diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4 b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
index 44a07c27ce..3202a819ca 100755
--- a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ class P4Submit(Command):
                 optparse.make_option("--log-substitutions", dest="substFile"),
                 optparse.make_option("--noninteractive", action="store_false"),
                 optparse.make_option("--dry-run", action="store_true"),
-                optparse.make_option("--apply-as-patch", action="store_true", dest="applyAsPatch")
         ]
         self.description = "Submit changes from git to the perforce depot."
         self.usage += " [name of git branch to submit into perforce depot]"
@@ -181,7 +180,6 @@ class P4Submit(Command):
         self.substFile = ""
         self.firstTime = True
         self.origin = ""
-        self.applyAsPatch = True
 
         self.logSubstitutions = {}
         self.logSubstitutions["<enter description here>"] = "%log%"
@@ -202,10 +200,6 @@ class P4Submit(Command):
 
         self.config["commits"] = commits
 
-        if not self.applyAsPatch:
-            print "Creating temporary p4-sync branch from %s ..." % self.origin
-            system("git checkout -f -b p4-sync %s" % self.origin)
-
     def prepareLogMessage(self, template, message):
         result = ""
 
@@ -250,11 +244,7 @@ class P4Submit(Command):
             else:
                 die("unknown modifier %s for %s" % (modifier, path))
 
-        if self.applyAsPatch:
-            system("git diff-tree -p --diff-filter=ACMRTUXB \"%s^\" \"%s\" | patch -p1" % (id, id))
-        else:
-            system("git diff-files --name-only -z | git update-index --remove -z --stdin")
-            system("git cherry-pick --no-commit \"%s\"" % id)
+        system("git diff-tree -p --diff-filter=ACMRTUXB \"%s^\" \"%s\" | patch -p1" % (id, id))
 
         for f in filesToAdd:
             system("p4 add %s" % f)
@@ -397,13 +387,6 @@ class P4Submit(Command):
                 print "No changes found to apply between %s and current HEAD" % self.origin
             else:
                 print "All changes applied!"
-                if not self.applyAsPatch:
-                    print "Deleting temporary p4-sync branch and going back to %s" % self.master
-                    system("git checkout %s" % self.master)
-                    system("git branch -D p4-sync")
-                    print "Cleaning out your perforce checkout by doing p4 edit ... ; p4 revert ..."
-                    system("p4 edit ... >/dev/null")
-                    system("p4 revert ... >/dev/null")
                 response = raw_input("Do you want to sync from Perforce now using git-p4 rebase (y/n)? ")
                 if response == "y" or response == "yes":
                     os.chdir(oldWorkingDirectory)