diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/changes/GitChangeUtils.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/changes/GitChangeUtils.java
index 7b2493558f13..00bc459f9637 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/changes/GitChangeUtils.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/changes/GitChangeUtils.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package git4idea.changes;
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.FilePath;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.FileStatus;
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ import git4idea.GitVcs;
 import git4idea.commands.*;
 import git4idea.repo.GitRepository;
 import git4idea.util.StringScanner;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
@@ -74,28 +72,6 @@ public class GitChangeUtils {
     }
   }
 
-  public static Collection<String> parseDiffForPaths(final String rootPath, final StringScanner s) throws VcsException {
-    final Collection<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
-
-    while (s.hasMoreData()) {
-      if (s.isEol()) {
-        s.nextLine();
-        continue;
-      }
-      if ("CADUMR".indexOf(s.peek()) == -1) {
-        // exit if there is no next character
-        break;
-      }
-      assert 'M' != s.peek() : "Moves are not yet handled";
-      String[] tokens = s.line().split("\t");
-      String path = tokens[tokens.length - 1];
-      path = rootPath + File.separator + GitUtil.unescapePath(path);
-      path = FileUtil.toSystemDependentName(path);
-      result.add(path);
-    }
-    return result;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Parse changes from lines
    *
@@ -210,17 +186,6 @@ public class GitChangeUtils {
     return handler;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Check if the exception means that HEAD is missing for the current repository.
-   *
-   * @param e the exception to examine
-   * @return true if the head is missing
-   */
-  public static boolean isHeadMissing(final VcsException e) {
-    @NonNls final String errorText = "fatal: bad revision 'HEAD'\n";
-    return e.getMessage().equals(errorText);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Get list of changes. Because native Git non-linear revision tree structure is not
    * supported by the current IDEA interfaces some simplifications are made in the case
@@ -500,12 +465,6 @@ public class GitChangeUtils {
     return Git.getInstance().runCommand(handler).getOutputOrThrow();
   }
 
-  @NotNull
-  public static String getDiffOutput(@NotNull Project project, @NotNull VirtualFile root,
-                                     @NotNull String diffRange, @Nullable Collection<FilePath> dirtyPaths) throws VcsException {
-    return getDiffOutput(project, root, diffRange, dirtyPaths, false, true);
-  }
-
 
   @NotNull
   private static GitLineHandler getDiffHandler(@NotNull Project project,