diff --git a/bisect.h b/bisect.h
index 22f2e4db2d1..b06949e9dbe 100644
--- a/bisect.h
+++ b/bisect.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ extern void print_commit_list(struct commit_list *list,
 
 /* bisect_show_flags flags in struct rev_list_info */
 #define BISECT_SHOW_ALL		(1<<0)
-#define BISECT_SHOW_TRIED	(1<<1)
 
 struct rev_list_info {
 	struct rev_info *revs;
diff --git a/builtin/rev-list.c b/builtin/rev-list.c
index 264e3ae9d84..7a3f8205e28 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-list.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-list.c
@@ -242,13 +242,6 @@ void print_commit_list(struct commit_list *list,
 	}
 }
 
-static void show_tried_revs(struct commit_list *tried)
-{
-	printf("bisect_tried='");
-	print_commit_list(tried, "%s|", "%s");
-	printf("'\n");
-}
-
 static void print_var_str(const char *var, const char *val)
 {
 	printf("%s='%s'\n", var, val);
@@ -266,7 +259,7 @@ static int show_bisect_vars(struct rev_list_info *info, int reaches, int all)
 	struct commit_list *tried;
 	struct rev_info *revs = info->revs;
 
-	if (!revs->commits && !(flags & BISECT_SHOW_TRIED))
+	if (!revs->commits)
 		return 1;
 
 	revs->commits = filter_skipped(revs->commits, &tried,
@@ -294,9 +287,6 @@ static int show_bisect_vars(struct rev_list_info *info, int reaches, int all)
 		printf("------\n");
 	}
 
-	if (flags & BISECT_SHOW_TRIED)
-		show_tried_revs(tried);
-
 	print_var_str("bisect_rev", hex);
 	print_var_int("bisect_nr", cnt - 1);
 	print_var_int("bisect_good", all - reaches - 1);