* Note that the new update will itself be subject to splitting when
  * the iteration gets to it.
  */
-static int split_symref_update(struct files_ref_store *refs,
-                              struct ref_update *update,
+static int split_symref_update(struct ref_update *update,
                               const char *referent,
                               struct ref_transaction *transaction,
                               struct string_list *affected_refnames,
                         * of processing the split-off update, so we
                         * don't have to do it here.
                         */
-                       ret = split_symref_update(refs, update,
+                       ret = split_symref_update(update,
                                                  referent.buf, transaction,
                                                  affected_refnames, err);
                        if (ret)