diff --git a/hggit/__init__.py b/hggit/__init__.py
index 7fd9ee0f7b669155e48134c639c8593f0aa0f7fc_aGdnaXQvX19pbml0X18ucHk=..633796ad1684c4b980803eda688dd97a0152acaa_aGdnaXQvX19pbml0X18ucHk= 100644
--- a/hggit/__init__.py
+++ b/hggit/__init__.py
@@ -215,11 +215,7 @@
     if hgutil.safehasattr(lrepo, 'changelog') and co not in lrepo.changelog:
         co = None
     return revs, co
-
-
-# COMPAT: hg 1.4 - this is no longer needed
-if getattr(hg, 'addbranchrevs', False):
-    extensions.wrapfunction(hg, 'addbranchrevs', safebranchrevs)
+extensions.wrapfunction(hg, 'addbranchrevs', safebranchrevs)
 
 
 def extsetup(ui):