diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/IgnoreNodeTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/IgnoreNodeTest.java
index ccc64fb46..17c7ef139 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/IgnoreNodeTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/IgnoreNodeTest.java
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
-import org.eclipse.jgit.ignore.IgnoreNode.MatchResult;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.junit.RepositoryTestCase;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.FileMode;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.treewalk.FileTreeIterator;
@@ -546,19 +545,6 @@ public class IgnoreNodeTest extends RepositoryTestCase {
 		endWalk();
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
-	@Test
-	public void testEmptyIgnoreNode() {
-		// Rules are never empty: WorkingTreeIterator optimizes empty files away
-		// So we have to test it manually in case third party clients use
-		// IgnoreNode directly.
-		IgnoreNode node = new IgnoreNode();
-		assertEquals(MatchResult.CHECK_PARENT, node.isIgnored("", false));
-		assertEquals(MatchResult.CHECK_PARENT, node.isIgnored("", false, false));
-		assertEquals(MatchResult.CHECK_PARENT_NEGATE_FIRST_MATCH,
-				node.isIgnored("", false, true));
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void testEmptyIgnoreRules() throws IOException {
 		IgnoreNode node = new IgnoreNode();
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/IgnoreNode.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/IgnoreNode.java
index 1224df422..d570fde36 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/IgnoreNode.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ignore/IgnoreNode.java
@@ -154,35 +154,6 @@ public class IgnoreNode {
 				: MatchResult.NOT_IGNORED;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Determine if an entry path matches an ignore rule.
-	 *
-	 * @param entryPath
-	 *            the path to test. The path must be relative to this ignore
-	 *            node's own repository path, and in repository path format
-	 *            (uses '/' and not '\').
-	 * @param isDirectory
-	 *            true if the target item is a directory.
-	 * @param negateFirstMatch
-	 *            true if the first match should be negated
-	 * @deprecated negateFirstMatch is not honored anymore
-	 * @return status of the path.
-	 * @since 3.6
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public MatchResult isIgnored(String entryPath, boolean isDirectory,
-			boolean negateFirstMatch) {
-		final Boolean result = checkIgnored(entryPath, isDirectory);
-		if (result == null) {
-			return negateFirstMatch
-					? MatchResult.CHECK_PARENT_NEGATE_FIRST_MATCH
-					: MatchResult.CHECK_PARENT;
-		}
-
-		return result.booleanValue() ? MatchResult.IGNORED
-				: MatchResult.NOT_IGNORED;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Determine if an entry path matches an ignore rule.
 	 *