--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py	Sat Mar 15 15:23:20 2008 -0400
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py	Thu Mar 20 11:12:35 2008 -0500
@@ -450,9 +450,6 @@
             pass
         raise repo.RepoError(_("unknown revision '%s'") % key)
 
-    def dev(self):
-        return os.lstat(self.path).st_dev
-
     def local(self):
         return True