2 files changed, 2 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/immutable.cc b/src/libutil/immutable.cc
index f72f85625486..766af4939331 100644
--- a/src/libutil/immutable.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/immutable.cc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 namespace nix {
 
 
-void changeMutable(const Path & path, bool mut)
+void makeMutable(const Path & path)
 {
 #if defined(FS_IOC_SETFLAGS) && defined(FS_IOC_GETFLAGS) && defined(FS_IMMUTABLE_FL)
 
@@ -38,30 +38,12 @@ void changeMutable(const Path & path, bool mut)
     /* Silently ignore errors getting/setting the immutable flag so
        that we work correctly on filesystems that don't support it. */
     if (ioctl(fd, FS_IOC_GETFLAGS, &flags)) return;
-
     old = flags;
-    
-    if (mut) flags &= ~FS_IMMUTABLE_FL;
-    else flags |= FS_IMMUTABLE_FL;
-
+    flags &= ~FS_IMMUTABLE_FL;
     if (old == flags) return;
-
     if (ioctl(fd, FS_IOC_SETFLAGS, &flags)) return;
-    
 #endif
 }
 
 
-void makeImmutable(const Path & path)
-{
-    changeMutable(path, false);
-}
-
-
-void makeMutable(const Path & path)
-{
-    changeMutable(path, true);
-}
-
-
 }
diff --git a/src/libutil/immutable.hh b/src/libutil/immutable.hh
index 8af41900490f..8e98b76a41c5 100644
--- a/src/libutil/immutable.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/immutable.hh
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
-/* Make the given path immutable, i.e., prevent it from being modified
-   in any way, even by root.  This is a no-op on platforms that do not
-   support this, or if the calling user is not privileged.  On Linux,
-   this is implemented by doing the equivalent of ‘chattr +i path’. */
-void makeImmutable(const Path & path);
-
 /* Make the given path mutable. */
 void makeMutable(const Path & path);