diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c
index 679ed7732d2..bb411b5810d 100644
--- a/apply.c
+++ b/apply.c
@@ -2077,7 +2077,7 @@ static int use_patch(struct apply_state *state, struct patch *p)
 	/* See if it matches any of exclude/include rule */
 	for (i = 0; i < state->limit_by_name.nr; i++) {
 		struct string_list_item *it = &state->limit_by_name.items[i];
-		if (!wildmatch(it->string, pathname, 0, NULL))
+		if (!wildmatch(it->string, pathname, 0))
 			return (it->util != NULL);
 	}
 
diff --git a/builtin/describe.c b/builtin/describe.c
index 893c8789f4f..2fe05f5324e 100644
--- a/builtin/describe.c
+++ b/builtin/describe.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static int get_name(const char *path, const struct object_id *oid, int flag, voi
 			return 0;
 
 		for_each_string_list_item(item, &exclude_patterns) {
-			if (!wildmatch(item->string, path + 10, 0, NULL))
+			if (!wildmatch(item->string, path + 10, 0))
 				return 0;
 		}
 	}
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static int get_name(const char *path, const struct object_id *oid, int flag, voi
 			return 0;
 
 		for_each_string_list_item(item, &patterns) {
-			if (!wildmatch(item->string, path + 10, 0, NULL))
+			if (!wildmatch(item->string, path + 10, 0))
 				break;
 
 			/* If we get here, no pattern matched. */
diff --git a/builtin/ls-remote.c b/builtin/ls-remote.c
index b2d7d5ce684..c4be98ab9e8 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-remote.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-remote.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static int tail_match(const char **pattern, const char *path)
 
 	pathbuf = xstrfmt("/%s", path);
 	while ((p = *(pattern++)) != NULL) {
-		if (!wildmatch(p, pathbuf, 0, NULL)) {
+		if (!wildmatch(p, pathbuf, 0)) {
 			free(pathbuf);
 			return 1;
 		}
diff --git a/builtin/name-rev.c b/builtin/name-rev.c
index 7fc7e66e850..d21a5002a7e 100644
--- a/builtin/name-rev.c
+++ b/builtin/name-rev.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static int subpath_matches(const char *path, const char *filter)
 	const char *subpath = path;
 
 	while (subpath) {
-		if (!wildmatch(filter, subpath, 0, NULL))
+		if (!wildmatch(filter, subpath, 0))
 			return subpath - path;
 		subpath = strchr(subpath, '/');
 		if (subpath)
diff --git a/builtin/reflog.c b/builtin/reflog.c
index 920c16dac02..96c82b4f5ef 100644
--- a/builtin/reflog.c
+++ b/builtin/reflog.c
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ static void set_reflog_expiry_param(struct cmd_reflog_expire_cb *cb, int slot, c
 		return; /* both given explicitly -- nothing to tweak */
 
 	for (ent = reflog_expire_cfg; ent; ent = ent->next) {
-		if (!wildmatch(ent->pattern, ref, 0, NULL)) {
+		if (!wildmatch(ent->pattern, ref, 0)) {
 			if (!(slot & EXPIRE_TOTAL))
 				cb->expire_total = ent->expire_total;
 			if (!(slot & EXPIRE_UNREACH))
diff --git a/builtin/replace.c b/builtin/replace.c
index c921bc976f2..89262df5a19 100644
--- a/builtin/replace.c
+++ b/builtin/replace.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static int show_reference(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
 {
 	struct show_data *data = cb_data;
 
-	if (!wildmatch(data->pattern, refname, 0, NULL)) {
+	if (!wildmatch(data->pattern, refname, 0)) {
 		if (data->format == REPLACE_FORMAT_SHORT)
 			printf("%s\n", refname);
 		else if (data->format == REPLACE_FORMAT_MEDIUM)
diff --git a/builtin/show-branch.c b/builtin/show-branch.c
index 3636a05594d..82f378e7f59 100644
--- a/builtin/show-branch.c
+++ b/builtin/show-branch.c
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static int append_matching_ref(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
 			slash--;
 	if (!*tail)
 		return 0;
-	if (wildmatch(match_ref_pattern, tail, 0, NULL))
+	if (wildmatch(match_ref_pattern, tail, 0))
 		return 0;
 	if (starts_with(refname, "refs/heads/"))
 		return append_head_ref(refname, oid, flag, cb_data);
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 34a139c40bd..260caf27b87 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static int include_by_gitdir(const struct config_options *opts,
 	}
 
 	ret = !wildmatch(pattern.buf + prefix, text.buf + prefix,
-			 icase ? WM_CASEFOLD : 0, NULL);
+			 icase ? WM_CASEFOLD : 0);
 
