diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 451960175..79c612fc2 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1028,7 +1028,6 @@ extern char *git_getpass(const char *prompt);
 extern struct child_process *git_connect(int fd[2], const char *url, const char *prog, int flags);
 extern int finish_connect(struct child_process *conn);
 extern int git_connection_is_socket(struct child_process *conn);
-extern int path_match(const char *path, int nr, char **match);
 struct extra_have_objects {
 	int nr, alloc;
 	unsigned char (*array)[20];
diff --git a/connect.c b/connect.c
index 48df90bfe..2a0a0401a 100644
--- a/connect.c
+++ b/connect.c
@@ -105,27 +105,6 @@ int server_supports(const char *feature)
 		strstr(server_capabilities, feature) != NULL;
 }
 
-int path_match(const char *path, int nr, char **match)
-{
-	int i;
-	int pathlen = strlen(path);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
-		char *s = match[i];
-		int len = strlen(s);
-
-		if (!len || len > pathlen)
-			continue;
-		if (memcmp(path + pathlen - len, s, len))
-			continue;
-		if (pathlen > len && path[pathlen - len - 1] != '/')
-			continue;
-		*s = 0;
-		return (i + 1);
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 enum protocol {
 	PROTO_LOCAL = 1,
 	PROTO_SSH,