diff --git a/builtin/am.c b/builtin/am.c
index acfe9d3c8c..5bdd2d7578 100644
--- a/builtin/am.c
+++ b/builtin/am.c
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ static void am_setup(struct am_state *state, enum patch_format patch_format,
 	}
 	write_state_text(state, "scissors", str);
 
-	sq_quote_argv(&sb, state->git_apply_opts.argv, 0);
+	sq_quote_argv(&sb, state->git_apply_opts.argv);
 	write_state_text(state, "apply-opt", sb.buf);
 
 	if (state->rebasing)
diff --git a/builtin/rev-parse.c b/builtin/rev-parse.c
index 74aa644cbb..96d06a5d01 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ static int cmd_parseopt(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			PARSE_OPT_SHELL_EVAL);
 
 	strbuf_addstr(&parsed, " --");
-	sq_quote_argv(&parsed, argv, 0);
+	sq_quote_argv(&parsed, argv);
 	puts(parsed.buf);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ static int cmd_sq_quote(int argc, const char **argv)
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 	if (argc)
-		sq_quote_argv(&buf, argv, 0);
+		sq_quote_argv(&buf, argv);
 	printf("%s\n", buf.buf);
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
 
diff --git a/quote.c b/quote.c
index de2922ddd6..b2970da627 100644
--- a/quote.c
+++ b/quote.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void sq_quotef(struct strbuf *dst, const char *fmt, ...)
 	strbuf_release(&src);
 }
 
-void sq_quote_argv(struct strbuf *dst, const char** argv, size_t maxlen)
+void sq_quote_argv(struct strbuf *dst, const char **argv)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ void sq_quote_argv(struct strbuf *dst, const char** argv, size_t maxlen)
 	for (i = 0; argv[i]; ++i) {
 		strbuf_addch(dst, ' ');
 		sq_quote_buf(dst, argv[i]);
-		if (maxlen && dst->len > maxlen)
-			die("Too many or long arguments");
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/quote.h b/quote.h
index 66f5644aa2..48a75a416b 100644
--- a/quote.h
+++ b/quote.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct strbuf;
  */
 
 extern void sq_quote_buf(struct strbuf *, const char *src);
-extern void sq_quote_argv(struct strbuf *, const char **argv, size_t maxlen);
+extern void sq_quote_argv(struct strbuf *, const char **argv);
 extern void sq_quotef(struct strbuf *, const char *fmt, ...);
 
 /* This unwraps what sq_quote() produces in place, but returns
diff --git a/trace.c b/trace.c
index b7530b51a9..fa9174fc4b 100644
--- a/trace.c
+++ b/trace.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static void trace_argv_vprintf_fl(const char *file, int line,
 
 	strbuf_vaddf(&buf, format, ap);
 
-	sq_quote_argv(&buf, argv, 0);
+	sq_quote_argv(&buf, argv);
 	print_trace_line(&trace_default_key, &buf);
 }
 
@@ -426,6 +426,6 @@ void trace_command_performance(const char **argv)
 		atexit(print_command_performance_atexit);
 
 	strbuf_reset(&command_line);
-	sq_quote_argv(&command_line, argv, 0);
+	sq_quote_argv(&command_line, argv);
 	command_start_time = getnanotime();
 }