 	if (!ret && !already_tried_absolute) {
 		/*
diff --git a/diffcore-order.c b/diffcore-order.c
index 1957f822a51..19e73311f9c 100644
--- a/diffcore-order.c
+++ b/diffcore-order.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static int match_order(const char *path)
 		strbuf_addstr(&p, path);
 		while (p.buf[0]) {
 			char *cp;
-			if (!wildmatch(order[i], p.buf, 0, NULL))
+			if (!wildmatch(order[i], p.buf, 0))
 				return i;
 			cp = strrchr(p.buf, '/');
 			if (!cp)
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 5f1afb56bc6..c64965f2374 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -91,13 +91,11 @@ int git_fnmatch(const struct pathspec_item *item,
 	if (item->magic & PATHSPEC_GLOB)
 		return wildmatch(pattern, string,
 				 WM_PATHNAME |
-				 (item->magic & PATHSPEC_ICASE ? WM_CASEFOLD : 0),
-				 NULL);
+				 (item->magic & PATHSPEC_ICASE ? WM_CASEFOLD : 0));
 	else
 		/* wildmatch has not learned no FNM_PATHNAME mode yet */
 		return wildmatch(pattern, string,
-				 item->magic & PATHSPEC_ICASE ? WM_CASEFOLD : 0,
-				 NULL);
+				 item->magic & PATHSPEC_ICASE ? WM_CASEFOLD : 0);
 }
 
 static int fnmatch_icase_mem(const char *pattern, int patternlen,
@@ -121,7 +119,7 @@ static int fnmatch_icase_mem(const char *pattern, int patternlen,
 
 	if (ignore_case)
 		flags |= WM_CASEFOLD;
-	match_status = wildmatch(use_pat, use_str, flags, NULL);
+	match_status = wildmatch(use_pat, use_str, flags);
 
 	strbuf_release(&pat_buf);
 	strbuf_release(&str_buf);
diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c
index ab32bc9c314..718def443a0 100644
--- a/ref-filter.c
+++ b/ref-filter.c
@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@ static int match_pattern(const struct ref_filter *filter, const char *refname)
 	       skip_prefix(refname, "refs/", &refname));
 
 	for (; *patterns; patterns++) {
-		if (!wildmatch(*patterns, refname, flags, NULL))
+		if (!wildmatch(*patterns, refname, flags))
 			return 1;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -1655,7 +1655,7 @@ static int match_name_as_path(const struct ref_filter *filter, const char *refna
 		     refname[plen] == '/' ||
 		     p[plen-1] == '/'))
 			return 1;
-		if (!wildmatch(p, refname, WM_PATHNAME, NULL))
+		if (!wildmatch(p, refname, WM_PATHNAME))
 			return 1;
 	}
 	return 0;
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index f0685c92513..32626a4cd14 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static int filter_refs(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
 {
 	struct ref_filter *filter = (struct ref_filter *)data;
 
-	if (wildmatch(filter->pattern, refname, 0, NULL))
+	if (wildmatch(filter->pattern, refname, 0))
 		return 0;
 	return filter->fn(refname, oid, flags, filter->cb_data);
 }
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index d81c08a1dee..4ab8344ee87 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ int ref_excluded(struct string_list *ref_excludes, const char *path)
 	if (!ref_excludes)
 		return 0;
 	for_each_string_list_item(item, ref_excludes) {
-		if (!wildmatch(item->string, path, 0, NULL))
+		if (!wildmatch(item->string, path, 0))
 			return 1;
 	}
 	return 0;
diff --git a/t/helper/test-wildmatch.c b/t/helper/test-wildmatch.c
index 52be876fed3..921d7b3e7ea 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-wildmatch.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-wildmatch.c
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ int cmd_main(int argc, const char **argv)
 			argv[i] += 3;
 	}
 	if (!strcmp(argv[1], "wildmatch"))
-		return !!wildmatch(argv[3], argv[2], WM_PATHNAME, NULL);
+		return !!wildmatch(argv[3], argv[2], WM_PATHNAME);
 	else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "iwildmatch"))
-		return !!wildmatch(argv[3], argv[2], WM_PATHNAME | WM_CASEFOLD, NULL);
+		return !!wildmatch(argv[3], argv[2], WM_PATHNAME | WM_CASEFOLD);
 	else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "pathmatch"))
-		return !!wildmatch(argv[3], argv[2], 0, NULL);
+		return !!wildmatch(argv[3], argv[2], 0);
 	else
 		return 1;
 }
diff --git a/wildmatch.c b/wildmatch.c
index 57c87658059..d074c1be104 100644
--- a/wildmatch.c
+++ b/wildmatch.c
@@ -272,8 +272,7 @@ static int dowild(const uchar *p, const uchar *text, unsigned int flags)
 }
 
 /* Match the "pattern" against the "text" string. */
-int wildmatch(const char *pattern, const char *text,
-	      unsigned int flags, struct wildopts *wo)
+int wildmatch(const char *pattern, const char *text, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	return dowild((const uchar*)pattern, (const uchar*)text, flags);
 }
diff --git a/wildmatch.h b/wildmatch.h
index 4090c8f4bb0..b8c826aa684 100644
--- a/wildmatch.h
+++ b/wildmatch.h
@@ -10,9 +10,5 @@
 #define WM_ABORT_ALL -1
 #define WM_ABORT_TO_STARSTAR -2
 
-struct wildopts;
-
-int wildmatch(const char *pattern, const char *text,
-	      unsigned int flags,
-	      struct wildopts *wo);
+int wildmatch(const char *pattern, const char *text, unsigned int flags);
 #endif