diff --git a/git.zig b/git.zig
index 94f17ba04d05a4aa193073fed201e8d1e196fcc0..205519349ba051f3c8d5bd1e605eb63fd89d4013 100644
--- a/git.zig
+++ b/git.zig
@@ -110,28 +110,6 @@ pub fn getObjectContent(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, dir: nfs.Dir, obj: Id) !string
     const t = tracer.trace(@src(), " {s}", .{obj});
     defer t.end();
 
-    if (obj.len == 40) blk: { //sha1 object
-        var sub_path: [49:0]u8 = "objects/00/00000000000000000000000000000000000000".*;
-        @memcpy(sub_path[8..][0..2], obj[0..2]);
-        @memcpy(sub_path[11..], obj[2..]);
-        const objfile = dir.openFile(&sub_path, .{}) catch |err| switch (err) {
-            error.ENOENT => break :blk,
-            else => |e| return e,
-        };
-        defer objfile.close();
-        var bufr = nio.BufferedReader(4096, nfs.File).init(objfile);
-        var list = std.ArrayList(u8).init(alloc);
-        defer list.deinit();
-        try list.ensureUnusedCapacity(512);
-        try std.compress.flate.inflate.decompress(.zlib, bufr.anyReadable(), list.writer());
-        const header = list.items[0..std.mem.indexOfScalar(u8, list.items, 0).?];
-        const _type = header[0..std.mem.indexOfScalar(u8, header, ' ').?];
-        const content_len = try extras.parseDigits(u64, header[_type.len + 1 ..], 10);
-        std.debug.assert(list.items[header.len + 1 ..].len == content_len);
-        list.replaceRangeAssumeCapacity(0, header.len + 1, "");
-        return list.toOwnedSlice();
-    }
-
     const result = try std.process.Child.run(.{
         .allocator = alloc,
         .cwd_dir = dir.to_std(),