diff --git a/src/commandModel.js b/src/commandModel.js
index 57e7c64e..0bf5df4f 100644
--- a/src/commandModel.js
+++ b/src/commandModel.js
@@ -282,8 +282,7 @@ OptionParser.prototype.getMasterOptionMap = function() {
       '--amend': false,
       '-a': false, // warning
       '-am': false, // warning
-      '-m': false,
-      '-C': false
+      '-m': false
     },
     status: {},
     log: {},
diff --git a/src/git.js b/src/git.js
index b112347e..4a339f2c 100644
--- a/src/git.js
+++ b/src/git.js
@@ -535,19 +535,7 @@ GitEngine.prototype.commit = function() {
   // if we want to ammend, go one above
   if (this.commandOptions['--amend']) {
     targetCommit = this.resolveID('HEAD~1');
-    // if they specify -C, go there
-    if (this.commandOptions['-C']) {
-      this.validateArgBounds(this.commandOptions['-C'], 1, 1, '-C');
-      targetCommit = this.numBackFrom(this.getCommitFromRef(this.commandOptions['-C'][0]), 1);
-    }
-
     id = this.rebaseAltID(this.getCommitFromRef('HEAD').get('id'));
-  } else {
-    if (this.commandOptions['-C']) {
-      throw new GitError({
-        msg: 'I only support -C when doing --amend, sorry'
-      });
-    }
   }
 
   var newCommit = this.makeCommit([targetCommit], id);
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 5d355ee2..96a1dec7 100644
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ Pre-publish things:
 extra command ideas:
 
 git log branchA ^branchB
-git commit --amend -C HEAD
 
 2013 Things
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~