diff --git a/csum-file.c b/csum-file.c
index 9558177a11..2bbedfa36e 100644
--- a/csum-file.c
+++ b/csum-file.c
@@ -101,15 +101,6 @@ int finalize_hashfile(struct hashfile *f, unsigned char *result,
 	return fd;
 }
 
-void discard_hashfile(struct hashfile *f)
-{
-	if (0 <= f->check_fd)
-		close(f->check_fd);
-	if (0 <= f->fd)
-		close(f->fd);
-	free_hashfile(f);
-}
-
 void hashwrite(struct hashfile *f, const void *buf, uint32_t count)
 {
 	while (count) {
diff --git a/csum-file.h b/csum-file.h
index a9b390d336..1d762a64b0 100644
--- a/csum-file.h
+++ b/csum-file.h
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ void free_hashfile(struct hashfile *f);
  * Finalize the hashfile by flushing data to disk and free'ing it.
  */
 int finalize_hashfile(struct hashfile *, unsigned char *, enum fsync_component, unsigned int);
-void discard_hashfile(struct hashfile *);
 void hashwrite(struct hashfile *, const void *, uint32_t);
 void hashflush(struct hashfile *f);
 void crc32_begin(struct hashfile *);