diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index 4c83055..d4359b3 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -644,8 +644,7 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_MERGED(&filter, N_("print only branches that are merged")),
 		OPT_NO_MERGED(&filter, N_("print only branches that are not merged")),
 		OPT_COLUMN(0, "column", &colopts, N_("list branches in columns")),
-		OPT_CALLBACK(0 , "sort", sorting_tail, N_("key"),
-			     N_("field name to sort on"), &parse_opt_ref_sorting),
+		OPT_REF_SORT(sorting_tail),
 		{
 			OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "points-at", &filter.points_at, N_("object"),
 			N_("print only branches of the object"), 0, parse_opt_object_name
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index f95e797..2e72a5e 100644
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ static int checkout_paths(const struct checkout_opts *opts,
 							ps_matched,
 							opts);
 
-	if (report_path_error(ps_matched, &opts->pathspec, opts->prefix)) {
+	if (report_path_error(ps_matched, &opts->pathspec)) {
 		free(ps_matched);
 		return 1;
 	}
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index f175374..a138ff8 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ static int commit_index_files(void)
  * and return the paths that match the given pattern in list.
  */
 static int list_paths(struct string_list *list, const char *with_tree,
-		      const char *prefix, const struct pathspec *pattern)
+		      const struct pathspec *pattern)
 {
 	int i, ret;
 	char *m;
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ static int list_paths(struct string_list *list, const char *with_tree,
 			item->util = item; /* better a valid pointer than a fake one */
 	}
 
-	ret = report_path_error(m, pattern, prefix);
+	ret = report_path_error(m, pattern);
 	free(m);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ static const char *prepare_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix
 			die(_("cannot do a partial commit during a cherry-pick."));
 	}
 
-	if (list_paths(&partial, !current_head ? NULL : "HEAD", prefix, &pathspec))
+	if (list_paths(&partial, !current_head ? NULL : "HEAD", &pathspec))
 		exit(1);
 
 	discard_cache();
diff --git a/builtin/fetch-pack.c b/builtin/fetch-pack.c
index 153a2bd..dc1485c 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch-pack.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ int cmd_fetch_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		BUG("unknown protocol version");
 	}
 
-	ref = fetch_pack(&args, fd, conn, ref, dest, sought, nr_sought,
+	ref = fetch_pack(&args, fd, ref, sought, nr_sought,
 			 &shallow, pack_lockfile_ptr, version);
 	if (pack_lockfile) {
 		printf("lock %s\n", pack_lockfile);
diff --git a/builtin/for-each-ref.c b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
index e931be9..465153e 100644
--- a/builtin/for-each-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ int cmd_for_each_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_INTEGER( 0 , "count", &maxcount, N_("show only <n> matched refs")),
 		OPT_STRING(  0 , "format", &format.format, N_("format"), N_("format to use for the output")),
 		OPT__COLOR(&format.use_color, N_("respect format colors")),
-		OPT_CALLBACK(0 , "sort", sorting_tail, N_("key"),
-			    N_("field name to sort on"), &parse_opt_ref_sorting),
+		OPT_REF_SORT(sorting_tail),
 		OPT_CALLBACK(0, "points-at", &filter.points_at,
 			     N_("object"), N_("print only refs which points at the given object"),
 			     parse_opt_object_name),
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index e63c8c2..e43ee12 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static void cmd_log_init(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
  * This gives a rough estimate for how many commits we
  * will print out in the list.
  */
-static int estimate_commit_count(struct rev_info *rev, struct commit_list *list)
+static int estimate_commit_count(struct commit_list *list)
 {
 	int n = 0;
 
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static void log_show_early(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit_list *list)
 		switch (simplify_commit(revs, commit)) {
 		case commit_show:
 			if (show_header) {
-				int n = estimate_commit_count(revs, list);
+				int n = estimate_commit_count(list);
 				show_early_header(revs, "incomplete", n);
 				show_header = 0;
 			}
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ static void early_output(int signal)
 	show_early_output = log_show_early;
 }
 
-static void setup_early_output(struct rev_info *rev)
+static void setup_early_output(void)
 {
 	struct sigaction sa;
 
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ static void setup_early_output(struct rev_info *rev)
 
 static void finish_early_output(struct rev_info *rev)
 {
-	int n = estimate_commit_count(rev, rev->commits);
+	int n = estimate_commit_count(rev->commits);
 	signal(SIGALRM, SIG_IGN);
 	show_early_header(rev, "done", n);
 }
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ static int cmd_log_walk(struct rev_info *rev)
 	int saved_dcctc = 0, close_file = rev->diffopt.close_file;
 
 	if (rev->early_output)
-		setup_early_output(rev);
+		setup_early_output();
 
 	if (prepare_revision_walk(rev))
 		die(_("revision walk setup failed"));
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ int cmd_whatchanged(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	return cmd_log_walk(&rev);
 }
 
