diff -r e2b5605501df -r c627fe32c923 mercurial/util.py
--- a/mercurial/util.py	Fri Jul 22 09:53:15 2011 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/util.py	Fri Jul 22 09:55:46 2011 +0200
@@ -390,15 +390,6 @@
 
     return check
 
-def unlinkpath(f):
-    """unlink and remove the directory if it is empty"""
-    os.unlink(f)
-    # try removing directories that might now be empty
-    try:
-        os.removedirs(os.path.dirname(f))
-    except OSError:
-        pass
-
 def copyfile(src, dest):
     "copy a file, preserving mode and atime/mtime"
     if os.path.islink(src):