diff --git a/builtin-push.c b/builtin-push.c
index b7412e82937a240776cdda07da05797b0b2acb0b..7a3d2bb06416219a41cf6a0757cf3d03a56ef0da 100644
--- a/builtin-push.c
+++ b/builtin-push.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ static int do_push(const char *repo)
 		argv[dest_argc] = NULL;
 		if (verbose)
 			fprintf(stderr, "Pushing to %s\n", dest);
-		err = run_command_v(argc, argv);
+		err = run_command_v(argv);
 		if (!err)
 			continue;
 		switch (err) {
diff --git a/receive-pack.c b/receive-pack.c
index 59b682c03af53fbfe600d063fa832f874440493c..2b0ba638af7340075c1304d21042688e77ae9874 100644
--- a/receive-pack.c
+++ b/receive-pack.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ static void run_update_post_hook(struct command *cmd)
 		argc++;
 	}
 	argv[argc] = NULL;
-	run_command_v_opt(argc, argv, RUN_COMMAND_NO_STDIO);
+	run_command_v_opt(argv, RUN_COMMAND_NO_STDIO);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static const char *unpack(void)
 		unpacker[0] = "unpack-objects";
 		unpacker[1] = hdr_arg;
 		unpacker[2] = NULL;
-		code = run_command_v_opt(1, unpacker, RUN_GIT_CMD);
+		code = run_command_v_opt(unpacker, RUN_GIT_CMD);
 		switch (code) {
 		case 0:
 			return NULL;
diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index 492ad3e64ce5d2435c029ab032f1221347f37c19..d0330c3793ca86ab68ae64932e5539aa25020e82 100644
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "exec_cmd.h"
 
-int run_command_v_opt(int argc, const char **argv, int flags)
+int run_command_v_opt(const char **argv, int flags)
 {
 	pid_t pid = fork();
 
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ int run_command_v_opt(int argc, const char **argv, int flags)
 	}
 }
 
-int run_command_v(int argc, const char **argv)
+int run_command_v(const char **argv)
 {
-	return run_command_v_opt(argc, argv, 0);
+	return run_command_v_opt(argv, 0);
 }
 
 int run_command(const char *cmd, ...)
@@ -69,5 +69,5 @@ int run_command(const char *cmd, ...)
 	va_end(param);
 	if (MAX_RUN_COMMAND_ARGS <= argc)
 		return error("too many args to run %s", cmd);
-	return run_command_v_opt(argc, argv, 0);
+	return run_command_v_opt(argv, 0);
 }
diff --git a/run-command.h b/run-command.h
index 70b477a7483ce3a4997b20ee02223eeb483bde6c..82a0861f232900c557b068bb9962fb94e246859d 100644
--- a/run-command.h
+++ b/run-command.h
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ enum {
 
 #define RUN_COMMAND_NO_STDIO 1
 #define RUN_GIT_CMD	     2	/*If this is to be git sub-command */
-int run_command_v_opt(int argc, const char **argv, int opt);
-int run_command_v(int argc, const char **argv);
+int run_command_v_opt(const char **argv, int opt);
+int run_command_v(const char **argv);
 int run_command(const char *cmd, ...);
 
 #endif