diff --git a/compat/win32/git-wrapper.c b/compat/win32/git-wrapper.c
index 75445d7cc7..1d9adebe4b 100644
--- a/compat/win32/git-wrapper.c
+++ b/compat/win32/git-wrapper.c
@@ -173,189 +173,6 @@ static LPWSTR fixup_commandline(LPWSTR exepath, LPWSTR *exep, int *wait,
 	return cmd;
 }
 
-#ifdef MAGIC_RESOURCE
-
-static int wsuffixcmp(LPWSTR text, LPWSTR suffix)
-{
-	int text_len = wcslen(text), suffix_len = wcslen(suffix);
-
-	if (text_len < suffix_len)
-		return -1;
-
-	return wcscmp(text + (text_len - suffix_len), suffix);
-}
-
-static int edit_resources(LPWSTR exe_path,
-	LPWSTR *commands, int command_count)
-{
-	WORD language = MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT);
-	HANDLE handle;
-	int i;
-
-	if (command_count > 16) {
-		fwprintf(stderr, L"Cannot handle more than 16 commands\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	if (wsuffixcmp(exe_path, L".exe")) {
-		fwprintf(stderr, L"Not an .exe file: '%s'", exe_path);
-		return -1;
-	}
-	if (_waccess(exe_path, 0) == -1) {
-		fwprintf(stderr, L"File not found: '%s'", exe_path);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	handle = BeginUpdateResource(exe_path, FALSE);
-	if (!handle) {
-		fwprintf(stderr,
-			L"Could not update resources of '%s'", exe_path);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	if (command_count >= 0) {
-		LPWSTR buffer, p;
-		int alloc = 16; /* 16 words with string lengths, for sure... */
-
-		for (i = 0; i < command_count; i++) {
-			int len = wcslen(commands[i]);
-			if (len > 0xffff) {
-				fwprintf(stderr, L"Too long command: %s\n",
-					commands[i]);
-				return -1;
-			}
-			alloc += len;
-		}
-
-		p = buffer = calloc(alloc, sizeof(WCHAR));
-
-		for (i = 0; i < command_count; i++)
-			p += swprintf(p, alloc - (p - buffer), L"%c%s",
-				(WCHAR) wcslen(commands[i]), commands[i]);
-
-		UpdateResource(handle, RT_STRING, MAKEINTRESOURCE(1),
-			language, buffer, sizeof(WCHAR) * alloc);
-	}
-
-	if (EndUpdateResource(handle, FALSE))
-		return 0;
-
-	fwprintf(stderr, L"Error %d updating resources\n",
-		(int) GetLastError());
-	return -1;
-}
-
-static int configure_via_resource(LPWSTR basename, LPWSTR exepath, LPWSTR exep,
-	LPWSTR *prefix_args, int *prefix_args_len,
-	int *is_git_command, int *start_in_home)
-{
-	int id = 0, wargc;
-	LPWSTR *wargv;
-
-#define BUFSIZE 65536
-	static WCHAR buf[BUFSIZE];
-	int len;
-
-	if (!wcscmp(basename, L"edit-res.exe")) {
-		LPWSTR cmdline = GetCommandLine();
-
-		wargv = CommandLineToArgvW(cmdline, &wargc);
-
-		if (wargv[1]) {
-			if (wargc > 1 && !wcscmp(wargv[1], L"command"))
-				exit(edit_resources(wargv[2],
-					wargv + 3, wargc - 3));
-		}
-		fwprintf(stderr,
-			L"Usage: %s command <exe> <args>...\n",
-			basename);
-		exit(1);
-	}
-
-	SetEnvironmentVariable(L"EXEPATH", exepath);
-	for (id = 0; ; id++) {
-		len = LoadString(NULL, id, buf, BUFSIZE);
-
-		if (!len) {
-			fwprintf(stderr, L"Need a valid command-line; "
-				L"Copy %s to edit-res.exe and call\n"
-				L"\n\tedit-res.exe command %s "
-				L"\"<command-line>\"\n",
-				basename, basename);
-			exit(1);
-		}
-
-		if (len >= BUFSIZE) {
-			fwprintf(stderr,
-				L"Could not read resource (too large)\n");
-			exit(1);
-		}
-
-		buf[len] = L'\0';
-
-		for (;;) {
-			LPWSTR atat = wcsstr(buf, L"@@"), atat2;
-			WCHAR save;
-			int env_len, delta;
-
-			if (!atat)
-				break;
-
-			atat2 = wcsstr(atat + 2, L"@@");
-			if (!atat2)
-				break;
-
-			*atat2 = L'\0';
-			env_len = GetEnvironmentVariable(atat + 2, NULL, 0);
-			delta = env_len - 1 - (atat2 + 2 - atat);
-			if (len + delta >= BUFSIZE) {
-				fwprintf(stderr,
-					L"Substituting '%s' results in too "
-					L"large a command-line\n", atat + 2);
-				exit(1);
-			}
-			if (delta)
-				memmove(atat2 + 2 + delta, atat2 + 2,
-					sizeof(WCHAR) * (len + 1
-						- (atat2 + 2 - buf)));
-			len += delta;
-			save = atat[env_len - 1];
-			GetEnvironmentVariable(atat + 2, atat, env_len);
-			atat[env_len - 1] = save;
-		}
-
-		/* parse first argument */
-		wargv = CommandLineToArgvW(buf, &wargc);
-		if (wargc < 1) {
-			fwprintf(stderr, L"Invalid command-line: '%s'\n", buf);
-			exit(1);
-		}
-		if (*wargv[0] == L'\\' ||
-				(isalpha(*wargv[0]) && wargv[0][1] == L':'))
-			wcscpy(exep, wargv[0]);
-		else {
-			wcscpy(exep, exepath);
-			PathAppend(exep, wargv[0]);
-		}
-
-		if (_waccess(exep, 0) != -1)
-			break;
-		fwprintf(stderr,
-			L"Skipping command-line '%s'\n('%s' not found)\n",
-			buf, exep);
-	}
-
-	*prefix_args = buf;
-	*prefix_args_len = wcslen(buf);
-
-	*is_git_command = 0;
-	*start_in_home = 1;
-
-	return 1;
-}
-
-#endif
-
 int main(void)
 {
 	int r = 1, wait = 1, prefix_args_len = -1, needs_env_setup = 1,
@@ -375,14 +192,6 @@ int main(void)
 		ExitProcess(1);
 	}
 	basename = exepath + wcslen(exepath) + 1;
-#ifdef MAGIC_RESOURCE
-	if (configure_via_resource(basename, exepath, exep,
-			&prefix_args, &prefix_args_len,
-			&is_git_command, &start_in_home)) {
-		/* do nothing */
-	}
-	else
-#endif
 	if (!wcsncmp(basename, L"git-", 4)) {
 		needs_env_setup = 0;