diff --git a/git-fetch.sh b/git-fetch.sh
index 216253c624..a393a50192 100755
--- a/git-fetch.sh
+++ b/git-fetch.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ verbose=
 update_head_ok=
 exec=
 upload_pack=
+keep=--thin
 while case "$#" in 0) break ;; esac
 do
 	case "$1" in
@@ -354,7 +355,7 @@ fetch_main () {
     ( : subshell because we muck with IFS
       IFS=" 	$LF"
       (
-	  git-fetch-pack $exec $keep --thin "$remote" $rref || echo failed "$remote"
+	  git-fetch-pack $exec $keep "$remote" $rref || echo failed "$remote"
       ) |
       while read sha1 remote_name
       do
diff --git a/unpack-objects.c b/unpack-objects.c
index 3b824b04a2..48c1ee7968 100644
--- a/unpack-objects.c
+++ b/unpack-objects.c
@@ -241,11 +241,6 @@ static void unpack_one(unsigned nr, unsigned total)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * We unpack from the end, older files first. Now, usually
- * there are deltas etc, so we'll not actually write the
- * objects in that order, but we might as well try..
- */
 static void unpack_all(void)
 {
 	int i;