diff --git a/internal/homesick/core/core.go b/internal/homesick/core/core.go
index d2d7f23..8c31e1d 100644
--- a/internal/homesick/core/core.go
+++ b/internal/homesick/core/core.go
@@ -510,10 +510,6 @@ func matchesIgnoredDir(castleHome string, candidate string, subdirs []string) (b
 	return ok, nil
 }
 
-func runGit(dir string, args ...string) error {
-	return runGitWithIO(dir, os.Stdout, os.Stderr, args...)
-}
-
 func runGitWithIO(dir string, stdout io.Writer, stderr io.Writer, args ...string) error {
 	cmd := exec.Command("git", args...)
 	cmd.Dir = dir