diff --git a/mercurial/phases.py b/mercurial/phases.py
--- a/mercurial/phases.py
+++ b/mercurial/phases.py
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ archived = 32  # non-continuous for comp
 internal = 96  # non-continuous for compatibility
 allphases = (public, draft, secret, archived, internal)
 trackedphases = (draft, secret, archived, internal)
+not_public_phases = trackedphases
 # record phase names
 cmdphasenames = [b'public', b'draft', b'secret']  # known to `hg phase` command
 phasenames = dict(enumerate(cmdphasenames))
diff --git a/mercurial/revset.py b/mercurial/revset.py
--- a/mercurial/revset.py
+++ b/mercurial/revset.py
@@ -2061,7 +2061,7 @@ def present(repo, subset, x, order):
 @predicate(b'_notpublic', safe=True)
 def _notpublic(repo, subset, x):
     getargs(x, 0, 0, b"_notpublic takes no arguments")
-    return _phase(repo, subset, phases.draft, phases.secret)
+    return _phase(repo, subset, *phases.not_public_phases)
 
 
 # for internal use