diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheCheckout.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheCheckout.java
index 015d9d6a8..99e022bfe 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheCheckout.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheCheckout.java
@@ -1284,10 +1284,8 @@ private static void checkValidPath(CanonicalTreeParser t)
 	 * @throws InvalidPathException
 	 *             if the path is invalid
 	 * @since 3.3
-	 * @deprecated Use {@link SystemReader#checkPath(String)}.
 	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public static void checkValidPath(String path) throws InvalidPathException {
+	static void checkValidPath(String path) throws InvalidPathException {
 		try {
 			SystemReader.getInstance().checkPath(path);
 		} catch (CorruptObjectException e) {