diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
index 9ca3e82c1f1a1fe5dfc86690d3f58dfdd941e831..b0741ce867a92155b57e8e7d3e8bbab96f91d62f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
@@ -511,17 +511,11 @@ void GitPlugin::logProject()
 
 void GitPlugin::undoFileChanges()
 {
-    QFileInfo fileInfo = currentFile();
-    QString fileName = fileInfo.fileName();
-    QString workingDirectory = fileInfo.absolutePath();
-
+    const QFileInfo fileInfo = currentFile();
     Core::FileChangeBlocker fcb(fileInfo.filePath());
     fcb.setModifiedReload(true);
 
-    QString errorMessage;
-    if (!m_gitClient->synchronousCheckout(workingDirectory, QStringList() << fileName, &errorMessage))
-        VCSBase::VCSBaseOutputWindow::instance()->append(errorMessage);
-
+    m_gitClient->revert(QStringList(fileInfo.absoluteFilePath()));
 }
 
 void GitPlugin::undoProjectChanges()
@@ -556,15 +550,6 @@ void GitPlugin::unstageFile()
     m_gitClient->synchronousReset(workingDirectory, QStringList(fileName));
 }
 
-void GitPlugin::revertFile()
-{
-    const QFileInfo fileInfo = currentFile();
-    Core::FileChangeBlocker fcb(fileInfo.filePath());
-    fcb.setModifiedReload(true);
-
-    m_gitClient->revert(QStringList(fileInfo.absoluteFilePath()));
-}
-
 void GitPlugin::startCommit()
 {
     if (VCSBase::VCSBaseSubmitEditor::raiseSubmitEditor())
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.h b/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.h
index 2970b6f32c09bae62da36fa921d8094a04bc0be3..bf3eb3e28ff7ec81d05b3b014fde03e0110e98d9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.h
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.h
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ private slots:
     void undoProjectChanges();
     void stageFile();
     void unstageFile();
-    void revertFile();
 
     void showCommit();
     void startCommit();