diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectoryPackParser.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectoryPackParser.java
index 6e8a15e86..889a5108d 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectoryPackParser.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectoryPackParser.java
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ public long getPackSize() {
 		String p = pack.getAbsolutePath();
 		String i = p.substring(0, p.length() - ".pack".length()) + ".idx"; //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
 		File idx = new File(i);
-		if (idx.exists() && idx.isFile())
+		if (idx.isFile())
 			size += idx.length();
 		return size;
 	}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/RefDirectory.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/RefDirectory.java
index c15e26cd4..c34be9cc0 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/RefDirectory.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/RefDirectory.java
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ LooseRef scanRef(LooseRef ref, String name) throws IOException {
 		try {
 			buf = IO.readSome(path, limit);
 		} catch (FileNotFoundException noFile) {
-			if (path.exists() && path.isFile()) {
+			if (path.isFile()) {
 				throw noFile;
 			}
 			return null; // doesn't exist or no file; not a reference.