diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 600913b99f..466398494f 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1932,13 +1932,6 @@ int refs_for_each_rawref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
 			       DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN, cb_data);
 }
 
-int refs_for_each_include_root_refs(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn,
-				    void *cb_data)
-{
-	return do_for_each_ref(refs, "", NULL, fn, 0,
-			       DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_ROOT_REFS, cb_data);
-}
-
 static int qsort_strcmp(const void *va, const void *vb)
 {
 	const char *a = *(const char **)va;
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index f16b1b697b..1fdb809343 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -471,12 +471,6 @@ int refs_for_each_rawref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
 int refs_for_each_rawref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
 			    each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
 
-/*
- * Iterates over all refs including root refs, i.e. pseudorefs and HEAD.
- */
-int refs_for_each_include_root_refs(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn,
-				    void *cb_data);
-
 /*
  * Normalizes partial refs to their fully qualified form.
  * Will prepend <prefix> to the <pattern> if it doesn't start with 'refs/'.