3 files changed, 4 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/reftable/merged.c b/reftable/merged.c
index f85a24c678..804fdc0de0 100644
--- a/reftable/merged.c
+++ b/reftable/merged.c
@@ -207,19 +207,11 @@ int reftable_new_merged_table(struct reftable_merged_table **dest,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* clears the list of subtable, without affecting the readers themselves. */
-void merged_table_release(struct reftable_merged_table *mt)
-{
-	FREE_AND_NULL(mt->stack);
-	mt->stack_len = 0;
-}
-
 void reftable_merged_table_free(struct reftable_merged_table *mt)
 {
-	if (!mt) {
+	if (!mt)
 		return;
-	}
-	merged_table_release(mt);
+	FREE_AND_NULL(mt->stack);
 	reftable_free(mt);
 }
 
diff --git a/reftable/merged.h b/reftable/merged.h
index a2571dbc99..9db45c3196 100644
--- a/reftable/merged.h
+++ b/reftable/merged.h
@@ -24,6 +24,4 @@ struct reftable_merged_table {
 	uint64_t max;
 };
 
-void merged_table_release(struct reftable_merged_table *mt);
-
 #endif
diff --git a/reftable/stack.c b/reftable/stack.c
index a59ebe038d..984fd866d0 100644
--- a/reftable/stack.c
+++ b/reftable/stack.c
@@ -261,10 +261,8 @@ static int reftable_stack_reload_once(struct reftable_stack *st, char **names,
 
 	new_tables = NULL;
 	st->readers_len = new_readers_len;
-	if (st->merged) {
-		merged_table_release(st->merged);
+	if (st->merged)
 		reftable_merged_table_free(st->merged);
-	}
 	if (st->readers) {
 		reftable_free(st->readers);
 	}
@@ -968,10 +966,8 @@ static int stack_write_compact(struct reftable_stack *st,
 
 done:
 	reftable_iterator_destroy(&it);
-	if (mt) {
-		merged_table_release(mt);
+	if (mt)
 		reftable_merged_table_free(mt);
-	}
 	reftable_ref_record_release(&ref);
 	reftable_log_record_release(&log);
 	st->stats.entries_written += entries;