diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/utils.py b/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def action_logger(user, action, repo, ip
         raise
 
 
-def get_repos(path, recursive=False, skip_removed_repos=True):
+def get_filesystem_repos(path, recursive=False, skip_removed_repos=True):
     """
     Scans given path for repos and return (name,(type,path)) tuple
 
@@ -214,9 +214,6 @@ def get_repos(path, recursive=False, ski
 
     return _get_repos(path)
 
-#alias for backward compat
-get_filesystem_repos = get_repos
-
 
 def is_valid_repo(repo_name, base_path, scm=None):
     """