diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
index e60decbc56..bef26020f9 100644
--- a/builtin/gc.c
+++ b/builtin/gc.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static uint64_t total_ram(void)
 
 static uint64_t estimate_repack_memory(struct packed_git *pack)
 {
-	unsigned long nr_objects = approximate_object_count();
+	unsigned long nr_objects = repo_approximate_object_count(the_repository);
 	size_t os_cache, heap;
 
 	if (!pack || !nr_objects)
diff --git a/commit-graph.c b/commit-graph.c
index 8273085aa6..268410e913 100644
--- a/commit-graph.c
+++ b/commit-graph.c
@@ -2360,7 +2360,7 @@ int write_commit_graph(struct object_directory *odb,
 			replace = ctx->opts->split_flags & COMMIT_GRAPH_SPLIT_REPLACE;
 	}
 
-	ctx->approx_nr_objects = approximate_object_count();
+	ctx->approx_nr_objects = repo_approximate_object_count(the_repository);
 
 	if (ctx->append && ctx->r->objects->commit_graph) {
 		struct commit_graph *g = ctx->r->objects->commit_graph;
diff --git a/contrib/coccinelle/the_repository.cocci b/contrib/coccinelle/the_repository.cocci
index ff4c56114f..a325361f96 100644
--- a/contrib/coccinelle/the_repository.cocci
+++ b/contrib/coccinelle/the_repository.cocci
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@
 |
 - format_commit_message
 + repo_format_commit_message
+// packfile.h
+|
+- approximate_object_count
++ repo_approximate_object_count
 )
   (
 + the_repository,
diff --git a/contrib/coccinelle/the_repository.pending.cocci b/contrib/coccinelle/the_repository.pending.cocci
index 375850e773..9b426e49e6 100644
--- a/contrib/coccinelle/the_repository.pending.cocci
+++ b/contrib/coccinelle/the_repository.pending.cocci
@@ -5,11 +5,7 @@
 @@
 @@
 (
-// packfile.h
-- approximate_object_count
-+ repo_approximate_object_count
 // promisor-remote.h
-|
 - promisor_remote_reinit
 + repo_promisor_remote_reinit
 |
diff --git a/packfile.h b/packfile.h
index a3f6723857..6ec1656797 100644
--- a/packfile.h
+++ b/packfile.h
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ struct packed_git *get_all_packs(struct repository *r);
  * for speed.
  */
 unsigned long repo_approximate_object_count(struct repository *r);
-#define approximate_object_count() repo_approximate_object_count(the_repository)
 
 struct packed_git *find_sha1_pack(const unsigned char *sha1,
 				  struct packed_git *packs);