diff --git a/promisor-remote.c b/promisor-remote.c
index 6530e26f98c..3c572b1c811 100644
--- a/promisor-remote.c
+++ b/promisor-remote.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "strvec.h"
 
 static char *repository_format_partial_clone;
-static const char *core_partial_clone_filter_default;
 
 void set_repository_format_partial_clone(char *partial_clone)
 {
@@ -100,10 +99,6 @@ static int promisor_remote_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *data
 	size_t namelen;
 	const char *subkey;
 
-	if (!strcmp(var, "core.partialclonefilter"))
-		return git_config_string(&core_partial_clone_filter_default,
-					 var, value);
-
 	if (parse_config_key(var, "remote", &name, &namelen, &subkey) < 0)
 		return 0;
 
diff --git a/promisor-remote.h b/promisor-remote.h
index 6343c47d183..c7a14063c51 100644
--- a/promisor-remote.h
+++ b/promisor-remote.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ struct object_id;
  * Promisor remote linked list
  *
  * Information in its fields come from remote.XXX config entries or
- * from extensions.partialclone or core.partialclonefilter.
+ * from extensions.partialclone.
  */
 struct promisor_remote {
 	struct promisor_remote *next;