diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
             self.hook('tag', node=node, tag=name, local=local)
             return
 
-        for x in self.changes():
+        for x in self.status()[:5]:
             if '.hgtags' in x:
                 raise util.Abort(_('working copy of .hgtags is changed '
                                    '(please commit .hgtags manually)'))
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
                 else:
                     self.ui.warn(_("%s not tracked!\n") % f)
         else:
-            modified, added, removed, deleted, unknown = self.changes(match=match)
+            modified, added, removed, deleted, unknown = self.status(match=match)[:5]
             commit = modified + added
             remove = removed
 
@@ -751,16 +751,6 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
             l.sort()
         return (modified, added, removed, deleted, unknown, ignored, clean)
 
-    def changes(self, node1=None, node2=None, files=[], match=util.always,
-                wlock=None, list_ignored=False, list_clean=False):
-        '''DEPRECATED - use status instead'''
-        marduit = self.status(node1, node2, files, match, wlock,
-                              list_ignored, list_clean)
-        if list_ignored:
-            return marduit[:-1]
-        else:
-            return marduit[:-2]
-
     def add(self, list, wlock=None):
         if not wlock:
             wlock = self.wlock()