diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
index 258e8cb6c5c..79af79a2876 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
@@ -1283,7 +1283,6 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousRevListCmd(const QString &workingDirectory, const QSt
 // Find out the immediate parent revisions of a revision of the repository.
 // Might be several in case of merges.
 bool GitClient::synchronousParentRevisions(const QString &workingDirectory,
-                                           const QStringList &files /* = QStringList() */,
                                            const QString &revision,
                                            QStringList *parents,
                                            QString *errorMessage) const
@@ -1296,10 +1295,6 @@ bool GitClient::synchronousParentRevisions(const QString &workingDirectory,
         return true;
     }
     arguments << QLatin1String("--parents") << QLatin1String("--max-count=1") << revision;
-    if (!files.isEmpty()) {
-        arguments.append(QLatin1String("--"));
-        arguments.append(files);
-    }
 
     if (!synchronousRevListCmd(workingDirectory, arguments, &outputText, &errorText)) {
         *errorMessage = msgParentRevisionFailed(workingDirectory, revision, errorText);
@@ -1475,7 +1470,7 @@ void GitClient::synchronousTagsForCommit(const QString &workingDirectory, const
 
     QStringList parents;
     QString errorMessage;
-    synchronousParentRevisions(workingDirectory, QStringList(), revision, &parents, &errorMessage);
+    synchronousParentRevisions(workingDirectory, revision, &parents, &errorMessage);
     foreach (const QString &p, parents) {
         QByteArray pf;
         arguments.clear();
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
index d226c686d54..51825a768f0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ public:
                                QString *output, QString *errorMessage = 0) const;
 
     bool synchronousParentRevisions(const QString &workingDirectory,
-                                    const QStringList &files /* = QStringList() */,
                                     const QString &revision,
                                     QStringList *parents,
                                     QString *errorMessage) const;
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/giteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/git/giteditor.cpp
index 944a9ba676d..45fee1db5dd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/giteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/giteditor.cpp
@@ -309,8 +309,7 @@ QStringList GitEditorWidget::annotationPreviousVersions(const QString &revision)
     const QFileInfo fi(source());
     const QString workingDirectory = fi.absolutePath();
     // Get the SHA1's of the file.
-    if (!client->synchronousParentRevisions(workingDirectory, QStringList(fi.fileName()),
-                                            revision, &revisions, &errorMessage)) {
+    if (!client->synchronousParentRevisions(workingDirectory, revision, &revisions, &errorMessage)) {
         VcsOutputWindow::appendSilently(errorMessage);
         return QStringList();
     }