int detailed)
 {
        int len;
-       const char *subject;
+       const char *subject, *encoding;
        char *reencoded, *message;
        static char author_name[1024];
        static char author_mail[1024];
                        die("Cannot read commit %s",
                            sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
        }
-       reencoded = reencode_commit_message(commit, NULL);
+       encoding = get_log_output_encoding();
+       reencoded = logmsg_reencode(commit, encoding);
        message   = reencoded ? reencoded : commit->buffer;
        ret->author = author_name;
        ret->author_mail = author_mail;
 
 struct rev_info; /* in revision.h, it circularly uses enum cmit_fmt */
 extern char *logmsg_reencode(const struct commit *commit,
                             const char *output_encoding);
-extern char *reencode_commit_message(const struct commit *commit,
-                                    const char **encoding_p);
 extern void get_commit_format(const char *arg, struct rev_info *);
 extern const char *format_subject(struct strbuf *sb, const char *msg,
                                  const char *line_separator);
 
        }
 }
 
-char *reencode_commit_message(const struct commit *commit, const char **encoding_p)
-{
-       const char *encoding;
-
-       encoding = get_log_output_encoding();
-       if (encoding_p)
-               *encoding_p = encoding;
-       return logmsg_reencode(commit, encoding);
-}
-
 void pretty_print_commit(const struct pretty_print_context *pp,
                         const struct commit *commit,
                         struct strbuf *sb)
                return;
        }
 
-       reencoded = reencode_commit_message(commit, &encoding);
+       encoding = get_log_output_encoding();
+       reencoded = logmsg_reencode(commit, encoding);
        if (reencoded) {
                msg = reencoded;
        }