diff --git a/crates/project/src/worktree.rs b/crates/project/src/worktree.rs
index 25470927a8fb8b2bb30c441e8f7d090f45e5dbc8..26b52b848eaad6d982bc6a74e8c95c7c181f3e4b 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/worktree.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/worktree.rs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ impl Snapshot {
         let mut max_len = 0;
         let mut current_candidate = None;
         for (work_directory, repo) in (&self.repository_entries).iter() {
-            if repo.contains(self, path) {
+            if path.starts_with(&work_directory.0) {
                 if work_directory.0.as_os_str().len() >= max_len {
                     current_candidate = Some(repo);
                     max_len = work_directory.0.as_os_str().len();
@@ -169,10 +169,6 @@ impl RepositoryEntry {
             .map(|entry| RepositoryWorkDirectory(entry.path.clone()))
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn contains(&self, snapshot: &Snapshot, path: &Path) -> bool {
-        self.work_directory.contains(snapshot, path)
-    }
-
     pub fn status_for_file(&self, snapshot: &Snapshot, path: &Path) -> Option<GitFileStatus> {
         self.work_directory
             .relativize(snapshot, path)
@@ -305,14 +301,6 @@ impl AsRef<Path> for RepositoryWorkDirectory {
 pub struct WorkDirectoryEntry(ProjectEntryId);
 
 impl WorkDirectoryEntry {
-    // Note that these paths should be relative to the worktree root.
-    pub(crate) fn contains(&self, snapshot: &Snapshot, path: &Path) -> bool {
-        snapshot
-            .entry_for_id(self.0)
-            .map(|entry| path.starts_with(&entry.path))
-            .unwrap_or(false)
-    }
-
     pub(crate) fn relativize(&self, worktree: &Snapshot, path: &Path) -> Option<RepoPath> {
         worktree.entry_for_id(self.0).and_then(|entry| {
             path.strip_prefix(&entry.path)