diff --git a/builtin-push.c b/builtin-push.c
index 979efcc45fca1a39b125e02d14b1f5d096f813ba..6ab9a28e8c106858a1002971438e46778ff843d8 100644
--- a/builtin-push.c
+++ b/builtin-push.c
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ static int do_push(const char *repo)
 		argv[dest_argc] = NULL;
 		if (verbose)
 			fprintf(stderr, "Pushing to %s\n", dest);
-		err = run_command_v(argv);
+		err = run_command_v_opt(argv, 0);
 		if (!err)
 			continue;
 		switch (err) {
diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index cfbad74d145145944352c568064cc2f8c0d4c5cb..94ace50a252e662d70f8a4c8eed6b0019ea487dd 100644
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -46,48 +46,3 @@ int run_command_v_opt(const char **argv, int flags)
 		return 0;
 	}
 }
-
-int run_command_v(const char **argv)
-{
-	return run_command_v_opt(argv, 0);
-}
-
-static int run_command_va_opt(int opt, const char *cmd, va_list param)
-{
-	int argc;
-	const char *argv[MAX_RUN_COMMAND_ARGS];
-	const char *arg;
-
-	argv[0] = (char*) cmd;
-	argc = 1;
-	while (argc < MAX_RUN_COMMAND_ARGS) {
-		arg = argv[argc++] = va_arg(param, char *);
-		if (!arg)
-			break;
-	}
-	if (MAX_RUN_COMMAND_ARGS <= argc)
-		return error("too many args to run %s", cmd);
-	return run_command_v_opt(argv, opt);
-}
-
-int run_command_opt(int opt, const char *cmd, ...)
-{
-	va_list params;
-	int r;
-
-	va_start(params, cmd);
-	r = run_command_va_opt(opt, cmd, params);
-	va_end(params);
-	return r;
-}
-
-int run_command(const char *cmd, ...)
-{
-	va_list params;
-	int r;
-
-	va_start(params, cmd);
-	r = run_command_va_opt(0, cmd, params);
-	va_end(params);
-	return r;
-}
diff --git a/run-command.h b/run-command.h
index 59c4476ced789441eea3f68bfc7377e7e15e9b14..2646d38ac7d3b4f301744fd61732e7c437ea80a5 100644
--- a/run-command.h
+++ b/run-command.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef RUN_COMMAND_H
 #define RUN_COMMAND_H
 
-#define MAX_RUN_COMMAND_ARGS 256
 enum {
 	ERR_RUN_COMMAND_FORK = 10000,
 	ERR_RUN_COMMAND_EXEC,
@@ -15,8 +14,5 @@ enum {
 #define RUN_GIT_CMD	     2	/*If this is to be git sub-command */
 #define RUN_COMMAND_STDOUT_TO_STDERR 4
 int run_command_v_opt(const char **argv, int opt);
-int run_command_v(const char **argv);
-int run_command_opt(int opt, const char *cmd, ...);
-int run_command(const char *cmd, ...);
 
 #endif