diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6232d33924..9da275e4e8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@
 /git-pack-redundant
 /git-pack-objects
 /git-pack-refs
-/git-parse-remote
 /git-patch-id
 /git-prune
 /git-prune-packed
diff --git a/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index a45ea1ece8..0000000000
--- a/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-git-parse-remote(1)
-===================
-
-NAME
-----
-git-parse-remote - Routines to help parsing remote repository access parameters
-
-
-SYNOPSIS
---------
-[verse]
-'. "$(git --exec-path)/git-parse-remote"'
-
-DESCRIPTION
------------
-This script is included in various scripts to supply
-routines to parse files under $GIT_DIR/remotes/ and
-$GIT_DIR/branches/ and configuration variables that are related
-to fetching, pulling and pushing.
-
-GIT
----
-Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1fb0ec1705..9c154a2666 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -613,7 +613,6 @@ SCRIPT_SH += git-submodule.sh
 SCRIPT_SH += git-web--browse.sh
 
 SCRIPT_LIB += git-mergetool--lib
-SCRIPT_LIB += git-parse-remote
 SCRIPT_LIB += git-rebase--preserve-merges
 SCRIPT_LIB += git-sh-i18n
 SCRIPT_LIB += git-sh-setup
@@ -2577,7 +2576,6 @@ XGETTEXT_FLAGS_PERL = $(XGETTEXT_FLAGS) --language=Perl \
 	--keyword=__ --keyword=N__ --keyword="__n:1,2"
 LOCALIZED_C = $(C_OBJ:o=c) $(LIB_H) $(GENERATED_H)
 LOCALIZED_SH = $(SCRIPT_SH)
-LOCALIZED_SH += git-parse-remote.sh
 LOCALIZED_SH += git-rebase--preserve-merges.sh
 LOCALIZED_SH += git-sh-setup.sh
 LOCALIZED_PERL = $(SCRIPT_PERL)
diff --git a/command-list.txt b/command-list.txt
index 0e3204e7d1..c19c8a94fe 100644
--- a/command-list.txt
+++ b/command-list.txt
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ git-p4                                  foreignscminterface
 git-pack-objects                        plumbingmanipulators
 git-pack-redundant                      plumbinginterrogators
 git-pack-refs                           ancillarymanipulators
-git-parse-remote                        synchelpers
 git-patch-id                            purehelpers
 git-prune                               ancillarymanipulators   complete
 git-prune-packed                        plumbingmanipulators
diff --git a/git-parse-remote.sh b/git-parse-remote.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c2a5ef6c4..0000000000
--- a/git-parse-remote.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-# This is a shell library to calculate the remote repository and
-# upstream branch that should be pulled by "git pull" from the current
-# branch.
-
-# git-ls-remote could be called from outside a git managed repository;
-# this would fail in that case and would issue an error message.
-GIT_DIR=$(git rev-parse -q --git-dir) || :;
-
-get_remote_merge_branch () {
-	case "$#" in
-	0|1)
-	    origin="$1"
-	    default=$(get_default_remote)
-	    test -z "$origin" && origin=$default
-	    curr_branch=$(git symbolic-ref -q HEAD) &&
-	    [ "$origin" = "$default" ] &&
-	    echo $(git for-each-ref --format='%(upstream)' $curr_branch)
-	    ;;
-	*)
-	    repo=$1
-	    shift
-	    ref=$1
-	    # FIXME: It should return the tracking branch
-	    #        Currently only works with the default mapping
-	    case "$ref" in
-	    +*)
-		ref=$(expr "z$ref" : 'z+\(.*\)')
-		;;
-	    esac
-	    expr "z$ref" : 'z.*:' >/dev/null || ref="${ref}:"
-	    remote=$(expr "z$ref" : 'z\([^:]*\):')
-	    case "$remote" in
-	    '' | HEAD ) remote=HEAD ;;
-	    heads/*) remote=${remote#heads/} ;;
-	    refs/heads/*) remote=${remote#refs/heads/} ;;
-	    refs/* | tags/* | remotes/* ) remote=
-	    esac
-	    [ -n "$remote" ] && case "$repo" in
-		.)
-		    echo "refs/heads/$remote"
-		    ;;
-		*)
-		    echo "refs/remotes/$repo/$remote"
-		    ;;
-	    esac
-	esac
-}
-
-error_on_missing_default_upstream () {
-	cmd="$1"
-	op_type="$2"
-	op_prep="$3" # FIXME: op_prep is no longer used
-	example="$4"
-	branch_name=$(git symbolic-ref -q HEAD)
-	display_branch_name="${branch_name#refs/heads/}"
-	# If there's only one remote, use that in the suggestion
-	remote="$(gettext "<remote>")"
-	branch="$(gettext "<branch>")"
-	if test $(git remote | wc -l) = 1
-	then
-		remote=$(git remote)
-	fi
-
-	if test -z "$branch_name"
-	then
-		gettextln "You are not currently on a branch."
-	else
-		gettextln "There is no tracking information for the current branch."
-	fi
-	case "$op_type" in
-	rebase)
-		gettextln "Please specify which branch you want to rebase against."
-		;;
-	merge)
-		gettextln "Please specify which branch you want to merge with."
-		;;
-	*)
-		echo >&2 "BUG: unknown operation type: $op_type"
-		exit 1
-		;;
-	esac
-	eval_gettextln "See git-\${cmd}(1) for details."
-	echo
-	echo "    $example"
-	echo
-	if test -n "$branch_name"
-	then
-		gettextln "If you wish to set tracking information for this branch you can do so with:"
-		echo
-		echo "    git branch --set-upstream-to=$remote/$branch $display_branch_name"
-		echo
-	fi
-	exit 1
-}
