diff --git a/odb.h b/odb.h
index 014cd9585a..73b0b87ad5 100644
--- a/odb.h
+++ b/odb.h
@@ -330,7 +330,6 @@ struct object_info {
 		OI_CACHED,
 		OI_LOOSE,
 		OI_PACKED,
-		OI_DBCACHED
 	} whence;
 	union {
 		/*
diff --git a/packfile.c b/packfile.c
index 08a0863fc3..b0c6665c87 100644
--- a/packfile.c
+++ b/packfile.c
@@ -1656,8 +1656,7 @@ int packed_object_info(struct repository *r, struct packed_git *p,
 			oidclr(oi->delta_base_oid, p->repo->hash_algo);
 	}
 
-	oi->whence = in_delta_base_cache(p, obj_offset) ? OI_DBCACHED :
-							  OI_PACKED;
+	oi->whence = OI_PACKED;
 
 out:
 	unuse_pack(&w_curs);
diff --git a/t/t5003-archive-zip.sh b/t/t5003-archive-zip.sh
index 961c6aac25..c8c1c5c06b 100755
--- a/t/t5003-archive-zip.sh
+++ b/t/t5003-archive-zip.sh
@@ -239,6 +239,40 @@ check_zip with_untracked2
 check_added with_untracked2 untracked one/untracked
 check_added with_untracked2 untracked two/untracked
 
+test_expect_success 'git-archive --format=zip with bigFile delta chains' '
+	test_when_finished rm -rf repo &&
+	git init repo &&
+	(
+		cd repo &&
+		test-tool genrandom foo 100000 >base &&
+		{
+			cat base &&
+			echo "trailing data"
+		} >delta-1 &&
+		{
+			cat delta-1 &&
+			echo "trailing data"
+		} >delta-2 &&
+		git add . &&
+		git commit -m "blobs" &&
+		git repack -Ad &&
+		git verify-pack -v .git/objects/pack/pack-*.idx >stats &&
+		test_grep "chain length = 1: 1 object" stats &&
+		test_grep "chain length = 2: 1 object" stats &&
+
+		git -c core.bigFileThreshold=1k archive --format=zip HEAD >archive.zip &&
+		if test_have_prereq UNZIP
+		then
+			mkdir unpack &&
+			cd unpack &&
+			"$GIT_UNZIP" ../archive.zip &&
+			test_cmp base ../base &&
+			test_cmp delta-1 ../delta-1 &&
+			test_cmp delta-2 ../delta-2
+		fi
+	)
+'
+
 # Test remote archive over HTTP protocol.
 #
 # Note: this should be the last part of this test suite, because