diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsGarbageCollector.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsGarbageCollector.java
index e9ec7e718..55f9cc212 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsGarbageCollector.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsGarbageCollector.java
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ public boolean pack(ProgressMonitor pm) throws IOException {
 					JGitText.get().supportOnlyPackIndexVersion2);
 
 		startTimeMillis = SystemReader.getInstance().getCurrentTime();
-		ctx = (DfsReader) objdb.newReader();
+		ctx = objdb.newReader();
 		try {
 			refdb.refresh();
 			objdb.clearCache();
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackCompactor.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackCompactor.java
index 0a29ac515..f7c87a4e7 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackCompactor.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackCompactor.java
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public void compact(ProgressMonitor pm) throws IOException {
 			pm = NullProgressMonitor.INSTANCE;
 
 		DfsObjDatabase objdb = repo.getObjectDatabase();
-		try (DfsReader ctx = (DfsReader) objdb.newReader()) {
+		try (DfsReader ctx = objdb.newReader()) {
 			PackConfig pc = new PackConfig(repo);
 			pc.setIndexVersion(2);
 			pc.setDeltaCompress(false);