diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
index ac2553ba9d..47ed24c6a6 100644
--- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
@@ -266,45 +266,6 @@ static char *get_up_path(const char *path)
 	return strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
 }
 
-static int module_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
-{
-	int i;
-	struct pathspec pathspec;
-	struct module_list list = MODULE_LIST_INIT;
-
-	struct option module_list_options[] = {
-		OPT_STRING(0, "prefix", &prefix,
-			   N_("path"),
-			   N_("alternative anchor for relative paths")),
-		OPT_END()
-	};
-
-	const char *const git_submodule_helper_usage[] = {
-		N_("git submodule--helper list [--prefix=<path>] [<path>...]"),
-		NULL
-	};
-
-	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, module_list_options,
-			     git_submodule_helper_usage, 0);
-
-	if (module_list_compute(argc, argv, prefix, &pathspec, &list) < 0)
-		return 1;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < list.nr; i++) {
-		const struct cache_entry *ce = list.entries[i];
-
-		if (ce_stage(ce))
-			printf("%06o %s U\t", ce->ce_mode,
-			       oid_to_hex(null_oid()));
-		else
-			printf("%06o %s %d\t", ce->ce_mode,
-			       oid_to_hex(&ce->oid), ce_stage(ce));
-
-		fprintf(stdout, "%s\n", ce->name);
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void for_each_listed_submodule(const struct module_list *list,
 				      each_submodule_fn fn, void *cb_data)
 {
@@ -3340,7 +3301,6 @@ struct cmd_struct {
 };
 
 static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
-	{"list", module_list, 0},
 	{"clone", module_clone, SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX},
 	{"add", module_add, 0},
 	{"update", module_update, SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX},
diff --git a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
index 6a77d817a8..b50db3f103 100755
--- a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
@@ -1255,31 +1255,6 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule add clone shallow submodule' '
 	)
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'submodule helper list is not confused by common prefixes' '
-	mkdir -p dir1/b &&
-	(
-		cd dir1/b &&
-		git init &&
-		echo hi >testfile2 &&
-		git add . &&
-		git commit -m "test1"
-	) &&
-	mkdir -p dir2/b &&
-	(
-		cd dir2/b &&
-		git init &&
-		echo hello >testfile1 &&
-		git add .  &&
-		git commit -m "test2"
-	) &&
-	git submodule add /dir1/b dir1/b &&
-	git submodule add /dir2/b dir2/b &&
-	git commit -m "first submodule commit" &&
-	git submodule--helper list dir1/b | cut -f 2 >actual &&
-	echo "dir1/b" >expect &&
-	test_cmp expect actual
-'
-
 test_expect_success 'setup superproject with submodules' '
 	git init sub1 &&
 	test_commit -C sub1 test &&