diff --git a/app/models/event.rb b/app/models/event.rb
index c0b126713a6eac24ee31c08042e92c235289803f..65b4c2edfee043d343707218f95b2e9993805850 100644
--- a/app/models/event.rb
+++ b/app/models/event.rb
@@ -186,10 +186,6 @@ class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
     data[:ref]["refs/heads"]
   end
 
-  def new_branch?
-    commit_from =~ /^00000/
-  end
-
   def new_ref?
     commit_from =~ /^00000/
   end
diff --git a/spec/models/event_spec.rb b/spec/models/event_spec.rb
index 1f1bc9ac73711a3494c448efd279e3609433e878..204ae9da7042bc89fe1dc4b6863d3e0d16f57e50 100644
--- a/spec/models/event_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/event_spec.rb
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ describe Event do
 
     it { @event.push?.should be_true }
     it { @event.proper?.should be_true }
-    it { @event.new_branch?.should be_true }
     it { @event.tag?.should be_false }
     it { @event.branch_name.should == "master" }
     it { @event.author.should == @user }