struct ref_states *states)
 {
        struct remote *remote = states->remote;
-       struct ref *ref, *local_refs, *push_map, **push_tail;
+       struct ref *ref, *local_refs, *push_map;
        if (remote->mirror)
                return 0;
 
        local_refs = get_local_heads();
        push_map = copy_ref_list(remote_refs);
 
-       push_tail = &push_map;
-       while (*push_tail)
-               push_tail = &((*push_tail)->next);
-       match_refs(local_refs, push_map, &push_tail, remote->push_refspec_nr,
+       match_refs(local_refs, &push_map, remote->push_refspec_nr,
                   remote->push_refspec, MATCH_REFS_NONE);
 
        states->push.strdup_strings = 1;