diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 1e7c2a98a5..0fd52bd6b4 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ static off_t write_reused_pack(struct sha1file *f)
 	if (!is_pack_valid(reuse_packfile))
 		die("packfile is invalid: %s", reuse_packfile->pack_name);
 
-	fd = git_open_noatime(reuse_packfile->pack_name);
+	fd = git_open(reuse_packfile->pack_name);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		die_errno("unable to open packfile for reuse: %s",
 			  reuse_packfile->pack_name);
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 0dc39a998c..a902ca1f8e 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ extern int write_sha1_file(const void *buf, unsigned long len, const char *type,
 extern int hash_sha1_file_literally(const void *buf, unsigned long len, const char *type, unsigned char *sha1, unsigned flags);
 extern int pretend_sha1_file(void *, unsigned long, enum object_type, unsigned char *);
 extern int force_object_loose(const unsigned char *sha1, time_t mtime);
-extern int git_open_noatime(const char *name);
+extern int git_open(const char *name);
 extern void *map_sha1_file(const unsigned char *sha1, unsigned long *size);
 extern int unpack_sha1_header(git_zstream *stream, unsigned char *map, unsigned long mapsize, void *buffer, unsigned long bufsiz);
 extern int parse_sha1_header(const char *hdr, unsigned long *sizep);
diff --git a/pack-bitmap.c b/pack-bitmap.c
index b949e51716..39bcc16846 100644
--- a/pack-bitmap.c
+++ b/pack-bitmap.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static int open_pack_bitmap_1(struct packed_git *packfile)
 		return -1;
 
 	idx_name = pack_bitmap_filename(packfile);
-	fd = git_open_noatime(idx_name);
+	fd = git_open(idx_name);
 	free(idx_name);
 
 	if (fd < 0)
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 266152de36..5d2bcd3ed1 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ void read_info_alternates(const char * relative_base, int depth)
 	int fd;
 
 	path = xstrfmt("%s/info/alternates", relative_base);
-	fd = git_open_noatime(path);
+	fd = git_open(path);
 	free(path);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return;
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ static int check_packed_git_idx(const char *path, struct packed_git *p)
 	struct pack_idx_header *hdr;
 	size_t idx_size;
 	uint32_t version, nr, i, *index;
-	int fd = git_open_noatime(path);
+	int fd = git_open(path);
 	struct stat st;
 
 	if (fd < 0)
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ static int open_packed_git_1(struct packed_git *p)
 	while (pack_max_fds <= pack_open_fds && close_one_pack())
 		; /* nothing */
 
-	p->pack_fd = git_open_noatime(p->pack_name);
+	p->pack_fd = git_open(p->pack_name);
 	if (p->pack_fd < 0 || fstat(p->pack_fd, &st))
 		return -1;
 	pack_open_fds++;
@@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@ int check_sha1_signature(const unsigned char *sha1, void *map,
 	return hashcmp(sha1, real_sha1) ? -1 : 0;
 }
 
-int git_open_noatime(const char *name)
+int git_open(const char *name)
 {
 	static int sha1_file_open_flag = O_NOATIME;
 
@@ -1605,7 +1605,7 @@ static int open_sha1_file(const unsigned char *sha1)
 	struct alternate_object_database *alt;
 	int most_interesting_errno;
 
-	fd = git_open_noatime(sha1_file_name(sha1));
+	fd = git_open(sha1_file_name(sha1));
 	if (fd >= 0)
 		return fd;
 	most_interesting_errno = errno;
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ static int open_sha1_file(const unsigned char *sha1)
 	prepare_alt_odb();
 	for (alt = alt_odb_list; alt; alt = alt->next) {
 		const char *path = alt_sha1_path(alt, sha1);
-		fd = git_open_noatime(path);
+		fd = git_open(path);
 		if (fd >= 0)
 			return fd;
 		if (most_interesting_errno == ENOENT)