diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-config.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-config.txt
index 7a83a3a6e2..9a778b0cad 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-config.txt
@@ -186,10 +186,6 @@ parsing is successful, the return value is the result.
 Same as `git_config_bool`, except that integers are returned as-is, and
 an `is_bool` flag is unset.
 
-`git_config_maybe_bool`::
-Deprecated. Use `git_parse_maybe_bool` instead. They are exactly the
-same, except this function takes an unused argument `name`.
-
 `git_parse_maybe_bool`::
 Same as `git_config_bool`, except that it returns -1 on error rather
 than dying.
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 7931182a54..cd5a69e630 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -956,11 +956,6 @@ int git_parse_maybe_bool(const char *value)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-int git_config_maybe_bool(const char *name, const char *value)
-{
-	return git_parse_maybe_bool(value);
-}
-
 int git_config_bool_or_int(const char *name, const char *value, int *is_bool)
 {
 	int v = git_parse_maybe_bool_text(value);
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 97471b8873..456b3d134d 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ extern unsigned long git_config_ulong(const char *, const char *);
 extern ssize_t git_config_ssize_t(const char *, const char *);
 extern int git_config_bool_or_int(const char *, const char *, int *);
 extern int git_config_bool(const char *, const char *);
-extern int git_config_maybe_bool(const char *, const char *);
 extern int git_config_string(const char **, const char *, const char *);
 extern int git_config_pathname(const char **, const char *, const char *);
 extern int git_config_set_in_file_gently(const char *, const char *, const char *);