diff --git a/object-file.c b/object-file.c
index 7a35bde96e..b10e283529 100644
--- a/object-file.c
+++ b/object-file.c
@@ -403,8 +403,6 @@ int parse_loose_header(const char *hdr, struct object_info *oi)
 	}
 
 	type = type_from_string_gently(type_buf, type_len, 1);
-	if (oi->type_name)
-		strbuf_add(oi->type_name, type_buf, type_len);
 	if (oi->typep)
 		*oi->typep = type;
 
@@ -466,7 +464,7 @@ int loose_object_info(struct repository *r,
 	 * return value implicitly indicates whether the
 	 * object even exists.
 	 */
-	if (!oi->typep && !oi->type_name && !oi->sizep && !oi->contentp) {
+	if (!oi->typep && !oi->sizep && !oi->contentp) {
 		struct stat st;
 		if (!oi->disk_sizep && (flags & OBJECT_INFO_QUICK))
 			return quick_has_loose(r, oid) ? 0 : -1;
diff --git a/object-store.c b/object-store.c
index b8f6955ea7..216c61dcf2 100644
--- a/object-store.c
+++ b/object-store.c
@@ -646,8 +646,6 @@ static int do_oid_object_info_extended(struct repository *r,
 			*(oi->disk_sizep) = 0;
 		if (oi->delta_base_oid)
 			oidclr(oi->delta_base_oid, the_repository->hash_algo);
-		if (oi->type_name)
-			strbuf_addstr(oi->type_name, type_name(co->type));
 		if (oi->contentp)
 			*oi->contentp = xmemdupz(co->buf, co->size);
 		oi->whence = OI_CACHED;
diff --git a/object-store.h b/object-store.h
index cf908fe68e..6b55c245eb 100644
--- a/object-store.h
+++ b/object-store.h
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ struct object_info {
 	unsigned long *sizep;
 	off_t *disk_sizep;
 	struct object_id *delta_base_oid;
-	struct strbuf *type_name;
 	void **contentp;
 
 	/* Response */
diff --git a/packfile.c b/packfile.c
index d91016f1c7..80e35f1032 100644
--- a/packfile.c
+++ b/packfile.c
@@ -1598,17 +1598,12 @@ int packed_object_info(struct repository *r, struct packed_git *p,
 		*oi->disk_sizep = pack_pos_to_offset(p, pos + 1) - obj_offset;
 	}
 
-	if (oi->typep || oi->type_name) {
+	if (oi->typep) {
 		enum object_type ptot;
 		ptot = packed_to_object_type(r, p, obj_offset,
 					     type, &w_curs, curpos);
 		if (oi->typep)
 			*oi->typep = ptot;
-		if (oi->type_name) {
-			const char *tn = type_name(ptot);
-			if (tn)
-				strbuf_addstr(oi->type_name, tn);
-		}
 		if (ptot < 0) {
 			type = OBJ_BAD;
 			goto out;