diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawText.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawText.java
index 4befe586c..ad81de58c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawText.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawText.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class RawText implements Sequence {
 	protected final IntList lines;
 
 	/** Hash code for each line, for fast equality elimination. */
-	protected final IntList hashes;
+	protected final int[] hashes;
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a new sequence from an existing content byte array.
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public class RawText implements Sequence {
 
 	private static boolean equals(final RawText a, final int ai,
 			final RawText b, final int bi) {
-		if (a.hashes.get(ai) != b.hashes.get(bi))
+		if (a.hashes[ai] != b.hashes[bi])
 			return false;
 
 		int as = a.lines.get(ai);
@@ -197,15 +197,13 @@ public class RawText implements Sequence {
 		return content[end - 1] != '\n';
 	}
 
-	private IntList computeHashes() {
-		final IntList r = new IntList(lines.size());
-		r.add(0);
+	private int[] computeHashes() {
+		final int[] r = new int[lines.size()];
 		for (int lno = 1; lno < lines.size() - 1; lno++) {
 			final int ptr = lines.get(lno);
 			final int end = lines.get(lno + 1);
-			r.add(hashLine(content, ptr, end));
+			r[lno] = hashLine(content, ptr, end);
 		}
-		r.add(0);
 		return r;
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreAllWhitespace.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreAllWhitespace.java
index 211618a3f..855a87242 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreAllWhitespace.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreAllWhitespace.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class RawTextIgnoreAllWhitespace extends RawText {
 
 	private static boolean equals(final RawText a, final int ai,
 			final RawText b, final int bi) {
-		if (a.hashes.get(ai) != b.hashes.get(bi))
+		if (a.hashes[ai] != b.hashes[bi])
 			return false;
 
 		int as = a.lines.get(ai);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreLeadingWhitespace.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreLeadingWhitespace.java
index 23778973b..df4805a4c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreLeadingWhitespace.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreLeadingWhitespace.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class RawTextIgnoreLeadingWhitespace extends RawText {
 
 	private static boolean equals(final RawText a, final int ai,
 			final RawText b, final int bi) {
-		if (a.hashes.get(ai) != b.hashes.get(bi))
+		if (a.hashes[ai] != b.hashes[bi])
 			return false;
 
 		int as = a.lines.get(ai);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreTrailingWhitespace.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreTrailingWhitespace.java
index 3feb2e783..5e69eaabd 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreTrailingWhitespace.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreTrailingWhitespace.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class RawTextIgnoreTrailingWhitespace extends RawText {
 
 	private static boolean equals(final RawText a, final int ai,
 			final RawText b, final int bi) {
-		if (a.hashes.get(ai) != b.hashes.get(bi))
+		if (a.hashes[ai] != b.hashes[bi])
 			return false;
 
 		int as = a.lines.get(ai);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreWhitespaceChange.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreWhitespaceChange.java
index e6bd8e98b..2d1b9772f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreWhitespaceChange.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/diff/RawTextIgnoreWhitespaceChange.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class RawTextIgnoreWhitespaceChange extends RawText {
 
 	private static boolean equals(final RawText a, final int ai,
 			final RawText b, final int bi) {
-		if (a.hashes.get(ai) != b.hashes.get(bi))
+		if (a.hashes[ai] != b.hashes[bi])
 			return false;
 
 		int as = a.lines.get(ai);