diff --git a/extensions/git/src/contentProvider.ts b/extensions/git/src/contentProvider.ts
index 38d2032e5d5..d99d31fd572 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/contentProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/contentProvider.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import { workspace, Uri, Disposable, Event, EventEmitter, window } from 'vscode';
-import { debounce, throttle } from './decorators';
+import { debounce } from './decorators';
 import { fromGitUri } from './uri';
 import { Model } from './model';
 
@@ -44,10 +44,7 @@ export class GitContentProvider {
 		this.fireChangeEvents();
 	}
 
-	@throttle
-	private async fireChangeEvents(): Promise<void> {
-		await this.model.whenIdle();
-
+	private fireChangeEvents(): void {
 		Object.keys(this.cache)
 			.forEach(key => this.onDidChangeEmitter.fire(this.cache[key].uri));
 	}
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/model.ts b/extensions/git/src/model.ts
index 21142b7bda4..80e99c0b17c 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/model.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/model.ts
@@ -365,12 +365,6 @@ export class Model implements Disposable {
 		this.status();
 	}
 
-	async whenIdle(): Promise<void> {
-		while (!this.operations.isIdle()) {
-			await eventToPromise(this.onDidRunOperation);
-		}
-	}
-
 	@throttle
 	async init(): Promise<void> {
 		if (this.state !== State.NotAGitRepository) {
@@ -685,6 +679,12 @@ export class Model implements Disposable {
 		await timeout(5000);
 	}
 
+	private async whenIdle(): Promise<void> {
+		while (!this.operations.isIdle()) {
+			await eventToPromise(this.onDidRunOperation);
+		}
+	}
+
 	dispose(): void {
 		this.repositoryDisposable.dispose();
 		this.disposables = dispose(this.disposables);