diff --git a/lib/system_check/helpers.rb b/lib/system_check/helpers.rb
index cd54baa494f..c42ae4fe4c4 100644
--- a/lib/system_check/helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/system_check/helpers.rb
@@ -68,19 +68,8 @@ module SystemCheck
       Dir.pwd == '/opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails'
     end
 
-    def gitlab_user
-      Gitlab.config.gitlab.user
-    end
-
     def sudo_gitlab(command)
       "sudo -u #{gitlab_user} -H #{command}"
     end
-
-    def is_gitlab_user?
-      return @is_gitlab_user unless @is_gitlab_user.nil?
-
-      current_user = run_command(%w(whoami)).chomp
-      @is_gitlab_user = current_user == gitlab_user
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/task_helpers.rb b/lib/tasks/gitlab/task_helpers.rb
index e2307e41be1..964aa0fe1bc 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/task_helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/task_helpers.rb
@@ -98,6 +98,17 @@ module Gitlab
       end
     end
 
+    def gitlab_user
+      Gitlab.config.gitlab.user
+    end
+
+    def is_gitlab_user?
+      return @is_gitlab_user unless @is_gitlab_user.nil?
+
+      current_user = run_command(%w(whoami)).chomp
+      @is_gitlab_user = current_user == gitlab_user
+    end
+
     def warn_user_is_not_gitlab
       return if @warned_user_not_gitlab
 
@@ -114,22 +125,6 @@ module Gitlab
       end
     end
 
-    # Tries to configure git itself
-    #
-    # Returns true if all subcommands were successfull (according to their exit code)
-    # Returns false if any or all subcommands failed.
-    def auto_fix_git_config(options)
-      if !@warned_user_not_gitlab
-        command_success = options.map do |name, value|
-          system(*%W(#{Gitlab.config.git.bin_path} config --global #{name} #{value}))
-        end
-
-        command_success.all?
-      else
-        false
-      end
-    end
-
     def all_repos
       Gitlab.config.repositories.storages.each_value do |repository_storage|
         IO.popen(%W(find #{repository_storage['path']} -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -type d -name *.git)) do |find|
diff --git a/spec/lib/system_check_spec.rb b/spec/lib/system_check_spec.rb
index d2087ad2d83..01679282f87 100644
--- a/spec/lib/system_check_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/system_check_spec.rb
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ describe SystemCheck, lib: true do
   end
 
   describe '.run' do
-    it 'requires custom executor to be a BasicExecutor' do
-      expect { subject.run('Component', [], SystemCheck::SimpleExecutor) }.not_to raise_error
-    end
-
     context 'custom matcher' do
       class SimpleCheck < SystemCheck::BaseCheck
         def check?