diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 8a975a63902..311fcebaf51 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -2075,14 +2075,6 @@ status.relativePaths::
 	relative to the repository root (this was the default for Git
 	prior to v1.5.4).
 
-status.short::
-	Set to true to enable --short by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
-	The option --no-short takes precedence over this variable.
-
-status.branch::
-	Set to true to enable --branch by default in linkgit:git-status[1].
-	The option --no-branch takes precedence over this variable.
-
 status.showUntrackedFiles::
 	By default, linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1] show
 	files which are not currently tracked by Git. Directories which
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index b589ce02ff1..1621dfcd400 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1112,17 +1112,6 @@ static int git_status_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 			s->submodule_summary = -1;
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (!strcmp(k, "status.short")) {
-		if (git_config_bool(k, v))
-			status_format = STATUS_FORMAT_SHORT;
-		else
-			status_format = STATUS_FORMAT_NONE;
-		return 0;
-	}
-	if (!strcmp(k, "status.branch")) {
-		s->show_branch = git_config_bool(k, v);
-		return 0;
-	}
 	if (!strcmp(k, "status.color") || !strcmp(k, "color.status")) {
 		s->use_color = git_config_colorbool(k, v);
 		return 0;
diff --git a/t/t7508-status.sh b/t/t7508-status.sh
index 498332ce0ab..e2ffdacc267 100755
--- a/t/t7508-status.sh
+++ b/t/t7508-status.sh
@@ -1335,61 +1335,4 @@ test_expect_failure '.git/config ignore=all suppresses submodule summary' '
 	git config -f .gitmodules  --remove-section submodule.subname
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'setup of test environment' '
-	git config status.showUntrackedFiles no &&
-	git status -s >expected_short &&
-	git status --no-short >expected_noshort
-'
-
-test_expect_success '"status.short=true" same as "-s"' '
-	git -c status.short=true status >actual &&
-	test_cmp expected_short actual
-'
-
-test_expect_success '"status.short=true" weaker than "--no-short"' '
-	git -c status.short=true status --no-short >actual &&
-	test_cmp expected_noshort actual
-'
-
-test_expect_success '"status.short=false" same as "--no-short"' '
-	git -c status.short=false status >actual &&
-	test_cmp expected_noshort actual
-'
-
-test_expect_success '"status.short=false" weaker than "-s"' '
-	git -c status.short=false status -s >actual &&
-	test_cmp expected_short actual
-'
-
-test_expect_success '"status.branch=true" same as "-b"' '
-	git status -sb >expected_branch &&
-	git -c status.branch=true status -s >actual &&
-	test_cmp expected_branch actual
-'
-
-test_expect_success '"status.branch=true" different from "--no-branch"' '
-	git status -s --no-branch  >expected_nobranch &&
-	git -c status.branch=true status -s >actual &&
-	test_must_fail test_cmp expected_nobranch actual
-'
-
-test_expect_success '"status.branch=true" weaker than "--no-branch"' '
-	git -c status.branch=true status -s --no-branch >actual &&
-	test_cmp expected_nobranch actual
-'
-
-test_expect_success '"status.branch=false" same as "--no-branch"' '
-	git -c status.branch=false status -s >actual &&
-	test_cmp expected_nobranch actual
-'
-
-test_expect_success '"status.branch=false" weaker than "-b"' '
-	git -c status.branch=false status -sb >actual &&
-	test_cmp expected_branch actual
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'Restore default test environment' '
-	git config --unset status.showUntrackedFiles
-'
-
 test_done