diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DeltaBaseCacheTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DeltaBaseCacheTest.java
index f464af2..ffffa95 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DeltaBaseCacheTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DeltaBaseCacheTest.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 
 	@Before
 	public void setUp() {
-		key = new DfsStreamKey();
+		key = DfsStreamKey.of("test.key");
 		cache = new DeltaBaseCache(SZ);
 		rng = new TestRng(getClass().getSimpleName());
 	}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/BlockBasedFile.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/BlockBasedFile.java
index befab94..813e7f4 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/BlockBasedFile.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/BlockBasedFile.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 	final DfsStreamKey key;
 
 	/** Description of the associated pack file's storage. */
-	final DfsPackDescription packDesc;
+	final DfsPackDescription desc;
 	final PackExt ext;
 
 	/**
@@ -84,16 +84,15 @@
 	/** True once corruption has been detected that cannot be worked around. */
 	volatile boolean invalid;
 
-	BlockBasedFile(DfsBlockCache cache, DfsStreamKey key,
-			DfsPackDescription packDesc, PackExt ext) {
+	BlockBasedFile(DfsBlockCache cache, DfsPackDescription desc, PackExt ext) {
 		this.cache = cache;
-		this.key = key;
-		this.packDesc = packDesc;
+		this.key = desc.getStreamKey(ext);
+		this.desc = desc;
 		this.ext = ext;
 	}
 
 	String getFileName() {
-		return packDesc.getFileName(ext);
+		return desc.getFileName(ext);
 	}
 
 	boolean invalid() {
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@
 		ctx.stats.readBlock++;
 		long start = System.nanoTime();
 		ReadableChannel rc = fileChannel != null ? fileChannel
-				: ctx.db.openFile(packDesc, ext);
+				: ctx.db.openFile(desc, ext);
 		try {
 			int size = blockSize(rc);
 			pos = (pos / size) * size;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsBlockCache.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsBlockCache.java
index 6d46d3a..92b9866 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsBlockCache.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsBlockCache.java
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@
 package org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.dfs;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReferenceArray;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
@@ -109,14 +105,7 @@
 	 *             settings, usually too low of a limit.
 	 */
 	public static void reconfigure(DfsBlockCacheConfig cfg) {
-		DfsBlockCache nc = new DfsBlockCache(cfg);
-		DfsBlockCache oc = cache;
-		cache = nc;
-
-		if (oc != null) {
-			for (DfsPackFile pack : oc.getPackFiles())
-				pack.key.cachedSize.set(0);
-		}
+		cache = new DfsBlockCache(cfg);
 	}
 
 	/** @return the currently active DfsBlockCache. */
@@ -154,12 +143,6 @@
 	/** As {@link #blockSize} is a power of 2, bits to shift for a / blockSize. */
 	private final int blockSizeShift;
 
-	/** Cache of pack files, indexed by description. */
-	private final Map<DfsPackDescription, DfsPackFile> packCache;
-
-	/** View of pack files in the pack cache. */
-	private final Collection<DfsPackFile> packFiles;
-
 	/** Number of times a block was found in the cache. */
 	private final AtomicLong statHit;
 
@@ -195,13 +178,9 @@
 		blockSizeShift = Integer.numberOfTrailingZeros(blockSize);
 
 		clockLock = new ReentrantLock(true /* fair */);
-		clockHand = new Ref<>(new DfsStreamKey(), -1, 0, null);
+		clockHand = new Ref<>(DfsStreamKey.of(""), -1, 0, null); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		clockHand.next = clockHand;
 
