diff -r b79b405583af -r 1180c6ec5695 mercurial/obsolete.py
--- a/mercurial/obsolete.py	Sat Feb 01 03:49:29 2014 -0800
+++ b/mercurial/obsolete.py	Thu Jan 30 17:38:41 2014 -0800
@@ -384,27 +384,6 @@
     finally:
         lock.release()
 
-def syncpull(repo, remote, gettransaction):
-    """utility function to pull obsolete markers from a remote
-
-    The `gettransaction` is function that return the pull transaction, creating
-    one if necessary. We return the transaction to inform the calling code that
-    a new transaction have been created (when applicable).
-
-    Exists mostly to allow overriding for experimentation purpose"""
-    tr = None
-    if _enabled:
-        repo.ui.debug('fetching remote obsolete markers\n')
-        remoteobs = remote.listkeys('obsolete')
-        if 'dump0' in remoteobs:
-            tr = gettransaction()
-            for key in sorted(remoteobs, reverse=True):
-                if key.startswith('dump'):
-                    data = base85.b85decode(remoteobs[key])
-                    repo.obsstore.mergemarkers(tr, data)
-            repo.invalidatevolatilesets()
-    return tr
-
 def allmarkers(repo):
     """all obsolete markers known in a repository"""
     for markerdata in repo.obsstore: