diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
index 75e36aaed99..dabe5716883 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
@@ -797,19 +797,6 @@ QString GitClient::findGitDirForRepository(const QString &repositoryDir) const
     return res;
 }
 
-QString GitClient::findRepositoryForGitDir(const QString &gitDir) const
-{
-    static QHash<QString, QString> gitDirCache;
-    QString &res = gitDirCache[gitDir];
-    if (!res.isEmpty())
-        return res;
-    QByteArray outputText;
-    QStringList arguments;
-    arguments << QLatin1String("rev-parse") << QLatin1String("--show-toplevel");
-    fullySynchronousGit(gitDir, arguments, &outputText, 0, false);
-    return QString::fromLocal8Bit(outputText.trimmed());
-}
-
 VcsBase::VcsBaseEditorWidget *GitClient::findExistingVCSEditor(const char *registerDynamicProperty,
                                                                const QString &dynamicPropertyValue) const
 {
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
index 9cfc17773a8..46b19e2ec09 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ public:
 
     QString findRepositoryForDirectory(const QString &dir);
     QString findGitDirForRepository(const QString &repositoryDir) const;
-    QString findRepositoryForGitDir(const QString &gitDir) const;
 
     void diff(const QString &workingDirectory, const QStringList &diffArgs, const QString &fileName);
     void diff(const QString &workingDirectory, const QStringList &diffArgs,
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/giteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/git/giteditor.cpp
index abd3bef64e7..d8f6de88e47 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/giteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/giteditor.cpp
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ bool GitEditor::open(QString *errorString, const QString &fileName, const QStrin
     if (editorId == Git::Constants::GIT_COMMIT_TEXT_EDITOR_ID
             || editorId == Git::Constants::GIT_REBASE_EDITOR_ID) {
         QFileInfo fi(fileName);
-        setSource(GitPlugin::instance()->gitClient()->findRepositoryForGitDir(fi.absolutePath()));
+        setSource(fi.absolutePath());
     }
     return res;
 }