diff --git a/packfile.c b/packfile.c
index 23d8f7cb93..3bce1b150d 100644
--- a/packfile.c
+++ b/packfile.c
@@ -2215,28 +2215,6 @@ struct packed_git **packfile_store_get_kept_pack_cache(struct packfile_store *st
 	return store->kept_cache.packs;
 }
 
-int find_kept_pack_entry(struct repository *r,
-			 const struct object_id *oid,
-			 unsigned flags,
-			 struct pack_entry *e)
-{
-	struct odb_source *source;
-
-	for (source = r->objects->sources; source; source = source->next) {
-		struct packed_git **cache;
-
-		cache = packfile_store_get_kept_pack_cache(source->packfiles, flags);
-
-		for (; *cache; cache++) {
-			struct packed_git *p = *cache;
-			if (fill_pack_entry(oid, e, p))
-				return 1;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int has_object_pack(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid)
 {
 	struct pack_entry e;
@@ -2246,8 +2224,22 @@ int has_object_pack(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid)
 int has_object_kept_pack(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid,
 			 unsigned flags)
 {
+	struct odb_source *source;
 	struct pack_entry e;
-	return find_kept_pack_entry(r, oid, flags, &e);
+
+	for (source = r->objects->sources; source; source = source->next) {
+		struct packed_git **cache;
+
+		cache = packfile_store_get_kept_pack_cache(source->packfiles, flags);
+
+		for (; *cache; cache++) {
+			struct packed_git *p = *cache;
+			if (fill_pack_entry(oid, &e, p))
+				return 1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int for_each_object_in_pack(struct packed_git *p,
diff --git a/packfile.h b/packfile.h
index 07f7cdbad1..08a666d538 100644
--- a/packfile.h
+++ b/packfile.h
@@ -445,12 +445,6 @@ int packed_object_info(struct repository *r,
 void mark_bad_packed_object(struct packed_git *, const struct object_id *);
 const struct packed_git *has_packed_and_bad(struct repository *, const struct object_id *);
 
-/*
- * Iff a pack file in the given repository contains the object named by sha1,
- * return true and store its location to e.
- */
-int find_kept_pack_entry(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid, unsigned flags, struct pack_entry *e);
-
 int has_object_pack(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid);
 int has_object_kept_pack(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid,
 			 unsigned flags);