diff --git a/builtin/rev-list.c b/builtin/rev-list.c
index bb26bee0d4..dcd079c16c 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-list.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-list.c
@@ -357,10 +357,15 @@ static void show_object(struct object *obj, const char *name, void *cb_data)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (arg_show_object_names)
-		show_object_with_name(stdout, obj, name);
-	else
-		printf("%s\n", oid_to_hex(&obj->oid));
+	printf("%s", oid_to_hex(&obj->oid));
+
+	if (arg_show_object_names) {
+		putchar(' ');
+		for (const char *p = name; *p && *p != '\n'; p++)
+			putchar(*p);
+	}
+
+	putchar('\n');
 }
 
 static void show_edge(struct commit *commit)
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index c4390f0938..0eaebe4478 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -59,14 +59,6 @@ implement_shared_commit_slab(revision_sources, char *);
 
 static inline int want_ancestry(const struct rev_info *revs);
 
-void show_object_with_name(FILE *out, struct object *obj, const char *name)
-{
-	fprintf(out, "%s ", oid_to_hex(&obj->oid));
-	for (const char *p = name; *p && *p != '\n'; p++)
-		fputc(*p, out);
-	fputc('\n', out);
-}
-
 static void mark_blob_uninteresting(struct blob *blob)
 {
 	if (!blob)
diff --git a/revision.h b/revision.h
index 71e984c452..21c6a69899 100644
--- a/revision.h
+++ b/revision.h
@@ -489,8 +489,6 @@ void mark_parents_uninteresting(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit *commit);
 void mark_tree_uninteresting(struct repository *r, struct tree *tree);
 void mark_trees_uninteresting_sparse(struct repository *r, struct oidset *trees);
 
-void show_object_with_name(FILE *, struct object *, const char *);
-
 /**
  * Helpers to check if a reference should be excluded.
  */