-		packCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<>(
-				16, 0.75f, 1);
-		packFiles = Collections.unmodifiableCollection(packCache.values());
-
 		statHit = new AtomicLong();
 		statMiss = new AtomicLong();
 	}
@@ -250,38 +229,6 @@
 		return statEvict;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Get the pack files stored in this cache.
-	 *
-	 * @return a collection of pack files, some of which may not actually be
-	 *             present; the caller should check the pack's cached size.
-	 */
-	public Collection<DfsPackFile> getPackFiles() {
-		return packFiles;
-	}
-
-	DfsPackFile getOrCreate(DfsPackDescription dsc, DfsStreamKey key) {
-		// TODO This table grows without bound. It needs to clean up
-		// entries that aren't in cache anymore, and aren't being used
-		// by a live DfsObjDatabase reference.
-
-		DfsPackFile pack = packCache.get(dsc);
-		if (pack != null && !pack.invalid()) {
-			return pack;
-		}
-
-		// 'pack' either didn't exist or was invalid. Compute a new
-		// entry atomically (guaranteed by ConcurrentHashMap).
-		return packCache.compute(dsc, (k, v) -> {
-			if (v != null && !v.invalid()) { // valid value added by
-				return v;                    // another thread
-			} else {
-				return new DfsPackFile(
-						this, dsc, key != null ? key : new DfsStreamKey());
-			}
-		});
-	}
-
 	private int hash(int packHash, long off) {
 		return packHash + (int) (off >>> blockSizeShift);
 	}
@@ -361,7 +308,6 @@
 				e2 = table.get(slot);
 			}
 
-			key.cachedSize.addAndGet(v.size());
 			Ref<DfsBlock> ref = new Ref<>(key, position, v.size(), v);
 			ref.hot = true;
 			for (;;) {
@@ -409,7 +355,6 @@
 					dead.next = null;
 					dead.value = null;
 					live -= dead.size;
-					dead.pack.cachedSize.addAndGet(-dead.size);
 					statEvict++;
 				} while (maxBytes < live);
 				clockHand = prev;
@@ -465,7 +410,6 @@
 				}
 			}
 
-			key.cachedSize.addAndGet(size);
 			ref = new Ref<>(key, pos, size, v);
 			ref.hot = true;
 			for (;;) {
@@ -495,31 +439,27 @@
 		return val;
 	}
 
-	private <T> T scan(HashEntry n, DfsStreamKey pack, long position) {
-		Ref<T> r = scanRef(n, pack, position);
+	private <T> T scan(HashEntry n, DfsStreamKey key, long position) {
+		Ref<T> r = scanRef(n, key, position);
 		return r != null ? r.get() : null;
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	private <T> Ref<T> scanRef(HashEntry n, DfsStreamKey pack, long position) {
+	private <T> Ref<T> scanRef(HashEntry n, DfsStreamKey key, long position) {
 		for (; n != null; n = n.next) {
 			Ref<T> r = n.ref;
-			if (r.pack == pack && r.position == position)
+			if (r.position == position && r.key.equals(key))
 				return r.get() != null ? r : null;
 		}
 		return null;
 	}
 
-	void remove(DfsPackFile pack) {
-		packCache.remove(pack.getPackDescription());
+	private int slot(DfsStreamKey key, long position) {
+		return (hash(key.hash, position) >>> 1) % tableSize;
 	}
 
-	private int slot(DfsStreamKey pack, long position) {
-		return (hash(pack.hash, position) >>> 1) % tableSize;
-	}
-
-	private ReentrantLock lockFor(DfsStreamKey pack, long position) {
-		return loadLocks[(hash(pack.hash, position) >>> 1) % loadLocks.length];
+	private ReentrantLock lockFor(DfsStreamKey key, long position) {
+		return loadLocks[(hash(key.hash, position) >>> 1) % loadLocks.length];
 	}
 
 	private static HashEntry clean(HashEntry top) {
@@ -545,15 +485,15 @@
 	}
 
 	static final class Ref<T> {
-		final DfsStreamKey pack;
+		final DfsStreamKey key;
 		final long position;
 		final int size;
 		volatile T value;
 		Ref next;
 		volatile boolean hot;
 