-static void show_tagger(char *buf, int len, struct rev_info *rev)
+static void show_tagger(const char *buf, struct rev_info *rev)
 {
 	struct strbuf out = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct pretty_print_context pp = {0};
@@ -546,11 +546,11 @@ static int show_tag_object(const struct object_id *oid, struct rev_info *rev)
 	assert(type == OBJ_TAG);
 	while (offset < size && buf[offset] != '\n') {
 		int new_offset = offset + 1;
+		const char *ident;
 		while (new_offset < size && buf[new_offset++] != '\n')
 			; /* do nothing */
-		if (starts_with(buf + offset, "tagger "))
-			show_tagger(buf + offset + 7,
-				    new_offset - offset - 7, rev);
+		if (skip_prefix(buf + offset, "tagger ", &ident))
+			show_tagger(ident, rev);
 		offset = new_offset;
 	}
 
diff --git a/builtin/ls-files.c b/builtin/ls-files.c
index 29a8762..37a08c7 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-files.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-files.c
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ int cmd_ls_files(int argc, const char **argv, const char *cmd_prefix)
 
 	if (ps_matched) {
 		int bad;
-		bad = report_path_error(ps_matched, &pathspec, prefix);
+		bad = report_path_error(ps_matched, &pathspec);
 		if (bad)
 			fprintf(stderr, "Did you forget to 'git add'?\n");
 
diff --git a/builtin/ls-remote.c b/builtin/ls-remote.c
index 1d7f1f5..6ef5195 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-remote.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-remote.c
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ int cmd_ls_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_BIT(0, "refs", &flags, N_("do not show peeled tags"), REF_NORMAL),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "get-url", &get_url,
 			 N_("take url.<base>.insteadOf into account")),
-		OPT_CALLBACK(0 , "sort", sorting_tail, N_("key"),
-			     N_("field name to sort on"), &parse_opt_ref_sorting),
+		OPT_REF_SORT(sorting_tail),
 		OPT_SET_INT_F(0, "exit-code", &status,
 			      N_("exit with exit code 2 if no matching refs are found"),
 			      2, PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE),
diff --git a/builtin/stash.c b/builtin/stash.c
index 8b82053..2a8e6d0 100644
--- a/builtin/stash.c
+++ b/builtin/stash.c
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ static int do_push_stash(const struct pathspec *ps, const char *stash_msg, int q
 			ce_path_match(&the_index, active_cache[i], ps,
 				      ps_matched);
 
-		if (report_path_error(ps_matched, ps, NULL)) {
+		if (report_path_error(ps_matched, ps)) {
 			fprintf_ln(stderr, _("Did you forget to 'git add'?"));
 			ret = -1;
 			free(ps_matched);
diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
index 6bcc4f1..8342b78 100644
--- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static int module_list_compute(int argc, const char **argv,
 			i++;
 	}
 
-	if (ps_matched && report_path_error(ps_matched, pathspec, prefix))
+	if (ps_matched && report_path_error(ps_matched, pathspec))
 		result = -1;
 
 	free(ps_matched);
diff --git a/builtin/tag.c b/builtin/tag.c
index 02f6bd1..ad97595 100644
--- a/builtin/tag.c
+++ b/builtin/tag.c
@@ -412,8 +412,7 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_WITHOUT(&filter.no_commit, N_("print only tags that don't contain the commit")),
 		OPT_MERGED(&filter, N_("print only tags that are merged")),
 		OPT_NO_MERGED(&filter, N_("print only tags that are not merged")),
-		OPT_CALLBACK(0 , "sort", sorting_tail, N_("key"),
-			     N_("field name to sort on"), &parse_opt_ref_sorting),
+		OPT_REF_SORT(sorting_tail),
 		{
 			OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "points-at", &filter.points_at, N_("object"),
 			N_("print only tags of the object"), PARSE_OPT_LASTARG_DEFAULT,
diff --git a/builtin/update-index.c b/builtin/update-index.c
index 73fe04e..890c251 100644
--- a/builtin/update-index.c
+++ b/builtin/update-index.c
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ static int do_unresolve(int ac, const char **av,
 }
 
 static int do_reupdate(int ac, const char **av,
-		       const char *prefix, int prefix_length)
+		       const char *prefix)
 {
 	/* Read HEAD and run update-index on paths that are
 	 * merged and already different between index and HEAD.
@@ -940,8 +940,7 @@ static enum parse_opt_result reupdate_callback(
 
