diff --git a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/collections/index.html b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/collections/index.html
index 953484c87f..37679eb446 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/collections/index.html
+++ b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/collections/index.html
@@ -13,13 +13,12 @@
                     </tr>
                 </thead>
                 <tbody>
-                    {% minimum_collection_depth collections as min_depth %}
-                    {% for collection in collections %}
+                    {% for pk, display_name in collections.get_indented_choices %}
                         <tr>
                             <td class="title">
                                 <div class="title-wrapper">
-                                    <a href="{% url 'wagtailadmin_collections:edit' collection.id %}">
-                                        {% format_collection collection min_depth %}
+                                    <a href="{% url 'wagtailadmin_collections:edit' pk %}">
+                                        {{ display_name }}
                                     </a>
                                 </div>
                             </td>
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/shared/collection_chooser.html b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/shared/collection_chooser.html
index 97244c1063..3cb71714b7 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/shared/collection_chooser.html
+++ b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/shared/collection_chooser.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% load i18n l10n wagtailadmin_tags %}
+{% load i18n l10n %}
 
 <li {% if li_classes %}class="{{ li_classes }}"{% endif %}>
     <div class="field choice_field select">
@@ -7,17 +7,10 @@
             <div class="input">
                 <select id="collection_chooser_collection_id" name="collection_id">
                     <option value="">{% trans "All collections" %}</option>
-                    {% minimum_collection_depth collections as min_depth %}
-                    {% for collection in collections %}
-                        <option value="{{ collection.id|unlocalize }}"
-                            {% if collection == current_collection %}selected="selected"{% endif %}>
-                            {% if request.user.is_superuser %}
-                                {# Superuser may see all collections #}
-                                {% format_collection collection %}
-                            {% else %}
-                                {# Pass the minimum depth of the permitted collections, since user isn't a superuser #}
-                                {% format_collection collection min_depth %}
-                            {% endif %}
+                    {% for pk, display_name in collections.get_indented_choices %}
+                        <option value="{{ pk|unlocalize }}"
+                            {% if pk == current_collection.pk %}selected="selected"{% endif %}>
+                            {{ display_name }}
                         </option>
                     {% endfor %}
                 </select>
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py b/wagtail/admin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py
index d7667b2065..2875b06aca 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.admin.utils import quote
 from django.contrib.humanize.templatetags.humanize import intcomma, naturaltime
 from django.contrib.messages.constants import DEFAULT_TAGS as MESSAGE_TAGS
-from django.db.models import Min, QuerySet
 from django.shortcuts import resolve_url as resolve_url_func
 from django.template.defaultfilters import stringfilter
 from django.templatetags.static import static
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ from wagtail.coreutils import (
     get_locales_display_names,
 )
 from wagtail.models import (
-    Collection,
     CollectionViewRestriction,
     Locale,
     Page,
@@ -729,30 +727,6 @@ def timesince_last_update(
         return _("%(time_period)s ago") % {"time_period": timesince(last_update)}
 
