diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/plugin_table_api.cpp b/userspace/libsinsp/plugin_table_api.cpp
index 3f466b2cb5..e5cb54c3f7 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/plugin_table_api.cpp
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/plugin_table_api.cpp
@@ -509,15 +509,6 @@ struct plugin_table_wrapper : public libsinsp::state::table<KeyType> {
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	std::unique_ptr<libsinsp::state::table_entry> new_entry() const override {
-		auto res = m_input->writer_ext->create_table_entry(m_input->table);
-		if(res == NULL) {
-			throw sinsp_exception(table_input_error_prefix(m_owner, m_input.get()) +
-			                      "create entry failure: " + m_owner->get_last_error());
-		}
-		return std::make_unique<plugin_table_entry>(m_owner, m_input, m_dyn_fields, res, true);
-	}
-
 	const char* name() const override { return m_input->name; }
 
 	const ss_plugin_table_fieldinfo* list_fields(libsinsp::state::sinsp_table_owner* owner,
diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/state/table.h b/userspace/libsinsp/state/table.h
index 4db21a8f20..05dd6728dd 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/state/table.h
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/state/table.h
@@ -175,14 +175,6 @@ class base_table {
 		m_dynamic_fields = dynf;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @brief Allocates and returns a new entry for the table. This is just
-	 * a factory method, the entry will not automatically added to the table.
-	 * Once a new entry is allocated with this method, users must invoke
-	 * add_entry() in order to actually insert it in the table.
-	 */
-	virtual std::unique_ptr<table_entry> new_entry() const = 0;
-
 	/**
 	 * @brief Iterates over all the entries contained in the table and invokes
 	 * the given predicate for each of them.
@@ -302,6 +294,14 @@ class built_in_table : public table<KeyType> {
 	 */
 	virtual std::shared_ptr<table_entry> get_entry(const KeyType& key) = 0;
 
+	/**
+	 * @brief Allocates and returns a new entry for the table. This is just
+	 * a factory method, the entry will not automatically added to the table.
+	 * Once a new entry is allocated with this method, users must invoke
+	 * add_entry() in order to actually insert it in the table.
+	 */
+	virtual std::unique_ptr<table_entry> new_entry() const = 0;
+
 	/**
 	 * @brief Inserts a new entry in the table with the given key. If another
 	 * entry is already present with the same key, it gets replaced. After