diff --git a/git_common.py b/git_common.py
index 162cc8514..f9b2a63f9 100644
--- a/git_common.py
+++ b/git_common.py
@@ -1007,7 +1007,6 @@ def make_workdir(repository, new_workdir):
     'refs',
     'remotes',
     'rr-cache',
-    'svn'
   ]
   make_workdir_common(repository, new_workdir, GIT_DIRECTORY_WHITELIST,
                       ['HEAD'])
diff --git a/git_drover.py b/git_drover.py
index c9a4af315..f477566aa 100755
--- a/git_drover.py
+++ b/git_drover.py
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ class _Drover(object):
       'packed-refs',
       'remotes',
       'rr-cache',
-      'svn',
   ]
   FILES_TO_COPY = ['config', 'HEAD']
 
diff --git a/git_footers.py b/git_footers.py
index 412e61fd2..3df4f82a6 100755
--- a/git_footers.py
+++ b/git_footers.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import git_common as git
 
 FOOTER_PATTERN = re.compile(r'^\s*([\w-]+): (.*)$')
 CHROME_COMMIT_POSITION_PATTERN = re.compile(r'^([\w/\-\.]+)@{#(\d+)}$')
-GIT_SVN_ID_PATTERN = re.compile('^([^\s@]+)@(\d+)')
 
 
 def normalize_name(header):
@@ -68,20 +67,6 @@ def split_footers(message):
   return message_lines[:-len(footer_lines)], footer_lines, footers
 
 
-def get_footer_svn_id(branch=None):
-  if not branch:
-    branch = git.root()
-  svn_id = None
-  message = git.run('log', '-1', '--format=%B', branch)
-  footers = parse_footers(message)
-  git_svn_id = get_unique(footers, 'git-svn-id')
-  if git_svn_id:
-    match = GIT_SVN_ID_PATTERN.match(git_svn_id)
-    if match:
-      svn_id = match.group(1)
-  return svn_id
-
-
 def get_footer_change_id(message):
   """Returns a list of Gerrit's ChangeId from given commit message."""
   return parse_footers(message).get(normalize_name('Change-Id'), [])
@@ -150,9 +135,7 @@ def get_position(footers):
 
     Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#292272}
 
-    would give the return value ('refs/heads/master', 292272).  If
-    Cr-Commit-Position is not defined, we try to infer the ref and position
-    from git-svn-id. The position number can be None if it was not inferrable.
+    would give the return value ('refs/heads/master', 292272).
   """
 
   position = get_unique(footers, 'Cr-Commit-Position')
@@ -161,29 +144,6 @@ def get_position(footers):
     assert match, 'Invalid Cr-Commit-Position value: %s' % position
     return (match.group(1), match.group(2))
 
-  svn_commit = get_unique(footers, 'git-svn-id')
-  if svn_commit:
-    match = GIT_SVN_ID_PATTERN.match(svn_commit)
-    assert match, 'Invalid git-svn-id value: %s' % svn_commit
-    # V8 has different semantics than Chromium.
-    if re.match(r'.*https?://v8\.googlecode\.com/svn/trunk',
-                match.group(1)):
-      return ('refs/heads/candidates', match.group(2))
-    if re.match(r'.*https?://v8\.googlecode\.com/svn/branches/bleeding_edge',
-                match.group(1)):
-      return ('refs/heads/master', match.group(2))
-
-    # Assume that any trunk svn revision will match the commit-position
-    # semantics.
-    if re.match('.*/trunk.*$', match.group(1)):
-      return ('refs/heads/master', match.group(2))
-
-    # But for now only support faking branch-heads for chrome.
-    branch_match = re.match('.*/chrome/branches/([\w/-]+)/src$', match.group(1))
-    if branch_match:
-      # svn commit numbers do not map to branches.
-      return ('refs/branch-heads/%s' % branch_match.group(1), None)
-
   raise ValueError('Unable to infer commit position from footers')
 
 
diff --git a/tests/git_footers_test.py b/tests/git_footers_test.py
index 28f991654..519f42f6c 100755
--- a/tests/git_footers_test.py
+++ b/tests/git_footers_test.py
@@ -25,16 +25,6 @@ My commit message is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it.
 
   _position_footer = 'Cr-Commit-Position: %s\n' % _position
 
-  _git_svn_id = ('svn://svn.chromium.org/chrome/trunk/src@290386'
-                 ' 0039d316-1c4b-4281-b951-d872f2087c98')
-
-  _git_svn_id_footer = 'git-svn-id: %s\n' % _git_svn_id
-
-  _git_svn_id_branch = (
-      'svn://svn.chromium.org/chrome/branches/blabble/src@177288')
-
-  _git_svn_id_footer_branch = 'git-svn-id: %s\n' % _git_svn_id_branch
-
   def testFootersBasic(self):
     self.assertEqual(
         git_footers.split_footers('Not-A: footer'),
@@ -51,33 +41,11 @@ My commit message is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it.
     self.assertEqual(
         git_footers.parse_footers(self._message + self._position_footer),
         { 'Cr-Commit-Position': [ self._position ] })
-    self.assertEqual(
-        git_footers.parse_footers(self._message + self._git_svn_id_footer),
-        { 'Git-Svn-Id': [ self._git_svn_id ] })
     self.assertEqual(
         git_footers.parse_footers(self._message + self._position_footer
                                                 + self._position_footer),
         { 'Cr-Commit-Position': [ self._position, self._position ] })
 
-  def testTrunkHeuristic(self):
-    footers = git_footers.parse_footers(self._message + self._git_svn_id_footer)
-    self.assertEqual(
-        footers,
-        { 'Git-Svn-Id': [ self._git_svn_id ] })
-    self.assertEqual(
-        git_footers.get_position(footers),
-        ('refs/heads/master', '290386'))
-
-  def testBranchHeuristic(self):
-    footers = git_footers.parse_footers(self._message +
-                                        self._git_svn_id_footer_branch)
-    self.assertEqual(
-        footers,
-        { 'Git-Svn-Id': [ self._git_svn_id_branch ] })
-    self.assertEqual(
-        git_footers.get_position(footers),
-        ('refs/branch-heads/blabble', None))
-
   def testGetFooterChangeId(self):
     msg = '\n'.join(['whatever',
                      '',