diff --git a/builtin/receive-pack.c b/builtin/receive-pack.c
index 78fe8ee62f..bc4f5dc463 100644
--- a/builtin/receive-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/receive-pack.c
@@ -1059,7 +1059,6 @@ static void update_shallow_info(struct command *commands,
 	struct command *cmd;
 	int *ref_status;
 	remove_nonexistent_theirs_shallow(si);
-	/* XXX remove_nonexistent_ours_in_pack() */
 	if (!si->nr_ours && !si->nr_theirs) {
 		shallow_update = 0;
 		return;
diff --git a/commit.h b/commit.h
index affe210337..2a20b10d39 100644
--- a/commit.h
+++ b/commit.h
@@ -229,8 +229,6 @@ struct shallow_info {
 extern void prepare_shallow_info(struct shallow_info *, struct sha1_array *);
 extern void clear_shallow_info(struct shallow_info *);
 extern void remove_nonexistent_theirs_shallow(struct shallow_info *);
-extern void remove_nonexistent_ours_in_pack(struct shallow_info *,
-					    struct packed_git *);
 extern void assign_shallow_commits_to_refs(struct shallow_info *info,
 					   uint32_t **used,
 					   int *ref_status);
diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index a2d1b4ab28..9bc29cfce7 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -986,7 +986,6 @@ static void update_shallow(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 		return;
 
 	remove_nonexistent_theirs_shallow(si);
-	/* XXX remove_nonexistent_ours_in_pack() */
 	if (!si->nr_ours && !si->nr_theirs)
 		return;
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_sought; i++)
diff --git a/shallow.c b/shallow.c
index c766fc3012..e483780d49 100644
--- a/shallow.c
+++ b/shallow.c
@@ -359,22 +359,6 @@ void remove_nonexistent_theirs_shallow(struct shallow_info *info)
 	info->nr_theirs = dst;
 }
 
-/* Step 5, remove non-existent ones in "ours" in the pack */
-void remove_nonexistent_ours_in_pack(struct shallow_info *info,
-				     struct packed_git *p)
-{
-	unsigned char (*sha1)[20] = info->shallow->sha1;
-	int i, dst;
-	trace_printf_key(TRACE_KEY, "shallow: remove_nonexistent_ours_in_pack\n");
-	for (i = dst = 0; i < info->nr_ours; i++) {
-		if (i != dst)
-			info->ours[dst] = info->ours[i];
-		if (find_pack_entry_one(sha1[info->ours[i]], p))
-			dst++;
-	}
-	info->nr_ours = dst;
-}
-
 define_commit_slab(ref_bitmap, uint32_t *);
 
 struct paint_info {