diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index 21e4ad25ad..8a78dde69e 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ static int path_matches(const char *pathname, int pathlen,
 	}
 	return match_pathname(pathname, pathlen - isdir,
 			      base, baselen,
-			      pattern, prefix, pat->patternlen, pat->flags);
+			      pattern, prefix, pat->patternlen);
 }
 
 static int macroexpand_one(struct all_attrs_item *all_attrs, int nr, int rem);
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index d7cfb08e44..50eeb8b11e 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -1244,8 +1244,7 @@ int match_basename(const char *basename, int basenamelen,
 
 int match_pathname(const char *pathname, int pathlen,
 		   const char *base, int baselen,
-		   const char *pattern, int prefix, int patternlen,
-		   unsigned flags)
+		   const char *pattern, int prefix, int patternlen)
 {
 	const char *name;
 	int namelen;
@@ -1347,8 +1346,7 @@ static struct path_pattern *last_matching_pattern_from_list(const char *pathname
 		if (match_pathname(pathname, pathlen,
 				   pattern->base,
 				   pattern->baselen ? pattern->baselen - 1 : 0,
-				   exclude, prefix, pattern->patternlen,
-				   pattern->flags)) {
+				   exclude, prefix, pattern->patternlen)) {
 			res = pattern;
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/dir.h b/dir.h
index 7bc862030c..674747d93a 100644
--- a/dir.h
+++ b/dir.h
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ int match_basename(const char *, int,
 		   const char *, int, int, unsigned);
 int match_pathname(const char *, int,
 		   const char *, int,
-		   const char *, int, int, unsigned);
+		   const char *, int, int);
 
 struct path_pattern *last_matching_pattern(struct dir_struct *dir,
 					   struct index_state *istate,