diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -482,9 +482,6 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
     def wjoin(self, f):
         return os.path.join(self.root, f)
 
-    def rjoin(self, f):
-        return os.path.join(self.root, util.pconvert(f))
-
     def file(self, f):
         if f[0] == '/':
             f = f[1:]
diff --git a/mercurial/repo.py b/mercurial/repo.py
--- a/mercurial/repo.py
+++ b/mercurial/repo.py
@@ -35,10 +35,3 @@ class repository(object):
 
     def cancopy(self):
         return self.local()
-
-    def rjoin(self, path):
-        url = self.url()
-        if url.endswith('/'):
-            return url + path
-        else:
-            return url + '/' + path