diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index 170f42fe21..25be2ebd2a 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -1959,7 +1959,8 @@ sub validate_patch {
 	my ($fn, $xfer_encoding) = @_;
 
 	if ($repo) {
-		my $validate_hook = catfile($repo->hooks_path(),
+		my $hooks_path = $repo->command_oneline('rev-parse', '--git-path', 'hooks');
+		my $validate_hook = catfile($hooks_path,
 					    'sendemail-validate');
 		my $hook_error;
 		if (-x $validate_hook) {
diff --git a/perl/Git.pm b/perl/Git.pm
index 73ebbf80cc..02eacef0c2 100644
--- a/perl/Git.pm
+++ b/perl/Git.pm
@@ -619,19 +619,6 @@ Return path to the git repository. Must be called on a repository instance.
 
 sub repo_path { $_[0]->{opts}->{Repository} }
 
-=item hooks_path ()
-
-Return path to the hooks directory. Must be called on a repository instance.
-
-=cut
-
-sub hooks_path {
-	my ($self) = @_;
-
-	my $dir = $self->command_oneline('rev-parse', '--git-path', 'hooks');
-	my $abs = abs_path($dir);
-	return $abs;
-}
 
 =item wc_path ()
 
diff --git a/t/t9001-send-email.sh b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
index aa603cf4d0..3b7540050c 100755
--- a/t/t9001-send-email.sh
+++ b/t/t9001-send-email.sh
@@ -539,14 +539,15 @@ test_expect_success $PREREQ "--validate respects relative core.hooksPath path" '
 	test_path_is_file my-hooks.ran &&
 	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
 	fatal: longline.patch: rejected by sendemail-validate hook
-	fatal: command '"'"'$PWD/my-hooks/sendemail-validate'"'"' died with exit code 1
+	fatal: command '"'"'my-hooks/sendemail-validate'"'"' died with exit code 1
 	warning: no patches were sent
 	EOF
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
 test_expect_success $PREREQ "--validate respects absolute core.hooksPath path" '
-	test_config core.hooksPath "$(pwd)/my-hooks" &&
+	hooks_path="$(pwd)/my-hooks" &&
+	test_config core.hooksPath "$hooks_path" &&
 	test_when_finished "rm my-hooks.ran" &&
 	test_must_fail git send-email \
 		--from="Example <nobody@example.com>" \
@@ -557,7 +558,7 @@ test_expect_success $PREREQ "--validate respects absolute core.hooksPath path" '
 	test_path_is_file my-hooks.ran &&
 	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
 	fatal: longline.patch: rejected by sendemail-validate hook
-	fatal: command '"'"'$PWD/my-hooks/sendemail-validate'"'"' died with exit code 1
+	fatal: command '"'"'$hooks_path/sendemail-validate'"'"' died with exit code 1
 	warning: no patches were sent
 	EOF
 	test_cmp expect actual