diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 9de92bb5e5..e1fa9b13b9 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -102,18 +102,6 @@ void mark_parents_uninteresting(struct commit *commit)
 		struct commit *commit = pop_commit(&parents);
 
 		while (commit) {
-			/*
-			 * A missing commit is ok iff its parent is marked
-			 * uninteresting.
-			 *
-			 * We just mark such a thing parsed, so that when
-			 * it is popped next time around, we won't be trying
-			 * to parse it and get an error.
-			 */
-			if (!commit->object.parsed &&
-			    !has_object_file(&commit->object.oid))
-				commit->object.parsed = 1;
-
 			if (commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
 				break;