diff --git a/src/mergeresult.c b/src/mergeresult.c
index 1493d6a..1ce4497 100644
--- a/src/mergeresult.c
+++ b/src/mergeresult.c
@@ -86,35 +86,10 @@ MergeResult_fastforward_oid__get__(MergeResult *self)
     else Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
 
-PyDoc_STRVAR(MergeResult_index__doc__, "Merge repository index");
-
-PyObject *
-MergeResult_index__get__(MergeResult *self)
-{
-    git_index *index;
-    Index *py_index;
-    int err;
-
-    err = git_repository_index(&index, self->repo->repo);
-    if (err < 0)
-        return NULL;
-
-    py_index = PyObject_GC_New(Index, &IndexType);
-    if (!py_index) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    py_index->repo = self->repo;
-    py_index->index = index;
-    Py_INCREF(py_index);
-    return (PyObject*) py_index;
-}
-
 PyGetSetDef MergeResult_getseters[] = {
     GETTER(MergeResult, is_uptodate),
     GETTER(MergeResult, is_fastforward),
     GETTER(MergeResult, fastforward_oid),
-    GETTER(MergeResult, index),
     {NULL},
 };
 
diff --git a/test/test_repository.py b/test/test_repository.py
index 0ba5766..11ebc4d 100644
--- a/test/test_repository.py
+++ b/test/test_repository.py
@@ -339,8 +339,8 @@ class RepositoryTest_III(utils.RepoTestCaseForMerging):
         self.assertEquals({'bye.txt': 1}, self.repo.status())
         self.assertEquals({'bye.txt': 1}, self.repo.status())
         # Checking the index works as expected
-        merge_result.index.remove('bye.txt')
-        merge_result.index.write()
+        self.repo.index.remove('bye.txt')
+        self.repo.index.write()
         self.assertEquals({'bye.txt': 128}, self.repo.status())       
 
     def test_merge_no_fastforward_conflicts(self):
@@ -355,8 +355,8 @@ class RepositoryTest_III(utils.RepoTestCaseForMerging):
         self.assertEquals({'.gitignore': 132}, self.repo.status())
         self.assertEquals({'.gitignore': 132}, self.repo.status())
         # Checking the index works as expected
-        merge_result.index.add('.gitignore')
-        merge_result.index.write()
+        self.repo.index.add('.gitignore')
+        self.repo.index.write()
         self.assertEquals({'.gitignore': 2}, self.repo.status())       
 
     def test_merge_invalid_hex(self):