diff --git a/receive-pack.c b/receive-pack.c
index 0a3e012ade..4019afe1dd 100644
--- a/receive-pack.c
+++ b/receive-pack.c
@@ -2,31 +2,10 @@
 #include "pkt-line.h"
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 
-static const char receive_pack_usage[] = "git-receive-pack [--unpack=executable] <git-dir> [heads]";
+static const char receive_pack_usage[] = "git-receive-pack <git-dir>";
 
 static const char *unpacker = "git-unpack-objects";
 
-static int path_match(const char *path, int nr, char **match)
-{
-	int i;
-	int pathlen = strlen(path);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
-		char *s = match[i];
-		int len = strlen(s);
-
-		if (!len || len > pathlen)
-			continue;
-		if (memcmp(path + pathlen - len, s, len))
-			continue;
-		if (pathlen > len && path[pathlen - len - 1] != '/')
-			continue;
-		*s = 0;
-		return 1;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void show_ref(const char *path, unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	packet_write(1, "%s %s\n", sha1_to_hex(sha1), path);
@@ -46,7 +25,7 @@ static int read_ref(const char *path, unsigned char *sha1)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void write_head_info(const char *base, int nr, char **match)
+static void write_head_info(const char *base)
 {
 	DIR *dir = opendir(base);
 
@@ -72,15 +51,13 @@ static void write_head_info(const char *base, int nr, char **match)
 			if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
 				path[baselen + namelen] = '/';
 				path[baselen + namelen + 1] = 0;
-				write_head_info(path, nr, match);
+				write_head_info(path);
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (read_ref(path, sha1) < 0)
 				continue;
 			if (!has_sha1_file(sha1))
 				continue;
-			if (nr && !path_match(path, nr, match))
-				continue;
 			show_ref(path, sha1);
 		}
 		free(path);
@@ -247,26 +224,20 @@ static void unpack(void)
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	int i, nr_heads = 0;
+	int i;
 	const char *dir = NULL;
-	char **heads = NULL;
 
 	argv++;
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
 		const char *arg = *argv++;
 
 		if (*arg == '-') {
-			if (!strncmp(arg, "--unpack=", 9)) {
-				unpacker = arg+9;
-				continue;
-			}
 			/* Do flag handling here */
 			usage(receive_pack_usage);
 		}
+		if (dir)
+			usage(receive_pack_usage);
 		dir = arg;
-		heads = argv;
-		nr_heads = argc - i - 1;
-		break;
 	}
 	if (!dir)
 		usage(receive_pack_usage);
@@ -285,7 +256,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	if (access("objects", X_OK) < 0 || access("refs/heads", X_OK) < 0)
 		die("%s doesn't appear to be a git directory", dir);
-	write_head_info("refs/", nr_heads, heads);
+	write_head_info("refs/");
 
 	/* EOF */
 	packet_flush(1);
diff --git a/send-pack.c b/send-pack.c
index 45198674ab..93674d8e4f 100644
--- a/send-pack.c
+++ b/send-pack.c
@@ -3,9 +3,29 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 
 static const char send_pack_usage[] = "git-send-pack [--exec=other] destination [heads]*";
-
 static const char *exec = "git-receive-pack";
 
+static int path_match(const char *path, int nr, char **match)
+{
+	int i;
+	int pathlen = strlen(path);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
+		char *s = match[i];
+		int len = strlen(s);
+
+		if (!len || len > pathlen)
+			continue;
+		if (memcmp(path + pathlen - len, s, len))
+			continue;
+		if (pathlen > len && path[pathlen - len - 1] != '/')
+			continue;
+		*s = 0;
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct ref {
 	struct ref *next;
 	unsigned char old_sha1[20];
@@ -108,7 +128,7 @@ static int read_ref(const char *ref, unsigned char *sha1)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int send_pack(int in, int out)
+static int send_pack(int in, int out, int nr_match, char **match)
 {
 	struct ref *ref_list = NULL, **last_ref = &ref_list;
 	struct ref *ref;
@@ -129,6 +149,8 @@ static int send_pack(int in, int out)
 		if (len < 42 || get_sha1_hex(buffer, old_sha1) || buffer[40] != ' ')
 			die("protocol error: expected sha/ref, got '%s'", buffer);
 		name = buffer + 41;
+		if (nr_match && !path_match(name, nr_match, match))
+			continue;
 		if (read_ref(name, new_sha1) < 0)
 			return error("no such local reference '%s'", name);
 		if (!has_sha1_file(old_sha1))
@@ -260,7 +282,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	pid = setup_connection(fd, dest, heads);
 	if (pid < 0)
 		return 1;
-	ret = send_pack(fd[0], fd[1]);
+	ret = send_pack(fd[0], fd[1], nr_heads, heads);
 	close(fd[0]);
 	close(fd[1]);
 	waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);