item map for some operations
     if (adjustForUpdateBlock && self.isInUpdateBlock && self.previoussectionMap != nil) {
@@ -720,7 +711,7 @@
     IGParameterAssert(cellClass != nil);
     UICollectionView *collectionView = self.collectionView;
     IGAssert(collectionView != nil, @"Reloading adapter without a collection view.");
-    NSString *identifier = [self reusableViewIdentifierForClass:cellClass];
+    NSString *identifier = IGListReusableViewIdentifier(cellClass, nil);
     NSIndexPath *indexPath = [self indexPathForSectionController:sectionController index:index];
     if (![self.registeredCellClasses containsObject:cellClass]) {
         [self.registeredCellClasses addObject:cellClass];
@@ -736,7 +727,7 @@
     IGAssertMainThread();
     UICollectionView *collectionView = self.collectionView;
     IGAssert(collectionView != nil, @"Reloading adapter without a collection view.");
-    NSString *identifier = [self reusableViewIdentifierForClass:viewClass elementKind:elementKind];
+    NSString *identifier = IGListReusableViewIdentifier(viewClass, elementKind);
     NSIndexPath *indexPath = [self indexPathForSectionController:sectionController index:index];
     if (![self.registeredSupplementaryViewIdentifiers containsObject:identifier]) {
         [self.registeredSupplementaryViewIdentifiers addObject:identifier];
diff --git a/Source/Internal/IGListAdapterInternal.h b/Source/Internal/IGListAdapterInternal.h
index 3dd217ab..9f1e5701 100644
--- a/Source/Internal/IGListAdapterInternal.h
+++ b/Source/Internal/IGListAdapterInternal.h
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
+/// Generate a string representation of a reusable view class when registering with a UICollectionView.
+NS_INLINE NSString *IGListReusableViewIdentifier(Class viewClass, NSString * _Nullable kind) {
+  return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@", kind ?: @"", NSStringFromClass(viewClass)];
+}
+
 @interface IGListAdapter ()
 <
 UICollectionViewDataSource,
@@ -55,8 +60,6 @@ IGListCollectionContext
                                      indexes:(NSIndexSet *)indexes
                         adjustForUpdateBlock:(BOOL)adjustForUpdateBlock;
 
-- (NSString *)reusableViewIdentifierForClass:(Class)viewClass;
-
 @end
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
diff --git a/Tests/IGListAdapterTests.m b/Tests/IGListAdapterTests.m
index 08d15e34..de7c307d 100644
--- a/Tests/IGListAdapterTests.m
+++ b/Tests/IGListAdapterTests.m
@@ -143,10 +143,15 @@
 }
 
 - (void)test_whenQueryingReusableIdentifier_thatIdentifierEqualsClassName {
-    NSString *identifier = [self.adapter reusableViewIdentifierForClass:UICollectionViewCell.class];
+    NSString *identifier = IGListReusableViewIdentifier(UICollectionViewCell.class, nil);
     XCTAssertEqualObjects(identifier, @"UICollectionViewCell");
 }
 
+- (void)test_whenQueryingReusableIdentifier_thatIdentifierEqualsClassNameAndSupplimentaryKind {
+    NSString *identifier = IGListReusableViewIdentifier(UICollectionViewCell.class, UICollectionElementKindSectionFooter);
+    XCTAssertEqualObjects(identifier, @"UICollectionElementKindSectionFooterUICollectionViewCell");
+}
+
 - (void)test_whenDataSourceChanges_thatBackgroundViewVisibilityChanges {
     self.dataSource.objects = @[@1];
     UIView *background = [[UIView alloc] init];