diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 63c918c667..e0b91befb9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ git-clone
 git-commit
 git-commit-tree
 git-config
-git-convert-objects
 git-count-objects
 git-cvsexportcommit
 git-cvsimport
diff --git a/Documentation/cmd-list.perl b/Documentation/cmd-list.perl
index 4ee76eaf99..1061fd8bcd 100755
--- a/Documentation/cmd-list.perl
+++ b/Documentation/cmd-list.perl
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ git-clone                               mainporcelain
 git-commit                              mainporcelain
 git-commit-tree                         plumbingmanipulators
 git-config                              ancillarymanipulators
-git-convert-objects                     ancillarymanipulators
 git-count-objects                       ancillaryinterrogators
 git-cvsexportcommit                     foreignscminterface
 git-cvsimport                           foreignscminterface
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 97ce687606..8db4dbe1d2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ SCRIPTS = $(patsubst %.sh,%,$(SCRIPT_SH)) \
 
 # ... and all the rest that could be moved out of bindir to gitexecdir
 PROGRAMS = \
-	git-convert-objects$X git-fetch-pack$X \
+	git-fetch-pack$X \
 	git-hash-object$X git-index-pack$X git-local-fetch$X \
 	git-fast-import$X \
 	git-daemon$X \
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index cad842af45..e760930740 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ __git_commands ()
 		check-attr)       : plumbing;;
 		check-ref-format) : plumbing;;
 		commit-tree)      : plumbing;;
-		convert-objects)  : plumbing;;
 		cvsexportcommit)  : export;;
 		cvsimport)        : import;;
 		cvsserver)        : daemon;;
diff --git a/convert-objects.c b/contrib/convert-objects/convert-objects.c
similarity index 100%
rename from convert-objects.c
rename to contrib/convert-objects/convert-objects.c
diff --git a/Documentation/git-convert-objects.txt b/contrib/convert-objects/git-convert-objects.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/git-convert-objects.txt
rename to contrib/convert-objects/git-convert-objects.txt