diff --git a/internal/git/housekeeping/manager/manager.go b/internal/git/housekeeping/manager/manager.go
index 7f42dbf70d3c98214f57402efa07bf918329159a..306f637f10ae47e4db6f9811eb7b0d8bcbde1cdc 100644
--- a/internal/git/housekeeping/manager/manager.go
+++ b/internal/git/housekeeping/manager/manager.go
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ type repositoryState struct {
 	// packRefsDone is a channel used to denote when the ongoing (if any) call to packRefsIfNeeded
 	// is completed.
 	packRefsDone chan struct{}
-	// packRefsInhibitors keeps a count of the number of inhibitors on running packRefsIfNeeded.
-	packRefsInhibitors int32
 	// isRunning is used to indicate if housekeeping is running.
 	isRunning bool
 }
@@ -127,38 +125,6 @@ func (s *repositoryStates) tryRunningHousekeeping(repo storage.Repository) (succ
 	}
 }
 
-// tryRunningPackRefs checks if we can run `git-pack-refs(1)` for a given repository. If there
-// is at least one inhibitors then we return false. If there are no inhibitors, we setup the `packRefsDone`
-// channel to denote when `git-pack-refs(1)` finishes, this is handled when the caller calls the
-// cleanup function returned by this function.
-func (s *repositoryStates) tryRunningPackRefs(repo storage.Repository) (successful bool, _ func()) {
-	state, cleanup := s.getState(repo)
-	defer func() {
-		if !successful {
-			cleanup()
-		}
-	}()
-
-	state.Lock()
-	defer state.Unlock()
-
-	if state.packRefsInhibitors > 0 || state.packRefsDone != nil {
-		return false, nil
-	}
-
-	state.packRefsDone = make(chan struct{})
-
-	return true, func() {
-		defer cleanup()
-
-		state.Lock()
-		defer state.Unlock()
-
-		close(state.packRefsDone)
-		state.packRefsDone = nil
-	}
-}
-
 // RepositoryManager is an implementation of the Manager interface.
 type RepositoryManager struct {
 	logger log.Logger
diff --git a/internal/git/housekeeping/manager/optimize_repository.go b/internal/git/housekeeping/manager/optimize_repository.go
index f9bdd020ab0d9d9a08e647238d6ed008ec6ace39..bc8ef1fa0f47332e5a67f51f917fb6c9de1d14fc 100644
--- a/internal/git/housekeeping/manager/optimize_repository.go
+++ b/internal/git/housekeeping/manager/optimize_repository.go
@@ -437,13 +437,6 @@ func (m *RepositoryManager) packRefsIfNeeded(ctx context.Context, repo *localrep
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
-	// If there are any inhibitors, we don't run git-pack-refs(1).
-	ok, cleanup := m.repositoryStates.tryRunningPackRefs(repo)
-	if !ok {
-		return false, nil
-	}
-	defer cleanup()
-
 	var stderr bytes.Buffer
 	if err := repo.ExecAndWait(ctx, gitcmd.Command{
 		Name: "pack-refs",