 	/* consume remaining arguments. */
 	setup_work_tree();
-	*has_errors = do_reupdate(ctx->argc, ctx->argv,
-				prefix, prefix ? strlen(prefix) : 0);
+	*has_errors = do_reupdate(ctx->argc, ctx->argv, prefix);
 	if (*has_errors)
 		active_cache_changed = 0;
 
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index b2cabad..5286f71 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -502,8 +502,7 @@ int submodule_path_match(const struct index_state *istate,
 }
 
 int report_path_error(const char *ps_matched,
-		      const struct pathspec *pathspec,
-		      const char *prefix)
+		      const struct pathspec *pathspec)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Make sure all pathspec matched; otherwise it is an error.
diff --git a/dir.h b/dir.h
index e3ec261..823bae6 100644
--- a/dir.h
+++ b/dir.h
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ extern int match_pathspec(const struct index_state *istate,
 			  const struct pathspec *pathspec,
 			  const char *name, int namelen,
 			  int prefix, char *seen, int is_dir);
-extern int report_path_error(const char *ps_matched, const struct pathspec *pathspec, const char *prefix);
+extern int report_path_error(const char *ps_matched, const struct pathspec *pathspec);
 extern int within_depth(const char *name, int namelen, int depth, int max_depth);
 
 extern int fill_directory(struct dir_struct *dir,
diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index e69993b..8d67d4e 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -1615,9 +1615,8 @@ static int iterate_ref_map(void *cb_data, struct object_id *oid)
 }
 
 struct ref *fetch_pack(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
-		       int fd[], struct child_process *conn,
+		       int fd[],
 		       const struct ref *ref,
-		       const char *dest,
 		       struct ref **sought, int nr_sought,
 		       struct oid_array *shallow,
 		       char **pack_lockfile,
diff --git a/fetch-pack.h b/fetch-pack.h
index 43ec344..67f6842 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.h
+++ b/fetch-pack.h
@@ -78,9 +78,8 @@ struct fetch_pack_args {
  * marked as such.
  */
 struct ref *fetch_pack(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
-		       int fd[], struct child_process *conn,
+		       int fd[],
 		       const struct ref *ref,
-		       const char *dest,
 		       struct ref **sought,
 		       int nr_sought,
 		       struct oid_array *shallow,
diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
index acc3a93..bf2037f 100644
--- a/parse-options.c
+++ b/parse-options.c
@@ -529,8 +529,7 @@ static void show_negated_gitcomp(const struct option *opts, int nr_noopts)
 	}
 }
 
-static int show_gitcomp(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx,
-			const struct option *opts)
+static int show_gitcomp(const struct option *opts)
 {
 	const struct option *original_opts = opts;
 	int nr_noopts = 0;
@@ -609,7 +608,7 @@ int parse_options_step(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx,
 
 		/* lone --git-completion-helper is asked by git-completion.bash */
 		if (ctx->total == 1 && !strcmp(arg + 1, "-git-completion-helper"))
-			return show_gitcomp(ctx, options);
+			return show_gitcomp(options);
 
 		if (arg[1] != '-') {
 			ctx->opt = arg + 1;
diff --git a/pretty.c b/pretty.c
index f496f0f..ced0485 100644
--- a/pretty.c
+++ b/pretty.c
@@ -343,8 +343,7 @@ static int is_rfc2047_special(char ch, enum rfc2047_type type)
 	return !(isalnum(ch) || ch == '!' || ch == '*' || ch == '+' || ch == '-' || ch == '/');
 }
 
-static int needs_rfc2047_encoding(const char *line, int len,
-				  enum rfc2047_type type)
+static int needs_rfc2047_encoding(const char *line, int len)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -470,7 +469,7 @@ void pp_user_info(struct pretty_print_context *pp,
 		}
 
 		strbuf_addstr(sb, "From: ");
-		if (needs_rfc2047_encoding(namebuf, namelen, RFC2047_ADDRESS)) {
+		if (needs_rfc2047_encoding(namebuf, namelen)) {
 			add_rfc2047(sb, namebuf, namelen,
 				    encoding, RFC2047_ADDRESS);
 			max_length = 76; /* per rfc2047 */
@@ -989,8 +988,7 @@ static size_t parse_color(struct strbuf *sb, /* in UTF-8 */
 	return rest - placeholder;
 }
 
