diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/DiffFormatter.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/DiffFormatter.java
index 9e26c3747..4cd931912 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/DiffFormatter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/DiffFormatter.java
@@ -971,9 +971,6 @@ public class DiffFormatter {
 		if (entry.getMode(side).getObjectType() != Constants.OBJ_BLOB)
 			return EMPTY;
 
-		if (isBinary())
-			return BINARY;
-
 		AbbreviatedObjectId id = entry.getId(side);
 		if (!id.isComplete()) {
 			Collection<ObjectId> ids = reader.resolve(id);
@@ -1012,10 +1009,6 @@ public class DiffFormatter {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private boolean isBinary() {
-		return false;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Output the first header line
 	 *