diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index df3e34cfcf..91f6686f43 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ the Git commands' behavior. The `.git/config` file in each repository
 is used to store the configuration for that repository, and
 `$HOME/.gitconfig` is used to store a per-user configuration as
 fallback values for the `.git/config` file. The file `/etc/gitconfig`
-can be used to store a system-wide default configuration. On Windows,
-configuration can also be stored in `C:\ProgramData\Git\config`; This
-file will be used also by libgit2-based software.
+can be used to store a system-wide default configuration.
 
 The configuration variables are used by both the Git plumbing
 and the porcelains. The variables are divided into sections, wherein
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index a4c6b9c462..c9c6f4adb0 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "../git-compat-util.h"
 #include "win32.h"
 #include <conio.h>
-#include <shlobj.h>
 #include <wchar.h>
 #include <winioctl.h>
 #include "../strbuf.h"
@@ -2655,20 +2654,3 @@ void mingw_startup()
 	/* init length of current directory for handle_long_path */
 	current_directory_len = GetCurrentDirectoryW(0, NULL);
 }
-
-const char *windows_wide_config(void)
-{
-	static struct strbuf windows_wide = STRBUF_INIT;
-	if (!windows_wide.len) {
-		wchar_t wbuffer[MAX_PATH];
-		if (SHGetFolderPathW(NULL, CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA, NULL,
-				SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT, wbuffer) != S_OK)
-			strbuf_addch(&windows_wide, '\0');
-		else {
-			char buffer[MAX_PATH];
-			xwcstoutf(buffer, wbuffer, sizeof(buffer));
-			strbuf_addf(&windows_wide, "%s\\Git\\config", buffer);
-		}
-	}
-	return *windows_wide.buf ? windows_wide.buf : NULL;
-}
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index 6ccf07caa9..6057dbb09e 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -390,8 +390,6 @@ static inline char *mingw_find_last_dir_sep(const char *path)
 int mingw_offset_1st_component(const char *path);
 #define offset_1st_component mingw_offset_1st_component
 #define PATH_SEP ';'
-extern const char *windows_wide_config(void);
-#define git_super_config windows_wide_config
 #ifndef __MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR
 #define PRIuMAX "I64u"
 #define PRId64 "I64d"
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 348bd7353b..19c0c76f67 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1204,18 +1204,11 @@ int git_config_system(void)
 int git_config_early(config_fn_t fn, void *data, const char *repo_config)
 {
 	int ret = 0, found = 0;
-	const char *super_config = git_super_config();
 	char *xdg_config = NULL;
 	char *user_config = NULL;
 
 	home_config_paths(&user_config, &xdg_config, "config");
 
-	if (super_config && git_config_system() &&
-			!access(super_config, R_OK)) {
-		ret += git_config_from_file(fn, super_config, data);
-		found += 1;
-	}
-
 	if (git_config_system() && !access_or_die(git_etc_gitconfig(), R_OK, 0)) {
 		ret += git_config_from_file(fn, git_etc_gitconfig(),
 					    data);
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index e57efdb08e..9f3408a280 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -310,10 +310,6 @@ static inline char *git_find_last_dir_sep(const char *path)
 #define find_last_dir_sep git_find_last_dir_sep
 #endif
 
-#ifndef git_super_config
-#define git_super_config() NULL
-#endif
-
 #if defined(__HP_cc) && (__HP_cc >= 61000)
 #define NORETURN __attribute__((noreturn))
 #define NORETURN_PTR