diff --git a/hggit/gitrepo.py b/hggit/gitrepo.py
index 73cf8d292dcb9ef662dfdc160fb7c974eb73a3e8_aGdnaXQvZ2l0cmVwby5weQ==..c1ac1c34378f791b3791098b48d8e6ea739b9240_aGdnaXQvZ2l0cmVwby5weQ== 100644
--- a/hggit/gitrepo.py
+++ b/hggit/gitrepo.py
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@
     def pushkey(self, namespace, key, old, new):
         return False
 
-    # used by incoming in hg <= 1.6
-    def branches(self, nodes):
-        return []
-
 instance = gitrepo
 
 def islocal(path):