diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 5846b6a293..ba150a80ad 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -1331,11 +1331,22 @@ static void write_pack_file(void)
 		unsigned char hash[GIT_MAX_RAWSZ];
 		char *pack_tmp_name = NULL;
 
-		if (pack_to_stdout)
-			f = hashfd_throughput(the_repository->hash_algo, 1,
-					      "<stdout>", progress_state);
-		else
+		if (pack_to_stdout) {
+			/*
+			 * Since we are expecting to report progress of the
+			 * write into this hashfile, use a smaller buffer
+			 * size so the progress indicators arrive at a more
+			 * frequent rate.
+			 */
+			struct hashfd_options opts = {
+				.progress = progress_state,
+				.buffer_len = 8 * 1024,
+			};
+			f = hashfd_ext(the_repository->hash_algo, 1,
+				       "<stdout>", &opts);
+		} else {
 			f = create_tmp_packfile(the_repository, &pack_tmp_name);
+		}
 
 		offset = write_pack_header(f, nr_remaining);
 
diff --git a/csum-file.c b/csum-file.c
index a50416247e..5dfaca5543 100644
--- a/csum-file.c
+++ b/csum-file.c
@@ -197,22 +197,6 @@ struct hashfile *hashfd(const struct git_hash_algo *algop,
 	return hashfd_ext(algop, fd, name, &opts);
 }
 
-struct hashfile *hashfd_throughput(const struct git_hash_algo *algop,
-				   int fd, const char *name, struct progress *tp)
-{
-	/*
-	 * Since we are expecting to report progress of the
-	 * write into this hashfile, use a smaller buffer
-	 * size so the progress indicators arrive at a more
-	 * frequent rate.
-	 */
-	struct hashfd_options opts = {
-		.progress = tp,
-		.buffer_len = 8 * 1024,
-	};
-	return hashfd_ext(algop, fd, name, &opts);
-}
-
 void hashfile_checkpoint_init(struct hashfile *f,
 			      struct hashfile_checkpoint *checkpoint)
 {
diff --git a/csum-file.h b/csum-file.h
index a03b60120d..01472555c8 100644
--- a/csum-file.h
+++ b/csum-file.h
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ struct hashfile *hashfd(const struct git_hash_algo *algop,
 			int fd, const char *name);
 struct hashfile *hashfd_check(const struct git_hash_algo *algop,
 			      const char *name);
-struct hashfile *hashfd_throughput(const struct git_hash_algo *algop,
-				   int fd, const char *name, struct progress *tp);
 
 /*
  * Free the hashfile without flushing its contents to disk. This only