diff --git a/git-parse-remote.sh b/git-parse-remote.sh
index 8ce57c80fb..c9b899e3d7 100755
--- a/git-parse-remote.sh
+++ b/git-parse-remote.sh
@@ -4,43 +4,13 @@
 # this would fail in that case and would issue an error message.
 GIT_DIR=$(git-rev-parse --git-dir 2>/dev/null) || :;
 
-if [ -d "$GIT_DIR"/remotes -a "$GIT_REWRITE_REMOTES" = true ]; then
-	echo "Rewriting $GIT_DIR/remotes" >&2
-	error=0
-	# rewrite into config
-	{
-		cd "$GIT_DIR"/remotes
-		ls | while read f; do
-			name=$(echo -n "$f" | tr -c "A-Za-z0-9" ".")
-			sed -n \
-			-e "s/^URL: /remote.$name.url . /p" \
-			-e "s/^Pull: /remote.$name.pull ^$ /p" \
-			-e "s/^Push: /remote.$name.push ^$ /p" \
-			< "$f"
-		done
-		echo done
-	} | while read key regex value; do
-		case $key in
-		done)
-			if [ $error = 0 ]; then
-				mv "$GIT_DIR"/remotes "$GIT_DIR"/remotes.old
-			fi ;;
-		*)
-			git-repo-config $key "$value" $regex || error=1 ;;
-		esac
-	done
-fi
-
 get_data_source () {
 	case "$1" in
 	*/*)
 		# Not so fast.	This could be the partial URL shorthand...
 		token=$(expr "z$1" : 'z\([^/]*\)/')
 		remainder=$(expr "z$1" : 'z[^/]*/\(.*\)')
-		if test "$(git-repo-config --get "remote.$token.url")"
-		then
-			echo config-partial
-		elif test -f "$GIT_DIR/branches/$token"
+		if test -f "$GIT_DIR/branches/$token"
 		then
 			echo branches-partial
 		else
@@ -48,10 +18,7 @@ get_data_source () {
 		fi
 		;;
 	*)
-		if test "$(git-repo-config --get "remote.$1.url")"
-		then
-			echo config
-		elif test -f "$GIT_DIR/remotes/$1"
+		if test -f "$GIT_DIR/remotes/$1"
 		then
 			echo remotes
 		elif test -f "$GIT_DIR/branches/$1"
@@ -68,15 +35,6 @@ get_remote_url () {
 	case "$data_source" in
 	'')
 		echo "$1" ;;
-	config-partial)
-		token=$(expr "z$1" : '\([^/]*\)/')
-		remainder=$(expr "z$1" : '[^/]*/\(.*\)')
-		url=$(git-repo-config --get "remote.$token.url")
-		echo "$url/$remainder"
-		;;
-	config)
-		git-repo-config --get "remote.$1.url"
-		;;
 	remotes)
 		sed -ne '/^URL: */{
 			s///p
@@ -98,10 +56,8 @@ get_remote_url () {
 get_remote_default_refs_for_push () {
 	data_source=$(get_data_source "$1")
 	case "$data_source" in
-	'' | config-partial | branches | branches-partial)
+	'' | branches | branches-partial)
 		;; # no default push mapping, just send matching refs.
-	config)
-		git-repo-config --get-all "remote.$1.push" ;;
 	remotes)
 		sed -ne '/^Push: */{
 			s///p
@@ -155,11 +111,8 @@ canon_refs_list_for_fetch () {
 get_remote_default_refs_for_fetch () {
 	data_source=$(get_data_source "$1")
 	case "$data_source" in
-	'' | config-partial | branches-partial)
+	'' | branches-partial)
 		echo "HEAD:" ;;
-	config)
-		canon_refs_list_for_fetch \
-			$(git-repo-config --get-all "remote.$1.pull") ;;
 	branches)
 		remote_branch=$(sed -ne '/#/s/.*#//p' "$GIT_DIR/branches/$1")
 		case "$remote_branch" in '') remote_branch=master ;; esac