diff --git a/crates/git/src/repository/mod.rs b/crates/git/src/repository/mod.rs
index c2ca874..76fa332 100644
--- a/crates/git/src/repository/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/git/src/repository/mod.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::sync::{atomic::AtomicBool, Arc, Mutex};
 use derive_more::Deref as _;
 
 pub mod open;
-mod real;
+// mod real;
 mod test;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub use open::otest::OnPush;
 pub use open::OpenRepository;
 pub use open::OpenRepositoryLike;
 pub use open::RealOpenRepository;
-pub use real::RealRepository;
+// pub use real::RealRepository;
 use tracing::info;
 
 use crate::repository::test::TestRepository;
diff --git a/crates/git/src/repository/real.rs b/crates/git/src/repository/real.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 788544d..0000000
--- a/crates/git/src/repository/real.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-//
-#![cfg(not(tarpaulin_include))]
-use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
-
-use crate as git;
-use derive_more::Deref as _;
-use git_next_config::GitDir;
-
-pub struct RealRepository;
-impl git::repository::RepositoryLike for RealRepository {
-    fn open(&self, gitdir: &GitDir) -> Result<git::OpenRepository, git::repository::Error> {
-        let gix_repo = gix::ThreadSafeRepository::open(gitdir.to_path_buf())?.to_thread_local();
-        Ok(git::repository::open::real(gix_repo))
-    }
-
-    #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
-    fn git_clone(
-        &self,
-        repo_details: &git::RepoDetails,
-    ) -> Result<git::OpenRepository, git::repository::Error> {
-        tracing::info!("creating");
-        use secrecy::ExposeSecret;
-        let (gix_repo, _outcome) = gix::prepare_clone_bare(
-            repo_details.origin().expose_secret().as_str(),
-            repo_details.gitdir.deref(),
-        )?
-        .fetch_only(gix::progress::Discard, &AtomicBool::new(false))?;
-        tracing::info!("created");
-
-        Ok(git::repository::open::real(gix_repo))
-    }
-}