diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/WindowCache.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/WindowCache.java
index a525c8511..61960068b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/WindowCache.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/WindowCache.java
@@ -496,31 +496,16 @@ public class WindowCache {
 	private void gc() {
 		Ref r;
 		while ((r = (Ref) queue.poll()) != null) {
-			// Sun's Java 5 and 6 implementation have a bug where a Reference
-			// can be enqueued and dequeued twice on the same reference queue
-			// due to a race condition within ReferenceQueue.enqueue(Reference).
-			//
-			// http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6837858
-			//
-			// We CANNOT permit a Reference to come through us twice, as it will
-			// skew the resource counters we maintain. Our canClear() check here
-			// provides a way to skip the redundant dequeues, if any.
-			//
-			if (r.canClear()) {
-				clear(r);
-
-				boolean found = false;
-				final int s = slot(r.pack, r.position);
-				final Entry e1 = table.get(s);
-				for (Entry n = e1; n != null; n = n.next) {
-					if (n.ref == r) {
-						n.dead = true;
-						found = true;
-						break;
-					}
-				}
-				if (found)
+			clear(r);
+
+			final int s = slot(r.pack, r.position);
+			final Entry e1 = table.get(s);
+			for (Entry n = e1; n != null; n = n.next) {
+				if (n.ref == r) {
+					n.dead = true;
 					table.compareAndSet(s, e1, clean(e1));
+					break;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -581,8 +566,6 @@ public class WindowCache {
 
 		long lastAccess;
 
-		private boolean cleared;
-
 		protected Ref(final PackFile pack, final long position,
 				final ByteWindow v, final ReferenceQueue<ByteWindow> queue) {
 			super(v, queue);
@@ -590,13 +573,6 @@ public class WindowCache {
 			this.position = position;
 			this.size = v.size();
 		}
-
-		final synchronized boolean canClear() {
-			if (cleared)
-				return false;
-			cleared = true;
-			return true;
-		}
 	}
 
 	private static final class Lock {