diff --git a/contrib/coccinelle/the_repository.pending.cocci b/contrib/coccinelle/the_repository.pending.cocci
index 747d382ff5..23b97536da 100644
--- a/contrib/coccinelle/the_repository.pending.cocci
+++ b/contrib/coccinelle/the_repository.pending.cocci
@@ -34,14 +34,6 @@ expression G;
 + repo_parse_commit_internal(the_repository,
   E, F, G)
 
-@@
-expression E;
-expression F;
-@@
-- parse_commit_gently(
-+ repo_parse_commit_gently(the_repository,
-  E, F)
-
 @@
 expression E;
 @@