 
-@register.simple_tag
-def format_collection(coll: Collection, min_depth: int = 2) -> str:
-    """
-    Renders a given Collection's name as a formatted string that displays its
-    hierarchical depth via indentation. If min_depth is supplied, the
-    Collection's depth is rendered relative to that depth. min_depth defaults
-    to 2, the depth of the first non-Root Collection.
-
-    Example usage: {% format_collection collection min_depth %}
-    Example output: "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#x21b3 Child Collection"
-    """
-    return coll.get_indented_name(min_depth, html=True)
-
-
-@register.simple_tag
-def minimum_collection_depth(collections: QuerySet) -> int:
-    """
-    Returns the minimum depth of the Collections in the given queryset.
-    Call this before beginning a loop through Collections that will
-    use {% format_collection collection min_depth %}.
-    """
-    return collections.aggregate(Min("depth"))["depth__min"] or 2
-
-
 @register.filter
 def user_display_name(user):
     """
diff --git a/wagtail/documents/templates/wagtaildocs/multiple/add.html b/wagtail/documents/templates/wagtaildocs/multiple/add.html
index 0c3de87e11..8c1e4d23ab 100644
--- a/wagtail/documents/templates/wagtaildocs/multiple/add.html
+++ b/wagtail/documents/templates/wagtaildocs/multiple/add.html
@@ -29,16 +29,9 @@
                         <label for="id_adddocument_collection">{% trans "Add to collection:" %}</label>
                         <div class="field-content">
                             <select id="id_adddocument_collection" name="collection">
-                                {% minimum_collection_depth collections as min_depth %}
-                                {% for collection in collections %}
-                                    <option value="{{ collection.id|unlocalize }}">
-                                        {% if request.user.is_superuser %}
-                                            {# Superuser may see all collections. #}
-                                            {% format_collection collection %}
-                                        {% else %}
-                                            {# Pass the minimum depth of the permitted collections, since user isn't a superuser #}
-                                            {% format_collection collection min_depth %}
-                                        {% endif %}
+                                {% for pk, display_name in collections.get_indented_choices %}
+                                    <option value="{{ pk|unlocalize }}">
+                                        {{ display_name }}
                                     </option>
                                 {% endfor %}
                             </select>
diff --git a/wagtail/images/templates/wagtailimages/multiple/add.html b/wagtail/images/templates/wagtailimages/multiple/add.html
index 00424c04d8..5b338a1c9e 100644
--- a/wagtail/images/templates/wagtailimages/multiple/add.html
+++ b/wagtail/images/templates/wagtailimages/multiple/add.html
@@ -29,16 +29,9 @@
                         <label for="id_addimage_collection">{% trans "Add to collection:" %}</label>
                         <div class="field-content">
                             <select id="id_addimage_collection" name="collection">
-                                {% minimum_collection_depth collections as min_depth %}
-                                {% for collection in collections %}
-                                    <option value="{{ collection.id|unlocalize }}">
-                                        {% if request.user.is_superuser %}
-                                            {# Superuser may see all collections. #}
-                                            {% format_collection collection %}
-                                        {% else %}
-                                            {# Pass the minimum depth of the permitted collections, since user isn't a superuser #}
-                                            {% format_collection collection min_depth %}
-                                        {% endif %}
+                                {% for pk, display_name in collections.get_indented_choices %}
+                                    <option value="{{ pk|unlocalize }}">
+                                        {{ display_name }}
                                     </option>
                                 {% endfor %}
                             </select>
diff --git a/wagtail/models/collections.py b/wagtail/models/collections.py
index 138e10160d..0aa1c4af35 100644
--- a/wagtail/models/collections.py
+++ b/wagtail/models/collections.py
@@ -11,12 +11,26 @@ from wagtail.search import index
 from .view_restrictions import BaseViewRestriction
 
 
+class CollectionQuerySet(TreeQuerySet):
+    def get_indented_choices(self):
+        """
+        Return a list of (id, label) tuples for use as a list of choices in a collection chooser
+        dropdown, where the label is formatted with get_indented_name to provide a tree layout.
+        The indent level is chosen to place the minimum-depth collection at indent 0.
+        """
+        min_depth = self.aggregate(models.Min("depth"))["depth__min"] or 2
+        return [
+            (collection.pk, collection.get_indented_name(min_depth, html=True))
+            for collection in self
+        ]
+
+
 class BaseCollectionManager(models.Manager):
     def get_queryset(self):
-        return TreeQuerySet(self.model).order_by("path")
+        return CollectionQuerySet(self.model).order_by("path")
 
 
-CollectionManager = BaseCollectionManager.from_queryset(TreeQuerySet)
+CollectionManager = BaseCollectionManager.from_queryset(CollectionQuerySet)
 
 
 class CollectionViewRestriction(BaseViewRestriction):