diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/server/fs/LfsServerTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/server/fs/LfsServerTest.java
index 90fe11680..10823b878 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/server/fs/LfsServerTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/server/fs/LfsServerTest.java
@@ -129,12 +129,6 @@ public abstract class LfsServerTest {
 		LfsProtocolServlet protocol = new LfsProtocolServlet() {
 			private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-			@Override
-			protected LargeFileRepository getLargeFileRepository(
-					LfsRequest request, String path) {
-				return repository;
-			}
-
 			@Override
 			protected LargeFileRepository getLargeFileRepository(
 					LfsRequest request, String path, String auth)
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/server/LfsProtocolServlet.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/server/LfsProtocolServlet.java
index 6968d7563..c7f55dd3c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/server/LfsProtocolServlet.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.server/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lfs/server/LfsProtocolServlet.java
@@ -105,48 +105,6 @@ public abstract class LfsProtocolServlet extends HttpServlet {
 
 	private static final int SC_BANDWIDTH_LIMIT_EXCEEDED = 509;
 
-	/**
-	 * Get the large file repository for the given request and path.
-	 *
-	 * @param request
-	 *            the request
-	 * @param path
-	 *            the path
-	 * @return the large file repository storing large files.
-	 * @throws org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.errors.LfsException
-	 *             implementations should throw more specific exceptions to
-	 *             signal which type of error occurred:
-	 *             <dl>
-	 *             <dt>{@link org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.errors.LfsValidationError}</dt>
-	 *             <dd>when there is a validation error with one or more of the
-	 *             objects in the request</dd>
-	 *             <dt>{@link org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.errors.LfsRepositoryNotFound}</dt>
-	 *             <dd>when the repository does not exist for the user</dd>
-	 *             <dt>{@link org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.errors.LfsRepositoryReadOnly}</dt>
-	 *             <dd>when the user has read, but not write access. Only
-	 *             applicable when the operation in the request is "upload"</dd>
-	 *             <dt>{@link org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.errors.LfsRateLimitExceeded}</dt>
-	 *             <dd>when the user has hit a rate limit with the server</dd>
-	 *             <dt>{@link org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.errors.LfsBandwidthLimitExceeded}</dt>
-	 *             <dd>when the bandwidth limit for the user or repository has
-	 *             been exceeded</dd>
-	 *             <dt>{@link org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.errors.LfsInsufficientStorage}</dt>
-	 *             <dd>when there is insufficient storage on the server</dd>
-	 *             <dt>{@link org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.errors.LfsUnavailable}</dt>
-	 *             <dd>when LFS is not available</dd>
-	 *             <dt>{@link org.eclipse.jgit.lfs.errors.LfsException}</dt>
-	 *             <dd>when an unexpected internal server error occurred</dd>
-	 *             </dl>
-	 * @since 4.5
-	 * @deprecated use
-	 *             {@link #getLargeFileRepository(LfsRequest, String, String)}
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	protected LargeFileRepository getLargeFileRepository(LfsRequest request,
-			String path) throws LfsException {
-		return getLargeFileRepository(request, path, null);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Get the large file repository for the given request and path.
 	 *