diff --git a/Utility/GitLFS.hs b/Utility/GitLFS.hs
index 99015baf81..82c4808e39 100644
--- a/Utility/GitLFS.hs
+++ b/Utility/GitLFS.hs
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ module Utility.GitLFS (
 	Endpoint,
 	guessEndpoint,
 	modifyEndpointRequest,
-	HostUser,
 	sshDiscoverEndpointCommand,
 	parseSshDiscoverEndpointResponse,
 
@@ -369,9 +368,6 @@ startTransferRequest (Endpoint r) tr = r
 	, requestBody = RequestBodyLBS (encode tr)
 	}
 
--- | "user@host" or just the hostname.
-type HostUser = String
-
 addLfsJsonHeaders :: Request -> Request
 addLfsJsonHeaders r = r
 	{ requestHeaders = requestHeaders r ++