diff --git a/gclient.py b/gclient.py
index 8ee5bf125..2698609ad 100755
--- a/gclient.py
+++ b/gclient.py
@@ -128,13 +128,6 @@ PREVIOUS_SYNC_COMMITS = 'GCLIENT_PREVIOUS_SYNC_COMMITS'
 
 NO_SYNC_EXPERIMENT = 'no-sync'
 
-# This experiment causes all dependencies of type 'git' to be skipped for all
-# commands. This can be useful if you need to build Chromium in a working
-# tree that is guaranteed to contain a consistent, pre-synced snapshot of the
-# code that's managed by Git, but still need to install cipd dependencies and
-# run the hooks to download the remaining dependencies.
-SKIP_GIT_EXPERIMENT = 'skip-git'
-
 PRECOMMIT_HOOK_VAR = 'GCLIENT_PRECOMMIT'
 
 
@@ -1112,10 +1105,6 @@ class Dependency(gclient_utils.WorkItem, DependencySettings):
         # working copy state, so skip the SCM status check.
         run_scm = command not in ('flatten', 'runhooks', 'recurse', 'validate',
                                   None)
-        # See the description of the experiment for the logic behind this.
-        if SKIP_GIT_EXPERIMENT in options.experiments and isinstance(
-                self, GitDependency):
-            run_scm = False
         file_list = [] if not options.nohooks else None
         revision_override = revision_overrides.pop(
             self.FuzzyMatchUrl(revision_overrides), None)