-		Ref(DfsStreamKey pack, long position, int size, T v) {
-			this.pack = pack;
+		Ref(DfsStreamKey key, long position, int size, T v) {
+			this.key = key;
 			this.position = position;
 			this.size = size;
 			this.value = v;
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 a145662..c7567b5 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
@@ -587,8 +587,6 @@
 		pack.setLastModified(startTimeMillis);
 		newPackStats.add(stats);
 		newPackObj.add(pw.getObjectSet());
-
-		DfsBlockCache.getInstance().getOrCreate(pack, null);
 		return pack;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsInserter.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsInserter.java
index cc9484a..3a62c93 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsInserter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsInserter.java
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
 		db.commitPack(Collections.singletonList(packDsc), null);
 		rollback = false;
 
-		DfsPackFile p = cache.getOrCreate(packDsc, packKey);
+		DfsPackFile p = new DfsPackFile(cache, packDsc);
 		if (index != null)
 			p.setPackIndex(index);
 		db.addPack(p);
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
 		rollback = true;
 		packDsc = db.newPack(DfsObjDatabase.PackSource.INSERT);
 		packOut = new PackStream(db.writeFile(packDsc, PACK));
-		packKey = new DfsStreamKey();
+		packKey = packDsc.getStreamKey(PACK);
 
 		// Write the header as though it were a single object pack.
 		byte[] buf = packOut.hdrBuf;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsObjDatabase.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsObjDatabase.java
index 32ee6c2..891d9af 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsObjDatabase.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsObjDatabase.java
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@
 			if (oldPack != null) {
 				list.add(oldPack);
 			} else {
-				list.add(cache.getOrCreate(dsc, null));
+				list.add(new DfsPackFile(cache, dsc));
 				foundNew = true;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackDescription.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackDescription.java
index e825f1a..dc68d57 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackDescription.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackDescription.java
@@ -138,6 +138,15 @@
 		return packName + '.' + ext.getExtension();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @param ext
+	 *            the file extension.
+	 * @return cache key for use by the block cache.
+	 */
+	public DfsStreamKey getStreamKey(PackExt ext) {
+		return DfsStreamKey.of(getFileName(ext));
+	}
+
 	/** @return the source of the pack. */
 	public PackSource getPackSource() {
 		return packSource;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackFile.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackFile.java
index d35db0f..b4a8828 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackFile.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackFile.java
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.file.PackIndex;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.file.PackReverseIndex;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.pack.BinaryDelta;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.pack.PackExt;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.pack.PackOutputStream;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.pack.StoredObjectRepresentation;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.AbbreviatedObjectId;
@@ -89,8 +88,8 @@
  * objects are similar.
  */
 public final class DfsPackFile extends BlockBasedFile {
-	final DfsStreamKey idxKey = new DfsStreamKey();
-	final DfsStreamKey reverseIdxKey = new DfsStreamKey();
+	final DfsStreamKey idxKey;
+	final DfsStreamKey reverseIdxKey;
 	DfsStreamKey bitmapKey;
 
 	/**
@@ -125,11 +124,11 @@
 	 *            cache that owns the pack data.
 	 * @param desc
 	 *            description of the pack within the DFS.
-	 * @param key
-	 *            interned key used to identify blocks in the block cache.
 	 */
-	DfsPackFile(DfsBlockCache cache, DfsPackDescription desc, DfsStreamKey key) {
-		super(cache, key, desc, PACK);
+	DfsPackFile(DfsBlockCache cache, DfsPackDescription desc) {
+		super(cache, desc, PACK);
+		idxKey = desc.getStreamKey(INDEX);
+		reverseIdxKey = idxKey.derive("r"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		length = desc.getFileSize(PACK);
 		if (length <= 0)
 			length = -1;
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@
 
 	/** @return description that was originally used to configure this pack file. */
 	public DfsPackDescription getPackDescription() {
-		return packDesc;
+		return desc;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -148,11 +147,6 @@
 		return idxref != null && idxref.has();
 	}
 
