diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 907e112331..f014523613 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ static unsigned long write_no_reuse_object(struct hashfile *f, struct object_ent
 	enum object_type type;
 	void *buf;
 	struct git_istream *st = NULL;
+	const unsigned hashsz = the_hash_algo->rawsz;
 
 	if (!usable_delta) {
 		if (entry->type == OBJ_BLOB &&
@@ -320,7 +321,7 @@ static unsigned long write_no_reuse_object(struct hashfile *f, struct object_ent
 		dheader[pos] = ofs & 127;
 		while (ofs >>= 7)
 			dheader[--pos] = 128 | (--ofs & 127);
-		if (limit && hdrlen + sizeof(dheader) - pos + datalen + 20 >= limit) {
+		if (limit && hdrlen + sizeof(dheader) - pos + datalen + hashsz >= limit) {
 			if (st)
 				close_istream(st);
 			free(buf);
@@ -332,19 +333,19 @@ static unsigned long write_no_reuse_object(struct hashfile *f, struct object_ent
 	} else if (type == OBJ_REF_DELTA) {
 		/*
 		 * Deltas with a base reference contain
-		 * an additional 20 bytes for the base sha1.
+		 * additional bytes for the base object ID.
 		 */
-		if (limit && hdrlen + 20 + datalen + 20 >= limit) {
+		if (limit && hdrlen + hashsz + datalen + hashsz >= limit) {
 			if (st)
 				close_istream(st);
 			free(buf);
 			return 0;
 		}
 		hashwrite(f, header, hdrlen);
-		hashwrite(f, entry->delta->idx.oid.hash, 20);
-		hdrlen += 20;
+		hashwrite(f, entry->delta->idx.oid.hash, hashsz);
+		hdrlen += hashsz;
 	} else {
-		if (limit && hdrlen + datalen + 20 >= limit) {
+		if (limit && hdrlen + datalen + hashsz >= limit) {
 			if (st)
 				close_istream(st);
 			free(buf);
@@ -376,6 +377,7 @@ static off_t write_reuse_object(struct hashfile *f, struct object_entry *entry,
 	unsigned char header[MAX_PACK_OBJECT_HEADER],
 		      dheader[MAX_PACK_OBJECT_HEADER];
 	unsigned hdrlen;
+	const unsigned hashsz = the_hash_algo->rawsz;
 
 	if (entry->delta)
 		type = (allow_ofs_delta && entry->delta->idx.offset) ?
@@ -411,7 +413,7 @@ static off_t write_reuse_object(struct hashfile *f, struct object_entry *entry,
 		dheader[pos] = ofs & 127;
 		while (ofs >>= 7)
 			dheader[--pos] = 128 | (--ofs & 127);
-		if (limit && hdrlen + sizeof(dheader) - pos + datalen + 20 >= limit) {
+		if (limit && hdrlen + sizeof(dheader) - pos + datalen + hashsz >= limit) {
 			unuse_pack(&w_curs);
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -420,16 +422,16 @@ static off_t write_reuse_object(struct hashfile *f, struct object_entry *entry,
 		hdrlen += sizeof(dheader) - pos;
 		reused_delta++;
 	} else if (type == OBJ_REF_DELTA) {
-		if (limit && hdrlen + 20 + datalen + 20 >= limit) {
+		if (limit && hdrlen + hashsz + datalen + hashsz >= limit) {
 			unuse_pack(&w_curs);
 			return 0;
 		}
 		hashwrite(f, header, hdrlen);
-		hashwrite(f, entry->delta->idx.oid.hash, 20);
-		hdrlen += 20;
+		hashwrite(f, entry->delta->idx.oid.hash, hashsz);
+		hdrlen += hashsz;
 		reused_delta++;
 	} else {
-		if (limit && hdrlen + datalen + 20 >= limit) {
+		if (limit && hdrlen + datalen + hashsz >= limit) {
 			unuse_pack(&w_curs);
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -752,7 +754,7 @@ static off_t write_reused_pack(struct hashfile *f)
 		die_errno("unable to seek in reused packfile");
 
 	if (reuse_packfile_offset < 0)
-		reuse_packfile_offset = reuse_packfile->pack_size - 20;
+		reuse_packfile_offset = reuse_packfile->pack_size - the_hash_algo->rawsz;
 
 	total = to_write = reuse_packfile_offset - sizeof(struct pack_header);
 
@@ -1438,7 +1440,7 @@ static void check_object(struct object_entry *entry)
 			if (reuse_delta && !entry->preferred_base)
 				base_ref = use_pack(p, &w_curs,
 						entry->in_pack_offset + used, NULL);
-			entry->in_pack_header_size = used + 20;
+			entry->in_pack_header_size = used + the_hash_algo->rawsz;
 			break;
 		case OBJ_OFS_DELTA:
 			buf = use_pack(p, &w_curs,
@@ -1850,7 +1852,7 @@ static int try_delta(struct unpacked *trg, struct unpacked *src,
 	/* Now some size filtering heuristics. */
 	trg_size = trg_entry->size;
 	if (!trg_entry->delta) {
-		max_size = trg_size/2 - 20;
+		max_size = trg_size/2 - the_hash_algo->rawsz;
 		ref_depth = 1;
 	} else {
 		max_size = trg_entry->delta_size;