diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-dispatcher.el b/lisp/vc/vc-dispatcher.el
index 17d1aef9730..bf5318a0473 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-dispatcher.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-dispatcher.el
@@ -749,8 +749,6 @@ ARG and NO-CONFIRM are passed on to `revert-buffer'."
 
 (defvar view-old-buffer-read-only)
 
-(declare-function auto-revert-buffers "autorevert")
-
 (defun vc-resynch-window (file &optional keep noquery reset-vc-info)
   "If FILE is in the current buffer, either revert or unvisit it.
 The choice between revert (to see expanded keywords) and unvisit
@@ -768,13 +766,7 @@ editing!"
              ((file-exists-p file)
               (when reset-vc-info
 	        (vc-file-clearprops file))
-              ;; If `auto-revert-mode' is on (probably due to either
-              ;; `global-auto-revert-mode' or `vc-auto-revert-mode')
-              ;; then defer to that.  Otherwise we do our own
-              ;; VC-specific reverting.
-              (if (and (bound-and-true-p auto-revert-mode) noquery)
-                  (auto-revert-buffers)
-	        (vc-revert-buffer-internal t noquery))
+              (vc-revert-buffer-internal t noquery)
 
 	      ;; VC operations might toggle the read-only state.  In
 	      ;; that case we need to adjust the `view-mode' status