diff --git a/cli/src/cli_util.rs b/cli/src/cli_util.rs
index 459b97fdbf..71af456307 100644
--- a/cli/src/cli_util.rs
+++ b/cli/src/cli_util.rs
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ use jj_lib::repo::{
 };
 use jj_lib::repo_path::{FsPathParseError, RepoPath, RepoPathBuf};
 use jj_lib::revset::{
-    Revset, RevsetAliasesMap, RevsetCommitRef, RevsetExpression, RevsetFilterPredicate,
-    RevsetIteratorExt, RevsetParseContext, RevsetWorkspaceContext,
+    RevsetAliasesMap, RevsetCommitRef, RevsetExpression, RevsetFilterPredicate, RevsetIteratorExt,
+    RevsetParseContext, RevsetWorkspaceContext,
 };
 use jj_lib::rewrite::restore_tree;
 use jj_lib::settings::{ConfigResultExt as _, UserSettings};
@@ -880,13 +880,6 @@ impl WorkspaceCommandHelper {
         self.attach_revset_evaluator(expression)
     }
 
-    pub fn evaluate_revset<'repo>(
-        &'repo self,
-        expression: Rc<RevsetExpression>,
-    ) -> Result<Box<dyn Revset + 'repo>, CommandError> {
-        Ok(self.attach_revset_evaluator(expression)?.evaluate()?)
-    }
-
     fn attach_revset_evaluator(
         &self,
         expression: Rc<RevsetExpression>,
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/git.rs b/cli/src/commands/git.rs
index 7b9fcda2b3..205e6258bd 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/git.rs
+++ b/cli/src/commands/git.rs
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ fn find_branches_targeted_by_revisions<'a>(
         .range(&RevsetExpression::commit(wc_commit_id))
         .intersection(&RevsetExpression::branches(StringPattern::everything()));
         let current_branches_revset =
-            workspace_command.evaluate_revset(current_branches_expression)?;
+            current_branches_expression.evaluate_programmatic(workspace_command.repo().as_ref())?;
         revision_commit_ids.extend(current_branches_revset.iter());
         if revision_commit_ids.is_empty() {
             writeln!(