diff --git a/fsmonitor-ipc.c b/fsmonitor-ipc.c
index c0f42301c8..19d772f0f3 100644
--- a/fsmonitor-ipc.c
+++ b/fsmonitor-ipc.c
@@ -54,10 +54,14 @@ enum ipc_active_state fsmonitor_ipc__get_state(void)
 
 static int spawn_daemon(void)
 {
-	const char *args[] = { "fsmonitor--daemon", "start", NULL };
+	struct child_process cmd = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 
-	return run_command_v_opt_tr2(args, RUN_COMMAND_NO_STDIN | RUN_GIT_CMD,
-				    "fsmonitor");
+	cmd.git_cmd = 1;
+	cmd.no_stdin = 1;
+	cmd.trace2_child_class = "fsmonitor";
+	strvec_pushl(&cmd.args, "fsmonitor--daemon", "start", NULL);
+
+	return run_command(&cmd);
 }
 
 int fsmonitor_ipc__send_query(const char *since_token,
diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index 1c9ed510f8..32fa4b0ed6 100644
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -1009,11 +1009,6 @@ int run_command_v_opt(const char **argv, int opt)
 	return run_command_v_opt_cd_env_tr2(argv, opt, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
-int run_command_v_opt_tr2(const char **argv, int opt, const char *tr2_class)
-{
-	return run_command_v_opt_cd_env_tr2(argv, opt, NULL, NULL, tr2_class);
-}
-
 int run_command_v_opt_cd_env_tr2(const char **argv, int opt, const char *dir,
 				 const char *const *env, const char *tr2_class)
 {
diff --git a/run-command.h b/run-command.h
index 39e5eae8ba..1bfa18575e 100644
--- a/run-command.h
+++ b/run-command.h
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ int run_auto_maintenance(int quiet);
  * corresponds to the member .env.
  */
 int run_command_v_opt(const char **argv, int opt);
-int run_command_v_opt_tr2(const char **argv, int opt, const char *tr2_class);
 /*
  * env (the environment) is to be formatted like environ: "VAR=VALUE".
  * To unset an environment variable use just "VAR".