diff --git a/builtin/history.c b/builtin/history.c
index 0fc06fb204..091465a59e 100644
--- a/builtin/history.c
+++ b/builtin/history.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static int setup_revwalk(struct repository *repo,
 
 		commit_list_insert(original, &from_list);
 		ret = repo_is_descendant_of(repo, head, from_list);
-		free_commit_list(from_list);
+		commit_list_free(from_list);
 
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			ret = error(_("cannot determine descendance"));
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ out:
 	if (index_file.len)
 		unlink(index_file.buf);
 	strbuf_release(&index_file);
-	free_commit_list(parents);
+	commit_list_free(parents);
 	release_index(&index);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/commit.h b/commit.h
index 58150045af..5352056f87 100644
--- a/commit.h
+++ b/commit.h
@@ -203,25 +203,6 @@ struct commit_list *commit_list_reverse(struct commit_list *list);
 
 void commit_list_free(struct commit_list *list);
 
-/*
- * Deprecated compatibility functions for `struct commit_list`, to be removed
- * once Git 2.53 is released.
- */
-static inline struct commit_list *copy_commit_list(struct commit_list *l)
-{
-	return commit_list_copy(l);
-}
-
-static inline struct commit_list *reverse_commit_list(struct commit_list *l)
-{
-	return commit_list_reverse(l);
-}
-
-static inline void free_commit_list(struct commit_list *l)
-{
-	commit_list_free(l);
-}
-
 struct rev_info; /* in revision.h, it circularly uses enum cmit_fmt */
 
 const char *repo_logmsg_reencode(struct repository *r,
diff --git a/replay.c b/replay.c
index 4ef8abb607..da531d5bc6 100644
--- a/replay.c
+++ b/replay.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static struct commit *create_commit(struct repository *repo,
 out:
 	repo_unuse_commit_buffer(repo, based_on, message);
 	free_commit_extra_headers(extra);
-	free_commit_list(parents);
+	commit_list_free(parents);
 	strbuf_release(&msg);
 	free(author);
 	return (struct commit *)obj;
diff --git a/upload-pack.c b/upload-pack.c
index 9f6d6fe48c..2bf450ab28 100644
--- a/upload-pack.c
+++ b/upload-pack.c
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ static void deepen(struct upload_pack_data *data, int depth)
 					     data->deepen_relative, depth,
 					     SHALLOW, NOT_SHALLOW);
 		send_shallow(data, result);
-		free_commit_list(result);
+		commit_list_free(result);
 	}
 
 	send_unshallow(data);
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ static void deepen_by_rev_list(struct upload_pack_data *data,
 	disable_commit_graph(the_repository);
 	result = get_shallow_commits_by_rev_list(argv, SHALLOW, NOT_SHALLOW);
 	send_shallow(data, result);
-	free_commit_list(result);
+	commit_list_free(result);
 	send_unshallow(data);
 }