diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index c99ee79c31a84a..7812c2b1f32ef6 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -2628,7 +2628,7 @@ static void prepare_pack(int window, int depth)
 	unsigned n;
 
 	if (use_delta_islands)
-		resolve_tree_islands(progress, &to_pack);
+		resolve_tree_islands(the_repository, progress, &to_pack);
 
 	get_object_details();
 
@@ -3143,7 +3143,7 @@ static void get_object_list(int ac, const char **av)
 		return;
 
 	if (use_delta_islands)
-		load_delta_islands();
+		load_delta_islands(the_repository);
 
 	if (prepare_revision_walk(&revs))
 		die(_("revision walk setup failed"));
diff --git a/delta-islands.c b/delta-islands.c
index 8e5018e40614f3..191a930705480e 100644
--- a/delta-islands.c
+++ b/delta-islands.c
@@ -190,13 +190,15 @@ static void set_island_marks(struct object *obj, struct island_bitmap *marks)
 	island_bitmap_or(b, marks);
 }
 
-static void mark_remote_island_1(struct remote_island *rl, int is_core_island)
+static void mark_remote_island_1(struct repository *r,
+				 struct remote_island *rl,
+				 int is_core_island)
 {
 	uint32_t i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < rl->oids.nr; ++i) {
 		struct island_bitmap *marks;
-		struct object *obj = parse_object(the_repository, &rl->oids.oid[i]);
+		struct object *obj = parse_object(r, &rl->oids.oid[i]);
 
 		if (!obj)
 			continue;
@@ -211,7 +213,7 @@ static void mark_remote_island_1(struct remote_island *rl, int is_core_island)
 		while (obj && obj->type == OBJ_TAG) {
 			obj = ((struct tag *)obj)->tagged;
 			if (obj) {
-				parse_object(the_repository, &obj->oid);
+				parse_object(r, &obj->oid);
 				marks = create_or_get_island_marks(obj);
 				island_bitmap_set(marks, island_counter);
 			}
@@ -237,7 +239,9 @@ static int tree_depth_compare(const void *a, const void *b)
 	return todo_a->depth - todo_b->depth;
 }
 
-void resolve_tree_islands(int progress, struct packing_data *to_pack)
+void resolve_tree_islands(struct repository *r,
+			  int progress,
+			  struct packing_data *to_pack)
 {
 	struct progress *progress_state = NULL;
 	struct tree_islands_todo *todo;
@@ -281,7 +285,7 @@ void resolve_tree_islands(int progress, struct packing_data *to_pack)
 
 		root_marks = kh_value(island_marks, pos);
 
-		tree = lookup_tree(the_repository, &ent->idx.oid);
+		tree = lookup_tree(r, &ent->idx.oid);
 		if (!tree || parse_tree(tree) < 0)
 			die(_("bad tree object %s"), oid_to_hex(&ent->idx.oid));
 
@@ -292,7 +296,7 @@ void resolve_tree_islands(int progress, struct packing_data *to_pack)
 			if (S_ISGITLINK(entry.mode))
 				continue;
 
-			obj = lookup_object(the_repository, entry.oid->hash);
+			obj = lookup_object(r, entry.oid->hash);
 			if (!obj)
 				continue;
 
@@ -415,7 +419,7 @@ static struct remote_island *get_core_island(void)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void deduplicate_islands(void)
+static void deduplicate_islands(struct repository *r)
 {
 	struct remote_island *island, *core = NULL, **list;
 	unsigned int island_count, dst, src, ref, i = 0;
@@ -444,20 +448,20 @@ static void deduplicate_islands(void)
 	core = get_core_island();
 
 	for (i = 0; i < island_count; ++i) {
-		mark_remote_island_1(list[i], core && list[i]->hash == core->hash);
+		mark_remote_island_1(r, list[i], core && list[i]->hash == core->hash);
 	}
 
 	free(list);
 }
 
-void load_delta_islands(void)
+void load_delta_islands(struct repository *r)
 {
 	island_marks = kh_init_sha1();
 	remote_islands = kh_init_str();
 
 	git_config(island_config_callback, NULL);
 	for_each_ref(find_island_for_ref, NULL);
-	deduplicate_islands();
+	deduplicate_islands(r);
 
 	fprintf(stderr, _("Marked %d islands, done.\n"), island_counter);
 }
diff --git a/delta-islands.h b/delta-islands.h
index b635cd07d8d80e..3ac8045d8c528b 100644
--- a/delta-islands.h
+++ b/delta-islands.h
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 #ifndef DELTA_ISLANDS_H
 #define DELTA_ISLANDS_H
 
+struct commit;
 struct object_id;
 struct packing_data;
-struct commit;
+struct repository;
 
 int island_delta_cmp(const struct object_id *a, const struct object_id *b);
 int in_same_island(const struct object_id *, const struct object_id *);
-void resolve_tree_islands(int progress, struct packing_data *to_pack);
-void load_delta_islands(void);
+void resolve_tree_islands(struct repository *r,
+			  int progress,
+			  struct packing_data *to_pack);
+void load_delta_islands(struct repository *r);
 void propagate_island_marks(struct commit *commit);
 int compute_pack_layers(struct packing_data *to_pack);