diff --git a/dvc/ignore.py b/dvc/ignore.py
index a09273554..b710fe586 100644
--- a/dvc/ignore.py
+++ b/dvc/ignore.py
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ class DvcIgnoreFilter(object):
     def __init__(self, tree):
         self.tree = tree
         self.ignores = {DvcIgnoreDirs([".git", ".hg", ".dvc"])}
-
-    def reload(self):
         self._update(self.tree.tree_root)
         for root, dirs, _ in self.tree.walk(
             self.tree.tree_root, dvcignore=self
diff --git a/dvc/scm/tree.py b/dvc/scm/tree.py
index 4e8a84a0e..4deb21d25 100644
--- a/dvc/scm/tree.py
+++ b/dvc/scm/tree.py
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ class BaseTree(object):
     def tree_root(self):
         pass
 
-    def set_dvcignore(self, dvcignore):
-        self.dvcignore = dvcignore
-
     def open(self, path, mode="r", encoding="utf-8"):
         """Open file and return a stream."""
 
@@ -85,13 +82,10 @@ class CleanTree(BaseTree):
     def __init__(self, tree):
         super(CleanTree, self).__init__()
         self.tree = tree
-        self._dvcignore = DvcIgnoreFilter(self.tree)
-        self.tree.set_dvcignore(self._dvcignore)
 
     @cached_property
     def dvcignore(self):
-        self._dvcignore.reload()
-        return self._dvcignore
+        return DvcIgnoreFilter(self.tree)
 
     @property
     def tree_root(self):