diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreAllWhitespaceTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreAllWhitespaceTest.java
index c59f3780b..f97763f5c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreAllWhitespaceTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreAllWhitespaceTest.java
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ public class RawTextIgnoreAllWhitespaceTest extends TestCase {
 	private final RawTextComparator cmp = RawTextComparator.WS_IGNORE_ALL;
 
 	public void testEqualsWithoutWhitespace() {
-		final RawText a = new RawText(cmp, Constants
+		final RawText a = new RawText(Constants
 				.encodeASCII("foo-a\nfoo-b\nfoo\n"));
-		final RawText b = new RawText(cmp, Constants
+		final RawText b = new RawText(Constants
 				.encodeASCII("foo-b\nfoo-c\nf\n"));
 
 		assertEquals(3, a.size());
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ public class RawTextIgnoreAllWhitespaceTest extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testEqualsWithWhitespace() {
-		final RawText a = new RawText(cmp, Constants
+		final RawText a = new RawText(Constants
 				.encodeASCII("foo-a\n         \n a b c\na      \n"));
-		final RawText b = new RawText(cmp, Constants
+		final RawText b = new RawText(Constants
 				.encodeASCII("foo-a        b\n\nab  c\na\n"));
 
 		// "foo-a" != "foo-a        b"
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreLeadingWhitespaceTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreLeadingWhitespaceTest.java
index 647fa30d2..e510bddc6 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreLeadingWhitespaceTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreLeadingWhitespaceTest.java
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ public class RawTextIgnoreLeadingWhitespaceTest extends TestCase {
 	private final RawTextComparator cmp = RawTextComparator.WS_IGNORE_LEADING;
 
 	public void testEqualsWithoutWhitespace() {
-		final RawText a = new RawText(cmp, Constants
+		final RawText a = new RawText(Constants
 				.encodeASCII("foo-a\nfoo-b\nfoo\n"));
-		final RawText b = new RawText(cmp, Constants
+		final RawText b = new RawText(Constants
 				.encodeASCII("foo-b\nfoo-c\nf\n"));
 
 		assertEquals(3, a.size());
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ public class RawTextIgnoreLeadingWhitespaceTest extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testEqualsWithWhitespace() {
-		final RawText a = new RawText(cmp, Constants
+		final RawText a = new RawText(Constants
 				.encodeASCII("foo-a\n         \n a b c\n      a\nb    \n"));
-		final RawText b = new RawText(cmp, Constants
+		final RawText b = new RawText(Constants
 				.encodeASCII("foo-a        b\n\nab  c\na\nb\n"));
 
 		// "foo-a" != "foo-a        b"
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreTrailingWhitespaceTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreTrailingWhitespaceTest.java
index b6999cd03..de7e5bf4d 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreTrailingWhitespaceTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreTrailingWhitespaceTest.java
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ public class RawTextIgnoreTrailingWhitespaceTest extends TestCase {
 	private final RawTextComparator cmp = RawTextComparator.WS_IGNORE_TRAILING;
 
 	public void testEqualsWithoutWhitespace() {
-		final RawText a = new RawText(cmp, Constants
+		final RawText a = new RawText(Constants
 				.encodeASCII("foo-a\nfoo-b\nfoo\n"));
-		final RawText b = new RawText(cmp, Constants
+		final RawText b = new RawText(Constants
 				.encodeASCII("foo-b\nfoo-c\nf\n"));
 
 		assertEquals(3, a.size());
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ public class RawTextIgnoreTrailingWhitespaceTest extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testEqualsWithWhitespace() {
-		final RawText a = new RawText(cmp, Constants
+		final RawText a = new RawText(Constants
 				.encodeASCII("foo-a\n         \n a b c\na      \n    b\n"));
-		final RawText b = new RawText(cmp, Constants
+		final RawText b = new RawText(Constants
 				.encodeASCII("foo-a        b\n\nab  c\na\nb\n"));
 
 		// "foo-a" != "foo-a        b"
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreWhitespaceChangeTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreWhitespaceChangeTest.java
index 62a079f39..c601130be 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreWhitespaceChangeTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreWhitespaceChangeTest.java
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ public class RawTextIgnoreWhitespaceChangeTest extends TestCase {
 	private final RawTextComparator cmp = RawTextComparator.WS_IGNORE_CHANGE;
 
 	public void testEqualsWithoutWhitespace() {
-		final RawText a = new RawText(cmp, Constants
+		final RawText a = new RawText(Constants
 				.encodeASCII("foo-a\nfoo-b\nfoo\n"));
-		final RawText b = new RawText(cmp, Constants
+		final RawText b = new RawText(Constants
 				.encodeASCII("foo-b\nfoo-c\nf\n"));
 
 		assertEquals(3, a.size());
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ public class RawTextIgnoreWhitespaceChangeTest extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testEqualsWithWhitespace() {
-		final RawText a = new RawText(cmp, Constants
+		final RawText a = new RawText(Constants
 				.encodeASCII("foo-a\n         \n a b c\na      \n  foo\na  b  c\n"));
-		final RawText b = new RawText(cmp, Constants
+		final RawText b = new RawText(Constants
 				.encodeASCII("foo-a        b\n\nab  c\na\nfoo\na b     c  \n"));
 
 		// "foo-a" != "foo-a        b"
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawText.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawText.java
index 7d0987450..428183c94 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawText.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawText.java
@@ -85,21 +85,6 @@ public class RawText extends Sequence {
 	 *            through cached arrays is safe.
 	 */
 	public RawText(final byte[] input) {
-		this(RawTextComparator.DEFAULT, input);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Create a new sequence from an existing content byte array.
-	 *
-	 * The entire array (indexes 0 through length-1) is used as the content.
-	 *
-	 * @param cmp
-	 *            comparator that will later be used to compare texts.
-	 * @param input
-	 *            the content array. The array is never modified, so passing
-	 *            through cached arrays is safe.
-	 */
-	public RawText(RawTextComparator cmp, byte[] input) {
 		content = input;
 		lines = RawParseUtils.lineMap(content, 0, content.length);
 	}