diff -r 4388f99c5512 -r adc43967d401 mercurial/revset.py
--- a/mercurial/revset.py	Tue Sep 30 23:36:57 2014 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/revset.py	Thu Oct 02 18:52:09 2014 -0500
@@ -2416,12 +2416,6 @@
         self._condition = condition
         self._cache = {}
 
-    def ascending(self):
-        self._subset.sort()
-
-    def descending(self):
-        self._subset.sort(reverse=True)
-
     def min(self):
         return min(self)