-	/** @return bytes cached in memory for this pack, excluding the index. */
-	public long getCachedSize() {
-		return key.cachedSize.get();
-	}
-
 	void setPackIndex(PackIndex idx) {
 		long objCnt = idx.getObjectCount();
 		int recSize = Constants.OBJECT_ID_LENGTH + 8;
@@ -200,7 +194,7 @@
 			try {
 				ctx.stats.readIdx++;
 				long start = System.nanoTime();
-				ReadableChannel rc = ctx.db.openFile(packDesc, INDEX);
+				ReadableChannel rc = ctx.db.openFile(desc, INDEX);
 				try {
 					InputStream in = Channels.newInputStream(rc);
 					int wantSize = 8192;
@@ -219,14 +213,14 @@
 				invalid = true;
 				IOException e2 = new IOException(MessageFormat.format(
 						DfsText.get().shortReadOfIndex,
-						packDesc.getFileName(INDEX)));
+						desc.getFileName(INDEX)));
 				e2.initCause(e);
 				throw e2;
 			} catch (IOException e) {
 				invalid = true;
 				IOException e2 = new IOException(MessageFormat.format(
 						DfsText.get().cannotReadIndex,
-						packDesc.getFileName(INDEX)));
+						desc.getFileName(INDEX)));
 				e2.initCause(e);
 				throw e2;
 			}
@@ -237,7 +231,7 @@
 	}
 
 	final boolean isGarbage() {
-		return packDesc.getPackSource() == UNREACHABLE_GARBAGE;
+		return desc.getPackSource() == UNREACHABLE_GARBAGE;
 	}
 
 	PackBitmapIndex getBitmapIndex(DfsReader ctx) throws IOException {
@@ -250,7 +244,7 @@
 				return idx;
 		}
 
-		if (!packDesc.hasFileExt(PackExt.BITMAP_INDEX))
+		if (!desc.hasFileExt(BITMAP_INDEX))
 			return null;
 
 		synchronized (initLock) {
@@ -261,14 +255,14 @@
 					return idx;
 			}
 			if (bitmapKey == null) {
-				bitmapKey = new DfsStreamKey();
+				bitmapKey = desc.getStreamKey(BITMAP_INDEX);
 			}
 			long size;
 			PackBitmapIndex idx;
 			try {
 				ctx.stats.readBitmap++;
 				long start = System.nanoTime();
-				ReadableChannel rc = ctx.db.openFile(packDesc, BITMAP_INDEX);
+				ReadableChannel rc = ctx.db.openFile(desc, BITMAP_INDEX);
 				try {
 					InputStream in = Channels.newInputStream(rc);
 					int wantSize = 8192;
@@ -289,13 +283,13 @@
 			} catch (EOFException e) {
 				IOException e2 = new IOException(MessageFormat.format(
 						DfsText.get().shortReadOfIndex,
-						packDesc.getFileName(BITMAP_INDEX)));
+						desc.getFileName(BITMAP_INDEX)));
 				e2.initCause(e);
 				throw e2;
 			} catch (IOException e) {
 				IOException e2 = new IOException(MessageFormat.format(
 						DfsText.get().cannotReadIndex,
-						packDesc.getFileName(BITMAP_INDEX)));
+						desc.getFileName(BITMAP_INDEX)));
 				e2.initCause(e);
 				throw e2;
 			}
@@ -377,7 +371,6 @@
 
 	/** Release all memory used by this DfsPackFile instance. */
 	public void close() {
-		cache.remove(this);
 		index = null;
 		reverseIndex = null;
 	}
@@ -445,7 +438,7 @@
 				} else {
 					b = cache.get(key, alignToBlock(position));
 					if (b == null) {
-						rc = ctx.db.openFile(packDesc, PACK);
+						rc = ctx.db.openFile(desc, PACK);
 						int sz = ctx.getOptions().getStreamPackBufferSize();
 						if (sz > 0) {
 							rc.setReadAheadBytes(sz);
@@ -469,7 +462,7 @@
 
