--- a/mercurial/interfaces/repository.py	Mon Feb 10 21:02:22 2020 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/interfaces/repository.py	Wed Feb 05 17:13:51 2020 -0500
@@ -985,18 +985,9 @@
     def hasdir(dir):
         """Returns a bool indicating if a directory is in this manifest."""
 
-    def matches(match):
-        """Generate a new manifest filtered through a matcher.
-
-        Returns an object conforming to the ``imanifestdict`` interface.
-        """
-
     def walk(match):
         """Generator of paths in manifest satisfying a matcher.
 
-        This is equivalent to ``self.matches(match).iterkeys()`` except a new
-        manifest object is not created.
-
         If the matcher has explicit files listed and they don't exist in
         the manifest, ``match.bad()`` is called for each missing file.
         """