diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index 175da07d94..a454020f01 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -1949,7 +1949,8 @@ sub validate_patch {
 	my ($fn, $xfer_encoding) = @_;
 
 	if ($repo) {
-		my $validate_hook = catfile($repo->hooks_path(),
+		my $hooks_path = $repo->command_oneline('rev-parse', '--git-path', 'hooks');
+		my $validate_hook = catfile($hooks_path,
 					    'sendemail-validate');
 		my $hook_error;
 		if (-x $validate_hook) {
diff --git a/perl/Git.pm b/perl/Git.pm
index df6280ebab..02eacef0c2 100644
--- a/perl/Git.pm
+++ b/perl/Git.pm
@@ -619,18 +619,6 @@ Return path to the git repository. Must be called on a repository instance.
 
 sub repo_path { $_[0]->{opts}->{Repository} }
 
-=item hooks_path ()
-
-Return path to the hooks directory. Must be called on a repository instance.
-
-=cut
-
-sub hooks_path {
-	my ($self) = @_;
-
-	my $dir = $self->command_oneline('rev-parse', '--git-path', 'hooks');
-	return $dir;
-}
 
 =item wc_path ()