diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/JGitText.properties b/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/JGitText.properties
index 0b97d68f0..0c3d0e5d8 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/JGitText.properties
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/JGitText.properties
@@ -379,7 +379,6 @@ unknownRepositoryFormat2=Unknown repository format "{0}"; expected "0".
 unknownRepositoryFormat=Unknown repository format
 unknownZlibError=Unknown zlib error.
 unmergedPath=Unmerged path: {0}
-unpackError=unpack error {0}
 unreadablePackIndex=Unreadable pack index: {0}
 unrecognizedRef=Unrecognized ref: {0}
 unsupportedCommand0=unsupported command 0
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/JGitText.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/JGitText.java
index d6b496783..fc12e5713 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/JGitText.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/JGitText.java
@@ -438,7 +438,6 @@ public static JGitText get() {
 	/***/ public String unknownRepositoryFormat;
 	/***/ public String unknownZlibError;
 	/***/ public String unmergedPath;
-	/***/ public String unpackError;
 	/***/ public String unreadablePackIndex;
 	/***/ public String unrecognizedRef;
 	/***/ public String unsupportedCommand0;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ReceivePack.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ReceivePack.java
index 6b0a9b6cf..f77e8e6ee 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ReceivePack.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ReceivePack.java
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ private List<ReceiveCommand> filterCommands(final Result want) {
 	private void sendStatusReport(final boolean forClient, final Reporter out)
 			throws IOException {
 		if (unpackError != null) {
-			out.sendString(MessageFormat.format(JGitText.get().unpackError, unpackError.getMessage()));
+			out.sendString("unpack error " + unpackError.getMessage());
 			if (forClient) {
 				for (final ReceiveCommand cmd : commands) {
 					out.sendString("ng " + cmd.getRefName()