diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/PersonIdent.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/PersonIdent.java
index 5361c0f69..38c693883 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/PersonIdent.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/PersonIdent.java
@@ -45,14 +45,11 @@
 
 package org.eclipse.jgit.lib;
 
-import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 
-import org.eclipse.jgit.JGitText;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.util.RawParseUtils;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.util.SystemReader;
 
 /**
@@ -190,27 +187,6 @@ public class PersonIdent {
 		tzOffset = aTZ;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Construct a PersonIdent from a string with full name, email, time time
-	 * zone string. The input string must be valid.
-	 *
-	 * @param in
-	 *            a Git internal format author/committer string.
-	 *
-	 * @deprecated Use {@link RawParseUtils#parsePersonIdent(String)} instead.
-	 */
-	public PersonIdent(final String in) {
-		final PersonIdent self = RawParseUtils.parsePersonIdent(in);
-		if (self == null)
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException(MessageFormat.format(
-					JGitText.get().malformedpersonIdentString, in));
-
-		this.name = self.name;
-		this.emailAddress = self.emailAddress;
-		this.when = self.when;
-		this.tzOffset = self.tzOffset;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @return Name of person
 	 */