diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 980ce73b0f..49a6ef4236 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -3480,18 +3480,6 @@ __git_complete ()
 		|| complete -o default -o nospace -F $wrapper $1
 }
 
-# wrapper for backwards compatibility
-_git ()
-{
-	__git_wrap__git_main
-}
-
-# wrapper for backwards compatibility
-_gitk ()
-{
-	__git_wrap__gitk_main
-}
-
 __git_complete git __git_main
 __git_complete gitk __gitk_main