diff --git a/hgext/rebase.py b/hgext/rebase.py
--- a/hgext/rebase.py
+++ b/hgext/rebase.py
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ def rebase(ui, repo, **opts):
                                              targetancestors)
                 storestatus(repo, originalwd, target, state, collapsef, keepf,
                             keepbranchesf, external, activebookmark)
-                if len(repo.parents()) == 2:
+                if len(repo[None].parents()) == 2:
                     repo.ui.debug('resuming interrupted rebase\n')
                 else:
                     try:
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ def restorestatus(repo):
 def needupdate(repo, state):
     '''check whether we should `update --clean` away from a merge, or if
     somehow the working dir got forcibly updated, e.g. by older hg'''
-    parents = [p.rev() for p in repo.parents()]
+    parents = [p.rev() for p in repo[None].parents()]
 
     # Are we in a merge state at all?
     if len(parents) < 2:
diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ def branch(ui, repo, label=None, **opts)
             ui.status(_('reset working directory to branch %s\n') % label)
         elif label:
             if not opts.get('force') and label in repo.branchmap():
-                if label not in [p.branch() for p in repo.parents()]:
+                if label not in [p.branch() for p in repo[None].parents()]:
                     raise error.Abort(_('a branch of the same name already'
                                        ' exists'),
                                      # i18n: "it" refers to an existing branch
@@ -1600,8 +1600,8 @@ def commit(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
         if not bheads:
             raise error.Abort(_('can only close branch heads'))
         elif opts.get('amend'):
-            if repo.parents()[0].p1().branch() != branch and \
-                    repo.parents()[0].p2().branch() != branch:
+            if repo[None].parents()[0].p1().branch() != branch and \
+                    repo[None].parents()[0].p2().branch() != branch:
                 raise error.Abort(_('can only close branch heads'))
 
     if opts.get('amend'):
@@ -4545,7 +4545,7 @@ def import_(ui, repo, patch1=None, *patc
                 tr = repo.transaction('import')
             else:
                 dsguard = cmdutil.dirstateguard(repo, 'import')
-            parents = repo.parents()
+            parents = repo[None].parents()
             for patchurl in patches:
                 if patchurl == '-':
                     ui.status(_('applying patch from stdin\n'))
@@ -4565,7 +4565,7 @@ def import_(ui, repo, patch1=None, *patc
                         haspatch = True
                         ui.note(msg + '\n')
                     if update or opts.get('exact'):
-                        parents = repo.parents()
+                        parents = repo[None].parents()
                     else:
                         parents = [repo[node]]
                     if rej:
diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -852,10 +852,6 @@ class localrepository(object):
     def changectx(self, changeid):
         return self[changeid]
 
-    def parents(self, changeid=None):
-        '''get list of changectxs for parents of changeid'''
-        return self[changeid].parents()
-
     def setparents(self, p1, p2=nullid):
         self.dirstate.beginparentchange()
         copies = self.dirstate.setparents(p1, p2)
@@ -1170,7 +1166,7 @@ class localrepository(object):
                         % self.dirstate.branch())
 
             self.dirstate.invalidate()
-            parents = tuple([p.rev() for p in self.parents()])
+            parents = tuple([p.rev() for p in self[None].parents()])
             if len(parents) > 1:
                 ui.status(_('working directory now based on '
                             'revisions %d and %d\n') % parents)