-static size_t parse_padding_placeholder(struct strbuf *sb,
-					const char *placeholder,
+static size_t parse_padding_placeholder(const char *placeholder,
 					struct format_commit_context *c)
 {
 	const char *ch = placeholder;
@@ -1195,7 +1193,7 @@ static size_t format_commit_one(struct strbuf *sb, /* in UTF-8 */
 
 	case '<':
 	case '>':
-		return parse_padding_placeholder(sb, placeholder, c);
+		return parse_padding_placeholder(placeholder, c);
 	}
 
 	/* these depend on the commit */
@@ -1728,7 +1726,7 @@ void pp_title_line(struct pretty_print_context *pp,
 	if (pp->print_email_subject) {
 		if (pp->rev)
 			fmt_output_email_subject(sb, pp->rev);
-		if (needs_rfc2047_encoding(title.buf, title.len, RFC2047_SUBJECT))
+		if (needs_rfc2047_encoding(title.buf, title.len))
 			add_rfc2047(sb, title.buf, title.len,
 						encoding, RFC2047_SUBJECT);
 		else
diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c
index 3aca105..8d11a94 100644
--- a/ref-filter.c
+++ b/ref-filter.c
@@ -2337,8 +2337,13 @@ void parse_ref_sorting(struct ref_sorting **sorting_tail, const char *arg)
 
 int parse_opt_ref_sorting(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
 {
-	if (!arg) /* should --no-sort void the list ? */
-		return -1;
+	/*
+	 * NEEDSWORK: We should probably clear the list in this case, but we've
+	 * already munged the global used_atoms list, which would need to be
+	 * undone.
+	 */
+	BUG_ON_OPT_NEG(unset);
+
 	parse_ref_sorting(opt->value, arg);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/ref-filter.h b/ref-filter.h
index 85c8ebc..f1dcff4 100644
--- a/ref-filter.h
+++ b/ref-filter.h
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ struct ref_format {
 #define OPT_MERGED(f, h) _OPT_MERGED_NO_MERGED("merged", f, h)
 #define OPT_NO_MERGED(f, h) _OPT_MERGED_NO_MERGED("no-merged", f, h)
 
+#define OPT_REF_SORT(var) \
+	OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "sort", (var), \
+		       N_("key"), N_("field name to sort on"), \
+		       PARSE_OPT_NONEG, parse_opt_ref_sorting)
+
 /*
  * API for filtering a set of refs. Based on the type of refs the user
  * has requested, we iterate through those refs and apply filters
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index cb69a22..60553d8 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -1894,7 +1894,7 @@ int handle_revision_arg(const char *arg_, struct rev_info *revs, int flags, unsi
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void read_pathspec_from_stdin(struct rev_info *revs, struct strbuf *sb,
+static void read_pathspec_from_stdin(struct strbuf *sb,
 				     struct argv_array *prune)
 {
 	while (strbuf_getline(sb, stdin) != EOF)
@@ -1928,7 +1928,7 @@ static void read_revisions_from_stdin(struct rev_info *revs,
 			die("bad revision '%s'", sb.buf);
 	}
 	if (seen_dashdash)
-		read_pathspec_from_stdin(revs, &sb, prune);
+		read_pathspec_from_stdin(&sb, prune);
 
 	strbuf_release(&sb);
 	warn_on_object_refname_ambiguity = save_warning;
@@ -2752,7 +2752,7 @@ static struct merge_simplify_state *locate_simplify_state(struct rev_info *revs,
 	return st;
 }
 
-static int mark_redundant_parents(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit *commit)
+static int mark_redundant_parents(struct commit *commit)
 {
 	struct commit_list *h = reduce_heads(commit->parents);
 	int i = 0, marked = 0;
@@ -2788,7 +2788,7 @@ static int mark_redundant_parents(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit *commit)
 	return marked;
 }
 
-static int mark_treesame_root_parents(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit *commit)
+static int mark_treesame_root_parents(struct commit *commit)
 {
 	struct commit_list *p;
 	int marked = 0;
@@ -2980,8 +2980,8 @@ static struct commit_list **simplify_one(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit *c
 	 * Detect and simplify both cases.
 	 */
 	if (1 < cnt) {
-		int marked = mark_redundant_parents(revs, commit);
-		marked += mark_treesame_root_parents(revs, commit);
+		int marked = mark_redundant_parents(commit);
+		marked += mark_treesame_root_parents(commit);
 		if (marked)
 			marked -= leave_one_treesame_to_parent(revs, commit);
 		if (marked)
diff --git a/t/helper/test-date.c b/t/helper/test-date.c
index b325380..585347e 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-date.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-date.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static void show_dates(const char **argv, const char *format)
 	}
 }
 
