diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3d3a39fc19..90aa329eb7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -399,9 +399,6 @@ all::
 # with a different indexfile format version.  If it isn't set the index
 # file format used is index-v[23].
 #
-# Define GMTIME_UNRELIABLE_ERRORS if your gmtime() function does not
-# return NULL when it receives a bogus time_t.
-#
 # Define HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME if your platform has clock_gettime.
 #
 # Define HAVE_CLOCK_MONOTONIC if your platform has CLOCK_MONOTONIC.
@@ -1809,11 +1806,6 @@ ifndef NO_MSGFMT_EXTENDED_OPTIONS
 	MSGFMT += --check --statistics
 endif
 
-ifdef GMTIME_UNRELIABLE_ERRORS
-	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/gmtime.o
-	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DGMTIME_UNRELIABLE_ERRORS
-endif
-
 ifdef HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME
 endif
diff --git a/compat/gmtime.c b/compat/gmtime.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e8362dd2b9..0000000000
--- a/compat/gmtime.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#include "../git-compat-util.h"
-#undef gmtime
-#undef gmtime_r
-
-struct tm *git_gmtime(const time_t *timep)
-{
-	static struct tm result;
-	return git_gmtime_r(timep, &result);
-}
-
-struct tm *git_gmtime_r(const time_t *timep, struct tm *result)
-{
-	struct tm *ret;
-
-	memset(result, 0, sizeof(*result));
-	ret = gmtime_r(timep, result);
-
-	/*
-	 * Rather than NULL, FreeBSD gmtime simply leaves the "struct tm"
-	 * untouched when it encounters overflow. Since "mday" cannot otherwise
-	 * be zero, we can test this very quickly.
-	 */
-	if (ret && !ret->tm_mday) {
-		ret = NULL;
-		errno = EOVERFLOW;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 5ad43c80b1..c7eba69e54 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),FreeBSD)
 	PYTHON_PATH = /usr/local/bin/python
 	PERL_PATH = /usr/local/bin/perl
 	HAVE_PATHS_H = YesPlease
-	GMTIME_UNRELIABLE_ERRORS = UnfortunatelyYes
 	HAVE_BSD_SYSCTL = YesPlease
 	HAVE_BSD_KERN_PROC_SYSCTL = YesPlease
 	PAGER_ENV = LESS=FRX LV=-c MORE=FRX
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 8ba576e81e..a73632e8e4 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -1216,13 +1216,6 @@ int access_or_die(const char *path, int mode, unsigned flag);
 /* Warn on an inaccessible file if errno indicates this is an error */
 int warn_on_fopen_errors(const char *path);
 
-#ifdef GMTIME_UNRELIABLE_ERRORS
-struct tm *git_gmtime(const time_t *);
-struct tm *git_gmtime_r(const time_t *, struct tm *);
-#define gmtime git_gmtime
-#define gmtime_r git_gmtime_r
-#endif
-
 #if !defined(USE_PARENS_AROUND_GETTEXT_N) && defined(__GNUC__)
 #define USE_PARENS_AROUND_GETTEXT_N 1
 #endif