 	private long copyPackBypassCache(PackOutputStream out, DfsReader ctx)
 			throws IOException {
-		try (ReadableChannel rc = ctx.db.openFile(packDesc, PACK)) {
+		try (ReadableChannel rc = ctx.db.openFile(desc, PACK)) {
 			ByteBuffer buf = newCopyBuffer(out, rc);
 			if (ctx.getOptions().getStreamPackBufferSize() > 0)
 				rc.setReadAheadBytes(ctx.getOptions().getStreamPackBufferSize());
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackParser.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackParser.java
index aa57f1a..07f51ed 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackParser.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsPackParser.java
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 			objdb.commitPack(Collections.singletonList(packDsc), null);
 			rollback = false;
 
-			DfsPackFile p = blockCache.getOrCreate(packDsc, packKey);
+			DfsPackFile p = new DfsPackFile(blockCache, packDsc);
 			p.setBlockSize(blockSize);
 			if (packIndex != null)
 				p.setPackIndex(packIndex);
@@ -206,9 +206,9 @@
 		}
 
 		packDsc = objdb.newPack(DfsObjDatabase.PackSource.RECEIVE);
-		packKey = new DfsStreamKey();
-
 		out = objdb.writeFile(packDsc, PACK);
+		packKey = packDsc.getStreamKey(PACK);
+
 		int size = out.blockSize();
 		if (size <= 0)
 			size = blockCache.getBlockSize();
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsStreamKey.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsStreamKey.java
index 6520883..5106666 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsStreamKey.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/dfs/DfsStreamKey.java
@@ -43,15 +43,89 @@
 
 package org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.dfs;
 
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 
-final class DfsStreamKey {
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+/** Key used by {@link DfsBlockCache} to disambiguate streams. */
+public abstract class DfsStreamKey {
+	/**
+	 * @param name
+	 *            compute the key from a string name.
+	 * @return key for {@code name}
+	 */
+	public static DfsStreamKey of(String name) {
+		return of(name.getBytes(UTF_8));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param name
+	 *            compute the key from a byte array. The key takes ownership of
+	 *            the passed {@code byte[] name}.
+	 * @return key for {@code name}
+	 */
+	public static DfsStreamKey of(byte[] name) {
+		return new ByteArrayDfsStreamKey(name);
+	}
+
 	final int hash;
-	final AtomicLong cachedSize = new AtomicLong();
 
-	DfsStreamKey() {
+	/**
+	 * @param hash
+	 *            hash of the other identifying components of the key.
+	 */
+	protected DfsStreamKey(int hash) {
 		// Multiply by 31 here so we can more directly combine with another
 		// value without doing the multiply there.
-		hash = System.identityHashCode(this) * 31;
+		this.hash = hash * 31;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Derive a new StreamKey based on this existing key.
+	 *
+	 * @param suffix
+	 *            a derivation suffix.
+	 * @return derived stream key.
+	 */
+	public abstract DfsStreamKey derive(String suffix);
+
+	@Override
+	public int hashCode() {
+		return hash;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public abstract boolean equals(Object o);
+
+	@SuppressWarnings("boxing")
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return String.format("DfsStreamKey[hash=%08x]", hash); //$NON-NLS-1$
+	}
+
+	private static final class ByteArrayDfsStreamKey extends DfsStreamKey {
+		private final byte[] name;
+
+		ByteArrayDfsStreamKey(byte[] name) {
+			super(Arrays.hashCode(name));
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public DfsStreamKey derive(String suffix) {
+			byte[] s = suffix.getBytes(UTF_8);
+			byte[] n = Arrays.copyOf(name, name.length + s.length);
+			System.arraycopy(s, 0, n, name.length, s.length);
+			return new ByteArrayDfsStreamKey(n);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean equals(Object o) {
+			if (o instanceof ByteArrayDfsStreamKey) {
+				ByteArrayDfsStreamKey k = (ByteArrayDfsStreamKey) o;
+				return hash == k.hash && Arrays.equals(name, k.name);
+			}
+			return false;
+		}
 	}
 }