-static void parse_dates(const char **argv, struct timeval *now)
+static void parse_dates(const char **argv)
 {
 	struct strbuf result = STRBUF_INIT;
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ int cmd__date(int argc, const char **argv)
 	else if (skip_prefix(*argv, "show:", &x))
 		show_dates(argv+1, x);
 	else if (!strcmp(*argv, "parse"))
-		parse_dates(argv+1, &now);
+		parse_dates(argv+1);
 	else if (!strcmp(*argv, "approxidate"))
 		parse_approxidate(argv+1, &now);
 	else if (!strcmp(*argv, "timestamp"))
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index d0608df..365ea57 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -314,7 +314,6 @@ static int fetch_refs_via_pack(struct transport *transport,
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct git_transport_data *data = transport->data;
 	struct ref *refs = NULL;
-	char *dest = xstrdup(transport->url);
 	struct fetch_pack_args args;
 	struct ref *refs_tmp = NULL;
 
@@ -356,16 +355,16 @@ static int fetch_refs_via_pack(struct transport *transport,
 
 	switch (data->version) {
 	case protocol_v2:
-		refs = fetch_pack(&args, data->fd, data->conn,
+		refs = fetch_pack(&args, data->fd,
 				  refs_tmp ? refs_tmp : transport->remote_refs,
-				  dest, to_fetch, nr_heads, &data->shallow,
+				  to_fetch, nr_heads, &data->shallow,
 				  &transport->pack_lockfile, data->version);
 		break;
 	case protocol_v1:
 	case protocol_v0:
-		refs = fetch_pack(&args, data->fd, data->conn,
+		refs = fetch_pack(&args, data->fd,
 				  refs_tmp ? refs_tmp : transport->remote_refs,
-				  dest, to_fetch, nr_heads, &data->shallow,
+				  to_fetch, nr_heads, &data->shallow,
 				  &transport->pack_lockfile, data->version);
 		break;
 	case protocol_unknown_version:
@@ -389,7 +388,6 @@ static int fetch_refs_via_pack(struct transport *transport,
 
 	free_refs(refs_tmp);
 	free_refs(refs);
-	free(dest);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
index c5ec30f..5f43252 100644
--- a/unpack-trees.c
+++ b/unpack-trees.c
@@ -707,7 +707,6 @@ static int index_pos_by_traverse_info(struct name_entry *names,
  * instead of ODB since we already know what these trees contain.
  */
 static int traverse_by_cache_tree(int pos, int nr_entries, int nr_names,
-				  struct name_entry *names,
 				  struct traverse_info *info)
 {
 	struct cache_entry *src[MAX_UNPACK_TREES + 1] = { NULL, };
@@ -797,7 +796,7 @@ static int traverse_trees_recursive(int n, unsigned long dirmask,
 		 * unprocessed entries before 'pos'.
 		 */
 		bottom = o->cache_bottom;
-		ret = traverse_by_cache_tree(pos, nr_entries, n, names, info);
+		ret = traverse_by_cache_tree(pos, nr_entries, n, info);
 		o->cache_bottom = bottom;
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -1761,7 +1760,6 @@ static void invalidate_ce_path(const struct cache_entry *ce,
  */
 static int verify_clean_submodule(const char *old_sha1,
 				  const struct cache_entry *ce,
-				  enum unpack_trees_error_types error_type,
 				  struct unpack_trees_options *o)
 {
 	if (!submodule_from_ce(ce))
@@ -1772,7 +1770,6 @@ static int verify_clean_submodule(const char *old_sha1,
 }
 
 static int verify_clean_subdirectory(const struct cache_entry *ce,
-				     enum unpack_trees_error_types error_type,
 				     struct unpack_trees_options *o)
 {
 	/*
@@ -1795,7 +1792,7 @@ static int verify_clean_subdirectory(const struct cache_entry *ce,
 		if (!sub_head && oideq(&oid, &ce->oid))
 			return 0;
 		return verify_clean_submodule(sub_head ? NULL : oid_to_hex(&oid),
-					      ce, error_type, o);
+					      ce, o);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1891,7 +1888,7 @@ static int check_ok_to_remove(const char *name, int len, int dtype,
 		 * files that are in "foo/" we would lose
 		 * them.
 		 */
-		if (verify_clean_subdirectory(ce, error_type, o) < 0)
+		if (verify_clean_subdirectory(ce, o) < 0)
 			return -1;
 		return 0;
 	}