4 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c
index bc33814313..8582228047 100644
--- a/apply.c
+++ b/apply.c
@@ -2913,7 +2913,7 @@ static int apply_one_fragment(struct apply_state *state,
 			break;
 		case ' ':
 			if (plen && (ws_rule & WS_BLANK_AT_EOF) &&
-			    ws_blank_line(patch + 1, plen, ws_rule))
+			    ws_blank_line(patch + 1, plen))
 				is_blank_context = 1;
 			/* fallthrough */
 		case '-':
@@ -2942,7 +2942,7 @@ static int apply_one_fragment(struct apply_state *state,
 				      (first == '+' ? 0 : LINE_COMMON));
 			if (first == '+' &&
 			    (ws_rule & WS_BLANK_AT_EOF) &&
-			    ws_blank_line(patch + 1, plen, ws_rule))
+			    ws_blank_line(patch + 1, plen))
 				added_blank_line = 1;
 			break;
 		case '@': case '\\':
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 07d40b0964..fcf49706ad 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1865,7 +1865,7 @@ unsigned ws_check(const char *line, int len, unsigned ws_rule);
 void ws_check_emit(const char *line, int len, unsigned ws_rule, FILE *stream, const char *set, const char *reset, const char *ws);
 char *whitespace_error_string(unsigned ws);
 void ws_fix_copy(struct strbuf *, const char *, int, unsigned, int *);
-int ws_blank_line(const char *line, int len, unsigned ws_rule);
+int ws_blank_line(const char *line, int len);
 #define ws_tab_width(rule)     ((rule) & WS_TAB_WIDTH_MASK)
 
 /* ls-files */
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 1054a4b732..74ebe247b4 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ static unsigned long diff_filespec_size(struct repository *r,
 	return one->size;
 }
 
-static int count_trailing_blank(mmfile_t *mf, unsigned ws_rule)
+static int count_trailing_blank(mmfile_t *mf)
 {
 	char *ptr = mf->ptr;
 	long size = mf->size;
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ static int count_trailing_blank(mmfile_t *mf, unsigned ws_rule)
 		for (prev_eol = ptr; mf->ptr <= prev_eol; prev_eol--)
 			if (*prev_eol == '\n')
 				break;
-		if (!ws_blank_line(prev_eol + 1, ptr - prev_eol, ws_rule))
+		if (!ws_blank_line(prev_eol + 1, ptr - prev_eol))
 			break;
 		cnt++;
 		ptr = prev_eol - 1;
@@ -634,9 +634,8 @@ static void check_blank_at_eof(mmfile_t *mf1, mmfile_t *mf2,
 			       struct emit_callback *ecbdata)
 {
 	int l1, l2, at;
-	unsigned ws_rule = ecbdata->ws_rule;
-	l1 = count_trailing_blank(mf1, ws_rule);
-	l2 = count_trailing_blank(mf2, ws_rule);
+	l1 = count_trailing_blank(mf1);
+	l2 = count_trailing_blank(mf2);
 	if (l2 <= l1) {
 		ecbdata->blank_at_eof_in_preimage = 0;
 		ecbdata->blank_at_eof_in_postimage = 0;
@@ -1583,7 +1582,7 @@ static int new_blank_line_at_eof(struct emit_callback *ecbdata, const char *line
 	      ecbdata->blank_at_eof_in_preimage <= ecbdata->lno_in_preimage &&
 	      ecbdata->blank_at_eof_in_postimage <= ecbdata->lno_in_postimage))
 		return 0;
-	return ws_blank_line(line, len, ecbdata->ws_rule);
+	return ws_blank_line(line, len);
 }
 
 static void emit_add_line(struct emit_callback *ecbdata,
diff --git a/ws.c b/ws.c
index 6e69877f25..46a77bcad6 100644
--- a/ws.c
+++ b/ws.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ unsigned ws_check(const char *line, int len, unsigned ws_rule)
 	return ws_check_emit_1(line, len, ws_rule, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
-int ws_blank_line(const char *line, int len, unsigned ws_rule)
+int ws_blank_line(const char *line, int len)
 {
 	/*
 	 * We _might_ want to treat CR differently from other