diff --git a/crates/cargo-test-support/src/git.rs b/crates/cargo-test-support/src/git.rs
index cb2ea38a8c0a..18c4646b37d2 100644
--- a/crates/cargo-test-support/src/git.rs
+++ b/crates/cargo-test-support/src/git.rs
@@ -175,20 +175,6 @@ where
     (git_project, repo)
 }
 
-/// Create a new git repository with a project.
-/// Returns both the Project and the git Repository but does not commit.
-pub fn new_repo_without_add_and_commit<F>(name: &str, callback: F) -> (Project, git2::Repository)
-where
-    F: FnOnce(ProjectBuilder) -> ProjectBuilder,
-{
-    let mut git_project = project().at(name);
-    git_project = callback(git_project);
-    let git_project = git_project.build();
-
-    let repo = init(&git_project.root());
-    (git_project, repo)
-}
-
 /// Add all files in the working directory to the git index.
 pub fn add(repo: &git2::Repository) {
     // FIXME(libgit2/libgit2#2514): apparently, `add_all` will add all submodules
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/fix.rs b/tests/testsuite/fix.rs
index 790d105d74b9..897433cb000c 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/fix.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/fix.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use cargo::core::Edition;
 use cargo_test_support::compare::assert_match_exact;
-use cargo_test_support::git;
+use cargo_test_support::git::{self, init};
 use cargo_test_support::paths::{self, CargoPathExt};
 use cargo_test_support::registry::{Dependency, Package};
 use cargo_test_support::tools;
@@ -773,8 +773,10 @@ commit the changes to these files:
 
 #[cargo_test]
 fn errors_on_empty_repo() {
-    let (p, _) =
-        git::new_repo_without_add_and_commit("foo", |p| p.file("src/lib.rs", "pub fn foo() {}"));
+    let mut git_project = project().at("foo");
+    git_project = git_project.file("src/lib.rs", "pub fn foo() {}");
+    let p = git_project.build();
+    let _ = init(&p.root());
 
     p.cargo("fix")
         .with_status(101)