diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DeltaBaseCache.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DeltaBaseCache.java
index c7bdbff8a..64a63d7c7 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DeltaBaseCache.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DeltaBaseCache.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 
 package org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.dfs;
 
-import java.lang.ref.SoftReference;
 
 /**
  * Caches recently used objects for {@link DfsReader}.
@@ -60,34 +59,28 @@ private static int hash(long position) {
 	}
 
 	private int maxByteCount;
-
-	private final Slot[] table;
-
-	private Slot lruHead;
-
-	private Slot lruTail;
-
 	private int curByteCount;
 
+	private final Entry[] table;
+
+	private Entry lruHead;
+	private Entry lruTail;
+
 	DeltaBaseCache(DfsReader reader) {
 		this(reader.getOptions().getDeltaBaseCacheLimit());
 	}
 
 	DeltaBaseCache(int maxBytes) {
 		maxByteCount = maxBytes;
-		table = new Slot[1 << TABLE_BITS];
+		table = new Entry[1 << TABLE_BITS];
 	}
 
 	Entry get(DfsPackKey key, long position) {
-		Slot e = table[hash(position)];
+		Entry e = table[hash(position)];
 		for (; e != null; e = e.tableNext) {
 			if (e.offset == position && key.equals(e.pack)) {
-				Entry buf = e.data.get();
-				if (buf != null) {
-					moveToHead(e);
-					return buf;
-				}
-				return null;
+				moveToHead(e);
+				return e;
 			}
 		}
 		return null;
@@ -101,8 +94,7 @@ void put(DfsPackKey key, long offset, int objectType, byte[] data) {
 		releaseMemory();
 
 		int tableIdx = hash(offset);
-		Slot e = new Slot(key, offset, data.length);
-		e.data = new SoftReference<Entry>(new Entry(data, objectType));
+		Entry e = new Entry(key, offset, objectType, data);
 		e.tableNext = table[tableIdx];
 		table[tableIdx] = e;
 		lruPushHead(e);
@@ -110,16 +102,16 @@ void put(DfsPackKey key, long offset, int objectType, byte[] data) {
 
 	private void releaseMemory() {
 		while (curByteCount > maxByteCount && lruTail != null) {
-			Slot e = lruTail;
-			curByteCount -= e.size;
+			Entry e = lruTail;
+			curByteCount -= e.data.length;
 			lruRemove(e);
 			removeFromTable(e);
 		}
 	}
 
-	private void removeFromTable(Slot e) {
+	private void removeFromTable(Entry e) {
 		int tableIdx = hash(e.offset);
-		Slot p = table[tableIdx];
+		Entry p = table[tableIdx];
 
 		if (p == e) {
 			table[tableIdx] = e.tableNext;
@@ -138,16 +130,16 @@ private void removeFromTable(Slot e) {
 				e.pack, Long.valueOf(e.offset)));
 	}
 
-	private void moveToHead(final Slot e) {
+	private void moveToHead(Entry e) {
 		if (e != lruHead) {
 			lruRemove(e);
 			lruPushHead(e);
 		}
 	}
 
-	private void lruRemove(final Slot e) {
-		Slot p = e.lruPrev;
-		Slot n = e.lruNext;
+	private void lruRemove(Entry e) {
+		Entry p = e.lruPrev;
+		Entry n = e.lruNext;
 
 		if (p != null) {
 			p.lruNext = n;
@@ -162,8 +154,8 @@ private void lruRemove(final Slot e) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private void lruPushHead(final Slot e) {
-		Slot n = lruHead;
+	private void lruPushHead(Entry e) {
+		Entry n = lruHead;
 		e.lruNext = n;
 		if (n != null)
 			n.lruPrev = e;
@@ -180,8 +172,8 @@ int getMemoryUsed() {
 
 	int getMemoryUsedByLruChainForTest() {
 		int r = 0;
-		for (Slot e = lruHead; e != null; e = e.lruNext) {
-			r += e.size;
+		for (Entry e = lruHead; e != null; e = e.lruNext) {
+			r += e.data.length;
 		}
 		return r;
 	}
@@ -189,43 +181,28 @@ int getMemoryUsedByLruChainForTest() {
 	int getMemoryUsedByTableForTest() {
 		int r = 0;
 		for (int i = 0; i < table.length; i++) {
-			for (Slot e = table[i]; e != null; e = e.tableNext) {
-				r += e.size;
+			for (Entry e = table[i]; e != null; e = e.tableNext) {
+				r += e.data.length;
 			}
 		}
 		return r;
 	}
 
 	static class Entry {
+		final DfsPackKey pack;
+		final long offset;
+		final int type;
 		final byte[] data;
 
-		final int type;
+		Entry tableNext;
+		Entry lruPrev;
+		Entry lruNext;
 
-		Entry(final byte[] aData, final int aType) {
-			data = aData;
-			type = aType;
-		}
-	}
-
-	private static class Slot {
-		final DfsPackKey pack;
-
-		final long offset;
-
-		final int size;
-
-		Slot tableNext;
-
-		Slot lruPrev;
-
-		Slot lruNext;
-
-		SoftReference<Entry> data;
-
-		Slot(DfsPackKey key, long offset, int size) {
+		Entry(DfsPackKey key, long offset, int type, byte[] data) {
 			this.pack = key;
 			this.offset = offset;
-			this.size = size;
+			this.type = type;
+			this.data = data;
 		}
 	}
 }