diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RepositoryCache.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RepositoryCache.java
index 29ef08483..2e0ed16a5 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RepositoryCache.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/RepositoryCache.java
@@ -305,11 +305,9 @@ public class RepositoryCache {
 	private void unregisterAndCloseRepository(final Key location,
 			Repository db) {
 		synchronized (lockFor(location)) {
-			if (isExpired(db)) {
-				Repository oldDb = unregisterRepository(location);
-				if (oldDb != null) {
-					oldDb.close();
-				}
+			Repository oldDb = unregisterRepository(location);
+			if (oldDb != null) {
+				oldDb.doClose();
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 56164fc77..c4e908e91 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -683,6 +683,17 @@
           </plugin>
         </plugins>
       </build>
+      <reporting>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:-missing</additionalparam>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </reporting>
     </profile>
     <profile>
       <id>static-checks</id>