diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_format.h b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_format.h
index c9a4dee3a..aac71de9c 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_format.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_format.h
@@ -143,6 +143,42 @@ struct CowOperation {
     uint64_t source;
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
+// The on disk format of cow (currently ==  CowOperation)
+struct CowOperationV2 {
+    // The operation code (see the constants and structures below).
+    uint8_t type;
+
+    // If this operation reads from the data section of the COW, this contains
+    // the compression type of that data (see constants below).
+    uint8_t compression;
+
+    // If this operation reads from the data section of the COW, this contains
+    // the length.
+    uint16_t data_length;
+
+    // The block of data in the new image that this operation modifies.
+    uint64_t new_block;
+
+    // The value of |source| depends on the operation code.
+    //
+    // For copy operations, this is a block location in the source image.
+    //
+    // For replace operations, this is a byte offset within the COW's data
+    // sections (eg, not landing within the header or metadata). It is an
+    // absolute position within the image.
+    //
+    // For zero operations (replace with all zeroes), this is unused and must
+    // be zero.
+    //
+    // For Label operations, this is the value of the applied label.
+    //
+    // For Cluster operations, this is the length of the following data region
+    //
+    // For Xor operations, this is the byte location in the source image.
+    uint64_t source;
+} __attribute__((packed));
+
+static_assert(sizeof(CowOperationV2) == sizeof(CowOperation));
 static_assert(sizeof(CowOperation) == sizeof(CowFooterOperation));
 
 static constexpr uint8_t kCowCopyOp = 1;
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_reader.h b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_reader.h
index f4ce52fa3..67d301d70 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_reader.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/include/libsnapshot/cow_reader.h
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ class CowReader final : public ICowReader {
     void UpdateMergeOpsCompleted(int num_merge_ops) { header_.num_merge_ops += num_merge_ops; }
 
   private:
-    bool ParseOps(std::optional<uint64_t> label);
     bool PrepMergeOps();
     uint64_t FindNumCopyops();
     uint8_t GetCompressionType(const CowOperation* op);