diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index be07ec70863cae3f6e1c9d5dbc6dc555e444e30a..26322dd52bb223eb066ee1dcbf234f13109d6ae1 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ extern int get_sha1_mb(const char *str, unsigned char *sha1);
 
 extern int refname_match(const char *abbrev_name, const char *full_name, const char **rules);
 extern const char *ref_rev_parse_rules[];
-extern const char *ref_fetch_rules[];
+#define ref_fetch_rules ref_rev_parse_rules
 
 extern int create_symref(const char *ref, const char *refs_heads_master, const char *logmsg);
 extern int validate_headref(const char *ref);
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index ff20eeb5ba7a4d26d52d359263cb191cfbc61496..026c7ea25dde100c19b5a1edca4280c20c18f7ee 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -995,14 +995,6 @@ const char *ref_rev_parse_rules[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
-const char *ref_fetch_rules[] = {
-	"%.*s",
-	"refs/%.*s",
-	"refs/tags/%.*s",
-	"refs/heads/%.*s",
-	NULL
-};
-
 int refname_match(const char *abbrev_name, const char *full_name, const char **rules)
 {
 	const char **p;
diff --git a/t/t5510-fetch.sh b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
index 7e433b179f9fcb0b3ccdd0ec83c6ec850735e391..251d138aaef4468c8b59f0bfa13c6ffc292372c8 100755
--- a/t/t5510-fetch.sh
+++ b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch must not resolve short tag name' '
 
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'fetch must not resolve short remote name' '
+test_expect_success 'fetch can now resolve short remote name' '
 
 	cd "$D" &&
 	git update-ref refs/remotes/six/HEAD HEAD &&
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch must not resolve short remote name' '
 	cd six &&
 	git init &&
 
-	test_must_fail git fetch .. six:six
-
+	git fetch .. six:six
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'create bundle 1' '