diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 9e72c5e..4154545 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ This is the interface of a tree entry::
     TreeEntry.oid         -- the id of the git object
     TreeEntry.hex         -- hexadecimal representation of the oid
     TreeEntry.attributes  -- the Unix file attributes
-    TreeEntry.to_object() -- returns the git object (equivalent to repo[entry.oid])
 
 Blobs
 -----------------
diff --git a/pygit2.c b/pygit2.c
index 9e10256..e81c05e 100644
--- a/pygit2.c
+++ b/pygit2.c
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ OBJECT_STRUCT(Walker, git_revwalk, walk)
 typedef struct {
     PyObject_HEAD
     const git_tree_entry *entry;
-    Tree *tree;
 } TreeEntry;
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -1327,7 +1326,6 @@ static PyTypeObject CommitType = {
 static void
 TreeEntry_dealloc(TreeEntry *self)
 {
-    Py_XDECREF(self->tree);
     PyObject_Del(self);
 }
 
@@ -1358,15 +1356,6 @@ TreeEntry_get_hex(TreeEntry *self)
     return git_oid_to_py_str(git_tree_entry_id(self->entry));
 }
 
-static PyObject *
-TreeEntry_to_object(TreeEntry *self)
-{
-    const git_oid *entry_oid;
-
-    entry_oid = git_tree_entry_id(self->entry);
-    return lookup_object(self->tree->repo, entry_oid, GIT_OBJ_ANY);
-}
-
 static PyGetSetDef TreeEntry_getseters[] = {
     {"attributes", (getter)TreeEntry_get_attributes, NULL, "attributes", NULL},
     {"name", (getter)TreeEntry_get_name, NULL, "name", NULL},
@@ -1375,12 +1364,6 @@ static PyGetSetDef TreeEntry_getseters[] = {
     {NULL}
 };
 
-static PyMethodDef TreeEntry_methods[] = {
-    {"to_object", (PyCFunction)TreeEntry_to_object, METH_NOARGS,
-     "Look up the corresponding object in the repo."},
-    {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
-};
-
 static PyTypeObject TreeEntryType = {
     PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0)
     "pygit2.TreeEntry",                        /* tp_name           */
@@ -1409,7 +1392,7 @@ static PyTypeObject TreeEntryType = {
     0,                                         /* tp_weaklistoffset */
     0,                                         /* tp_iter           */
     0,                                         /* tp_iternext       */
-    TreeEntry_methods,                         /* tp_methods        */
+    0,                                         /* tp_methods        */
     0,                                         /* tp_members        */
     TreeEntry_getseters,                       /* tp_getset         */
     0,                                         /* tp_base           */
@@ -1447,11 +1430,8 @@ wrap_tree_entry(const git_tree_entry *entry, Tree *tree)
     TreeEntry *py_entry;
 
     py_entry = PyObject_New(TreeEntry, &TreeEntryType);
-    if (py_entry) {
+    if (py_entry)
         py_entry->entry = entry;
-        py_entry->tree = tree;
-        Py_INCREF(tree);
-    }
     return py_entry;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/test_tree.py b/test/test_tree.py
index 571f702..567b5f0 100644
--- a/test/test_tree.py
+++ b/test/test_tree.py
@@ -71,20 +71,21 @@ class TreeTest(utils.BareRepoTestCase):
         self.assertTreeEntryEqual(tree['b'], sha, 'b', 0o0100644)
 
     def test_read_subtree(self):
-        tree = self.repo[TREE_SHA]
+        repo = self.repo
+        tree = repo[TREE_SHA]
         subtree_entry = tree['c']
         self.assertTreeEntryEqual(subtree_entry, SUBTREE_SHA, 'c', 0o0040000)
 
-        subtree = subtree_entry.to_object()
+        subtree = repo[subtree_entry.oid]
         self.assertEqual(1, len(subtree))
         sha = '297efb891a47de80be0cfe9c639e4b8c9b450989'
         self.assertTreeEntryEqual(subtree[0], sha, 'd', 0o0100644)
 
-    # XXX Creating new trees was removed from libgit2 by v0.11.0, we
-    # deactivate this test temporarily, since the feature may come back in
-    # a near feature (if it does not this test will be removed).
+    # TODO This test worked with libgit2 v0.10.0, update to use the
+    # tree-builder
     def xtest_new_tree(self):
-        tree = pygit2.Tree(self.repo)
+        repo = self.repo
+        tree = pygit2.Tree(repo)
         self.assertEqual(0, len(tree))
         tree.add_entry('1' * 40, 'x', 0o0100644)
         tree.add_entry('2' * 40, 'y', 0o0100755)
@@ -103,8 +104,7 @@ class TreeTest(utils.BareRepoTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(None, tree.hex)
         tree.write()
         contents = '100644 x\0%s100755 y\0%s' % ('\x11' * 20, '\x22' * 20)
-        self.assertEqual((pygit2.GIT_OBJ_TREE, contents),
-                         self.repo.read(tree.hex))
+        self.assertEqual((pygit2.GIT_OBJ_TREE, contents), repo.read(tree.hex))
 
     def test_modify_tree(self):
         tree = self.repo[TREE_SHA]