diff --git a/chdir-notify.c b/chdir-notify.c
index f8bfe3cbef..1237a45e2e 100644
--- a/chdir-notify.c
+++ b/chdir-notify.c
@@ -43,32 +43,6 @@ void chdir_notify_unregister(const char *name, chdir_notify_callback cb,
 	}
 }
 
-static void reparent_cb(const char *name,
-			const char *old_cwd,
-			const char *new_cwd,
-			void *data)
-{
-	char **path = data;
-	char *tmp = *path;
-
-	if (!tmp)
-		return;
-
-	*path = reparent_relative_path(old_cwd, new_cwd, tmp);
-	free(tmp);
-
-	if (name) {
-		trace_printf_key(&trace_setup_key,
-				 "setup: reparent %s to '%s'",
-				 name, *path);
-	}
-}
-
-void chdir_notify_reparent(const char *name, char **path)
-{
-	chdir_notify_register(name, reparent_cb, path);
-}
-
 int chdir_notify(const char *new_cwd)
 {
 	struct strbuf old_cwd = STRBUF_INIT;
diff --git a/chdir-notify.h b/chdir-notify.h
index 81eb69d846..36b4114472 100644
--- a/chdir-notify.h
+++ b/chdir-notify.h
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@
  *   chdir_notify_register("description", foo, data);
  *
  * In practice most callers will want to move a relative path to the new root;
- * they can use the reparent_relative_path() helper for that. If that's all
- * you're doing, you can also use the convenience function:
- *
- *   chdir_notify_reparent("description", &my_path);
+ * they can use the reparent_relative_path() helper for that.
  *
  * Whenever a chdir event occurs, that will update my_path (if it's relative)
  * to adjust for the new cwd by freeing any existing string and allocating a
@@ -43,7 +40,6 @@ typedef void (*chdir_notify_callback)(const char *name,
 void chdir_notify_register(const char *name, chdir_notify_callback cb, void *data);
 void chdir_notify_unregister(const char *name, chdir_notify_callback cb,
 			     void *data);
-void chdir_notify_reparent(const char *name, char **path);
 
 /*
  *