diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index df86bdd5a5e944..23d6c9671904cf 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -341,12 +341,7 @@ void add_object_array_with_path(struct object *obj, const char *name,
 
 void add_object_array(struct object *obj, const char *name, struct object_array *array)
 {
-	add_object_array_with_mode(obj, name, array, S_IFINVALID);
-}
-
-void add_object_array_with_mode(struct object *obj, const char *name, struct object_array *array, unsigned mode)
-{
-	add_object_array_with_path(obj, name, array, mode, NULL);
+	add_object_array_with_path(obj, name, array, S_IFINVALID, NULL);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/object.h b/object.h
index e5178a516de7c3..6416247defa133 100644
--- a/object.h
+++ b/object.h
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ int object_list_contains(struct object_list *list, struct object *obj);
 
 /* Object array handling .. */
 void add_object_array(struct object *obj, const char *name, struct object_array *array);
-void add_object_array_with_mode(struct object *obj, const char *name, struct object_array *array, unsigned mode);
 void add_object_array_with_path(struct object *obj, const char *name, struct object_array *array, unsigned mode, const char *path);
 
 typedef int (*object_array_each_func_t)(struct object_array_entry *, void *);