diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/CoreConfig.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/CoreConfig.java
index d37973799..249b95ec3 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/CoreConfig.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/CoreConfig.java
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 package org.eclipse.jgit.lib;
 
 import static java.util.zip.Deflater.DEFAULT_COMPRESSION;
-import static org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectLoader.STREAM_THRESHOLD;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config.SectionParser;
 
@@ -68,21 +67,12 @@ public CoreConfig parse(final Config cfg) {
 
 	private final boolean logAllRefUpdates;
 
-	private final int streamFileThreshold;
-
 	private final boolean autoCRLF;
 
 	private CoreConfig(final Config rc) {
 		compression = rc.getInt("core", "compression", DEFAULT_COMPRESSION);
 		packIndexVersion = rc.getInt("pack", "indexversion", 2);
 		logAllRefUpdates = rc.getBoolean("core", "logallrefupdates", true);
-
-		long maxMem = Runtime.getRuntime().maxMemory();
-		long sft = rc.getLong("core", null, "streamfilethreshold", STREAM_THRESHOLD);
-		sft = Math.min(sft, maxMem / 4); // don't use more than 1/4 of the heap
-		sft = Math.min(sft, Integer.MAX_VALUE); // cannot exceed array length
-		streamFileThreshold = (int) sft;
-
 		autoCRLF = rc.getBoolean("core", "autocrlf", false);
 	}
 
@@ -108,11 +98,6 @@ public boolean isLogAllRefUpdates() {
 		return logAllRefUpdates;
 	}
 
-	/** @return the size threshold beyond which objects must be streamed. */
-	public int getStreamFileThreshold() {
-		return streamFileThreshold;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @return whether automatic CRLF conversion has been configured
 	 */
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalk.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalk.java
index dd513d8a9..94eb62106 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalk.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalk.java
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.AnyObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.AsyncObjectLoaderQueue;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.CoreConfig;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.MutableObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectIdSubclassMap;
@@ -96,6 +95,8 @@
  * {@link #next()} does not.
  */
 public class RevWalk implements Iterable<RevCommit> {
+	private static final int MB = 1 << 20;
+
 	/**
 	 * Set on objects whose important header data has been loaded.
 	 * <p>
@@ -171,9 +172,6 @@ public class RevWalk implements Iterable<RevCommit> {
 
 	private final ObjectIdSubclassMap<RevObject> objects;
 
-	/** Largest commit or annotated tag we are willing to touch. */
-	private final int bigFileThreshold;
-
 	private int freeFlags = APP_FLAGS;
 
 	private int delayFreeFlags;
@@ -230,13 +228,6 @@ private RevWalk(final Repository repo, final ObjectReader or) {
 		filter = RevFilter.ALL;
 		treeFilter = TreeFilter.ALL;
 		retainBody = true;
-
-		if (repo != null) {
-			CoreConfig cfg = repo.getConfig().get(CoreConfig.KEY);
-			bigFileThreshold = cfg.getStreamFileThreshold();
-		} else {
-			bigFileThreshold = 15 * 1024 * 1024;
-		}
 	}
 
 	/** @return the reader this walker is using to load objects. */
@@ -867,7 +858,7 @@ byte[] getCachedBytes(RevObject obj) throws LargeObjectException,
 	byte[] getCachedBytes(RevObject obj, ObjectLoader ldr)
 			throws LargeObjectException, MissingObjectException, IOException {
 		try {
-			return ldr.getCachedBytes(bigFileThreshold);
+			return ldr.getCachedBytes(5 * MB);
 		} catch (LargeObjectException tooBig) {
 			tooBig.setObjectId(obj);
 			throw tooBig;