diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/TreeWalk.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/TreeWalk.java
index 8872689d3..41c016cff 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/TreeWalk.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/treewalk/TreeWalk.java
@@ -632,22 +632,6 @@ public class TreeWalk implements AutoCloseable, AttributesProvider {
 					config.get(WorkingTreeOptions.KEY), getAttributes());
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Get the EOL stream type of the current entry using the config and
-	 * {@link #getAttributes()}.
-	 *
-	 * @return the EOL stream type of the current entry using the config and
-	 *         {@link #getAttributes()}. Note that this method may return null
-	 *         if the {@link org.eclipse.jgit.treewalk.TreeWalk} is not based on
-	 *         a working tree
-	 * @since 4.3
-	 * @deprecated use {@link #getEolStreamType(OperationType)} instead.
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public @Nullable EolStreamType getEolStreamType() {
-		return (getEolStreamType(operationType));
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Reset this walker so new tree iterators can be added to it.
 	 */