diff --git a/src/applications/repository/engine/PhabricatorRepositoryPullEngine.php b/src/applications/repository/engine/PhabricatorRepositoryPullEngine.php
index 5bcf4554fd..f611c51112 100644
--- a/src/applications/repository/engine/PhabricatorRepositoryPullEngine.php
+++ b/src/applications/repository/engine/PhabricatorRepositoryPullEngine.php
@@ -602,22 +602,6 @@ final class PhabricatorRepositoryPullEngine
     return $map;
   }
 
-  private function loadGitLocalRefs(PhabricatorRepository $repository) {
-    $refs = id(new DiffusionLowLevelGitRefQuery())
-      ->setRepository($repository)
-      ->execute();
-
-    $map = array();
-    foreach ($refs as $ref) {
-      $fields = $ref->getRawFields();
-      $map[idx($fields, 'refname')] = $ref->getCommitIdentifier();
-    }
-
-    ksort($map);
-
-    return $map;
-  }
-
   private function logRefDifferences(array $remote, array $local) {
     $all = $local + $remote;