diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/AbstractFetchCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/AbstractFetchCommand.java
index fd7fd4459..6624d49a2 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/AbstractFetchCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/AbstractFetchCommand.java
@@ -57,14 +57,13 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectReader;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.RefUpdate;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.FetchResult;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TrackingRefUpdate;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.Transport;
 import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
 
 abstract class AbstractFetchCommand extends TextBuiltin {
 	@Option(name = "--verbose", aliases = { "-v" }, usage = "usage_beMoreVerbose")
 	private boolean verbose;
 
-	protected void showFetchResult(final Transport tn, final FetchResult r) {
+	protected void showFetchResult(final FetchResult r) {
 		ObjectReader reader = db.newObjectReader();
 		try {
 			boolean shownURI = false;
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ abstract class AbstractFetchCommand extends TextBuiltin {
 				final String dst = abbreviateRef(u.getLocalName(), true);
 
 				if (!shownURI) {
-					out.format(CLIText.get().fromURI, tn.getURI());
+					out.format(CLIText.get().fromURI, r.getURI());
 					out.println();
 					shownURI = true;
 				}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Clone.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Clone.java
index 1b0498967..0bc72a71e 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Clone.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Clone.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class Clone extends AbstractFetchCommand {
 		} finally {
 			tn.close();
 		}
-		showFetchResult(tn, r);
+		showFetchResult(r);
 		return r;
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Fetch.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Fetch.java
index a68145bf7..e2467b2c3 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Fetch.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/src/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/Fetch.java
@@ -47,13 +47,14 @@ package org.eclipse.jgit.pgm;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.kohsuke.args4j.Argument;
-import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.api.FetchCommand;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.api.Git;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.TextProgressMonitor;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.FetchResult;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.RefSpec;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.Transport;
+import org.kohsuke.args4j.Argument;
+import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
 
 @Command(common = true, usage = "usage_updateRemoteRefsFromAnotherRepository")
 class Fetch extends AbstractFetchCommand {
@@ -90,24 +91,21 @@ class Fetch extends AbstractFetchCommand {
 
 	@Override
 	protected void run() throws Exception {
-		final Transport tn = Transport.open(db, remote);
-		if (fsck != null)
-			tn.setCheckFetchedObjects(fsck.booleanValue());
-		if (prune != null)
-			tn.setRemoveDeletedRefs(prune.booleanValue());
-		tn.setDryRun(dryRun);
-		if (thin != null)
-			tn.setFetchThin(thin.booleanValue());
-		if (0 <= timeout)
-			tn.setTimeout(timeout);
-		final FetchResult r;
-		try {
-			r = tn.fetch(new TextProgressMonitor(), toget);
-			if (r.getTrackingRefUpdates().isEmpty())
-				return;
-		} finally {
-			tn.close();
-		}
-		showFetchResult(tn, r);
+		Git git = new Git(db);
+		FetchCommand fetch = git.fetch();
+		fetch.setCheckFetchedObjects(fsck.booleanValue());
+		fetch.setRemoveDeletedRefs(prune.booleanValue());
+		fetch.setRefSpecs(toget);
+		fetch.setTimeout(timeout);
+		fetch.setDryRun(dryRun);
+		fetch.setRemote(remote);
+		fetch.setThin(thin.booleanValue());
+		fetch.setProgressMonitor(new TextProgressMonitor());
+
+		FetchResult result = fetch.call();
+		if (result.getTrackingRefUpdates().isEmpty())
+			return;
+
+		showFetchResult(result);
 	}
 }