2 files changed, 3 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/git/objects/submodule/base.py b/git/objects/submodule/base.py
index cd7d4ec4..94322a55 100644
--- a/git/objects/submodule/base.py
+++ b/git/objects/submodule/base.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from .util import (
     mkhead,
     sm_name,
     sm_section,
-    unbare_repo,
     SubmoduleConfigParser,
     find_first_remote_branch
 )
@@ -14,7 +13,8 @@ from git.util import (
     join_path_native,
     to_native_path_linux,
     RemoteProgress,
-    rmtree
+    rmtree,
+    unbare_repo
 )
 
 from git.config import (
diff --git a/git/objects/submodule/util.py b/git/objects/submodule/util.py
index 8b9873fc..0b4ce3c5 100644
--- a/git/objects/submodule/util.py
+++ b/git/objects/submodule/util.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from git.config import GitConfigParser
 from io import BytesIO
 import weakref
 
-__all__ = ('sm_section', 'sm_name', 'mkhead', 'unbare_repo', 'find_first_remote_branch',
+__all__ = ('sm_section', 'sm_name', 'mkhead', 'find_first_remote_branch',
            'SubmoduleConfigParser')
 
 #{ Utilities
@@ -26,20 +26,6 @@ def mkhead(repo, path):
     return git.Head(repo, git.Head.to_full_path(path))
 
 
-def unbare_repo(func):
-    """Methods with this decorator raise InvalidGitRepositoryError if they
-    encounter a bare repository"""
-
-    def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        if self.repo.bare:
-            raise InvalidGitRepositoryError("Method '%s' cannot operate on bare repositories" % func.__name__)
-        # END bare method
-        return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
-    # END wrapper
-    wrapper.__name__ = func.__name__
-    return wrapper
-
-
 def find_first_remote_branch(remotes, branch_name):
     """Find the remote branch matching the name of the given branch or raise InvalidGitRepositoryError"""
     for remote in remotes: