diff --git a/@commitlint/top-level/src/index.js b/@commitlint/top-level/src/index.js
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-import path from 'path';
-import up from 'find-up';
-
-export default toplevel;
-
-// Find the next git root
-// (start: string) => Promise<string | null>
-async function toplevel(cwd) {
-	const found = await up('.git', {cwd});
-
-	if (typeof found !== 'string') {
-		return found;
-	}
-
-	return path.join(found, '..');
-}