diff --git a/git/refs/symbolic.py b/git/refs/symbolic.py
@@ -88,25 +88,25 @@ def _iter_packed_refs(cls, repo):
        """Returns an iterator yielding pairs of sha1/path pairs (as bytes) for the corresponding refs.
        :note: The packed refs file will be kept open as long as we iterate"""
        try:
-            fp = open(cls._get_packed_refs_path(repo), 'rt')
-            for line in fp:
-                line = line.strip()
-                if not line:
-                    continue
-                if line.startswith('#'):
-                    if line.startswith('# pack-refs with:') and not line.endswith('peeled'):
-                        raise TypeError("PackingType of packed-Refs not understood: %r" % line)
-                    # END abort if we do not understand the packing scheme
-                    continue
-                # END parse comment

-                # skip dereferenced tag object entries - previous line was actual
-                # tag reference for it
-                if line[0] == '^':
-                    continue

-                yield tuple(line.split(' ', 1))
-            # END for each line
        except (OSError, IOError):
            raise StopIteration
        # END no packed-refs file handling