--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -1693,195 +1693,6 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
 
         return newheads - oldheads + 1
 
-    def verify(self):
-        filelinkrevs = {}
-        filenodes = {}
-        changesets = revisions = files = 0
-        errors = [0]
-        warnings = [0]
-        neededmanifests = {}
-
-        def err(msg):
-            self.ui.warn(msg + "\n")
-            errors[0] += 1
-
-        def warn(msg):
-            self.ui.warn(msg + "\n")
-            warnings[0] += 1
-
-        def checksize(obj, name):
-            d = obj.checksize()
-            if d[0]:
-                err(_("%s data length off by %d bytes") % (name, d[0]))
-            if d[1]:
-                err(_("%s index contains %d extra bytes") % (name, d[1]))
-
-        def checkversion(obj, name):
-            if obj.version != revlog.REVLOGV0:
-                if not revlogv1:
-                    warn(_("warning: `%s' uses revlog format 1") % name)
-            elif revlogv1:
-                warn(_("warning: `%s' uses revlog format 0") % name)
-
-        revlogv1 = self.revlogversion != revlog.REVLOGV0
-        if self.ui.verbose or revlogv1 != self.revlogv1:
-            self.ui.status(_("repository uses revlog format %d\n") %
-                           (revlogv1 and 1 or 0))
-
-        seen = {}
-        self.ui.status(_("checking changesets\n"))
-        checksize(self.changelog, "changelog")
-
-        for i in range(self.changelog.count()):
-            changesets += 1
-            n = self.changelog.node(i)
-            l = self.changelog.linkrev(n)
-            if l != i:
-                err(_("incorrect link (%d) for changeset revision %d") %(l, i))
-            if n in seen:
-                err(_("duplicate changeset at revision %d") % i)
-            seen[n] = 1
-
-            for p in self.changelog.parents(n):
-                if p not in self.changelog.nodemap:
-                    err(_("changeset %s has unknown parent %s") %
-                                 (short(n), short(p)))
-            try:
-                changes = self.changelog.read(n)
-            except KeyboardInterrupt:
-                self.ui.warn(_("interrupted"))
-                raise
-            except Exception, inst:
-                err(_("unpacking changeset %s: %s") % (short(n), inst))
-                continue
-
-            neededmanifests[changes[0]] = n
-
-            for f in changes[3]:
-                filelinkrevs.setdefault(f, []).append(i)
-
-        seen = {}
-        self.ui.status(_("checking manifests\n"))
-        checkversion(self.manifest, "manifest")
-        checksize(self.manifest, "manifest")
-
-        for i in range(self.manifest.count()):
-            n = self.manifest.node(i)
-            l = self.manifest.linkrev(n)
-
-            if l < 0 or l >= self.changelog.count():
-                err(_("bad manifest link (%d) at revision %d") % (l, i))
-
-            if n in neededmanifests:
-                del neededmanifests[n]
-
-            if n in seen:
-                err(_("duplicate manifest at revision %d") % i)
-
-            seen[n] = 1
-
-            for p in self.manifest.parents(n):
-                if p not in self.manifest.nodemap:
-                    err(_("manifest %s has unknown parent %s") %
-                        (short(n), short(p)))
-
-            try:
-                delta = mdiff.patchtext(self.manifest.delta(n))
-            except KeyboardInterrupt:
-                self.ui.warn(_("interrupted"))
-                raise
-            except Exception, inst:
-                err(_("unpacking manifest %s: %s") % (short(n), inst))
-                continue
-
-            try:
-                ff = [ l.split('\0') for l in delta.splitlines() ]
-                for f, fn in ff:
-                    filenodes.setdefault(f, {})[bin(fn[:40])] = 1
-            except (ValueError, TypeError), inst:
-                err(_("broken delta in manifest %s: %s") % (short(n), inst))
-
-        self.ui.status(_("crosschecking files in changesets and manifests\n"))
-
-        for m, c in neededmanifests.items():
-            err(_("Changeset %s refers to unknown manifest %s") %
-                (short(m), short(c)))
-        del neededmanifests
-
-        for f in filenodes:
-            if f not in filelinkrevs:
-                err(_("file %s in manifest but not in changesets") % f)
-
-        for f in filelinkrevs:
-            if f not in filenodes:
-                err(_("file %s in changeset but not in manifest") % f)
-
-        self.ui.status(_("checking files\n"))
-        ff = filenodes.keys()
-        ff.sort()
-        for f in ff:
-            if f == "/dev/null":
-                continue
-            files += 1
-            if not f:
-                err(_("file without name in manifest %s") % short(n))
-                continue
-            fl = self.file(f)
-            checkversion(fl, f)
-            checksize(fl, f)
-
-            nodes = {nullid: 1}
-            seen = {}
-            for i in range(fl.count()):
-                revisions += 1
-                n = fl.node(i)
-
-                if n in seen:
-                    err(_("%s: duplicate revision %d") % (f, i))
-                if n not in filenodes[f]:
-                    err(_("%s: %d:%s not in manifests") % (f, i, short(n)))
-                else:
-                    del filenodes[f][n]
-
-                flr = fl.linkrev(n)
-                if flr not in filelinkrevs.get(f, []):
-                    err(_("%s:%s points to unexpected changeset %d")
-                            % (f, short(n), flr))
-                else:
-                    filelinkrevs[f].remove(flr)
-
-                # verify contents
-                try:
-                    t = fl.read(n)
-                except KeyboardInterrupt:
-                    self.ui.warn(_("interrupted"))
-                    raise
-                except Exception, inst:
-                    err(_("unpacking file %s %s: %s") % (f, short(n), inst))
-
-                # verify parents
-                (p1, p2) = fl.parents(n)
-                if p1 not in nodes:
-                    err(_("file %s:%s unknown parent 1 %s") %
-                        (f, short(n), short(p1)))
-                if p2 not in nodes:
-                    err(_("file %s:%s unknown parent 2 %s") %
-                            (f, short(n), short(p1)))
-                nodes[n] = 1
-
-            # cross-check
-            for node in filenodes[f]:
-                err(_("node %s in manifests not in %s") % (hex(node), f))
-
-        self.ui.status(_("%d files, %d changesets, %d total revisions\n") %
-                       (files, changesets, revisions))
-
-        if warnings[0]:
-            self.ui.warn(_("%d warnings encountered!\n") % warnings[0])
-        if errors[0]:
-            self.ui.warn(_("%d integrity errors encountered!\n") % errors[0])
-            return 1
-
     def stream_in(self, remote):
         fp = remote.stream_out()
         resp = int(fp.readline())
@@ -1906,7 +1717,7 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
                         util.bytecount(total_bytes / elapsed)))
         self.reload()
         return len(self.heads()) + 1
-        
+
     def clone(self, remote, heads=[], stream=False):
         '''clone remote repository.