diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/internal/CLIText.properties b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/internal/CLIText.properties
index fc412ba56..abe04b888 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/internal/CLIText.properties
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/internal/CLIText.properties
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ untrackedFiles=Untracked files:
 updating=Updating {0}..{1}
 usage_Aggressive=This option will cause gc to more aggressively optimize the repository at the expense of taking much more time
 usage_bareClone=Make a bare Git repository. That is, instead of creating [DIRECTORY] and placing the administrative files in [DIRECTORY]/.git, make the [DIRECTORY] itself the $GIT_DIR.
-usage_branches=Set branch field in .gitmodules
 usage_Blame=Show what revision and author last modified each line
 usage_CommandLineClientForamazonsS3Service=Command line client for Amazon's S3 service
 usage_CommitAll=commit all modified and deleted files
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Repo.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Repo.java
index ea59527fe..bec5003a1 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Repo.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Repo.java
@@ -58,16 +58,12 @@ class Repo extends TextBuiltin {
 	@Argument(required = true, metaVar = "metaVar_path", usage = "usage_pathToXml")
 	private String path;
 
-	@Option(name = "--record-remote-branch", usage = "usage_branches")
-	private boolean branches;
-
 	@Override
 	protected void run() throws Exception {
 		new RepoCommand(db)
 			.setURI(uri)
 			.setPath(path)
 			.setGroups(groups)
-			.setRecordRemoteBranch(branches)
 			.call();
 	}
 }