diff --git a/hggit/git_handler.py b/hggit/git_handler.py
index c7d27c134ed9516cb3239c0cd0ce672004fab3ab_aGdnaXQvZ2l0X2hhbmRsZXIucHk=..ff619fa30d5e5356385828651317e64390eeaa15_aGdnaXQvZ2l0X2hhbmRsZXIucHk= 100644
--- a/hggit/git_handler.py
+++ b/hggit/git_handler.py
@@ -663,8 +663,6 @@
         return message, git_extra
 
     def get_git_incoming(self, refs):
-        if refs is None:
-            refs = self.git.refs.as_dict()
         return git2hg.find_incoming(self.git.object_store, self._map_git, refs)
 
     def import_git_objects(self, remote_name, refs):