diff --git a/routers/private/push_update.go b/routers/private/push_update.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d8102cbfbed2..000000000000
--- a/routers/private/push_update.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-package private
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"strings"
-
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models"
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/git"
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/repofiles"
-
-	"gitea.com/macaron/macaron"
-)
-
-// PushUpdate update public key updates
-func PushUpdate(ctx *macaron.Context) {
-	var opt repofiles.PushUpdateOptions
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(ctx.Req.Request.Body).Decode(&opt); err != nil {
-		ctx.JSON(500, map[string]interface{}{
-			"err": err.Error(),
-		})
-		return
-	}
-
-	branch := strings.TrimPrefix(opt.RefFullName, git.BranchPrefix)
-	if len(branch) == 0 || opt.PusherID <= 0 {
-		ctx.Error(404)
-		log.Trace("PushUpdate: branch or secret is empty, or pusher ID is not valid")
-		return
-	}
-
-	repo, err := models.GetRepositoryByOwnerAndName(opt.RepoUserName, opt.RepoName)
-	if err != nil {
-		ctx.JSON(500, map[string]interface{}{
-			"err": err.Error(),
-		})
-		return
-	}
-
-	err = repofiles.PushUpdate(repo, branch, opt)
-	if err != nil {
-		if models.IsErrUserNotExist(err) {
-			ctx.Error(404)
-		} else {
-			ctx.JSON(500, map[string]interface{}{
-				"err": err.Error(),
-			})
-		}
-		return
-	}
-	ctx.Status(202)
-}