diff --git a/builtin/replace.c b/builtin/replace.c
index bc2a948c80..b09c78b77d 100644
--- a/builtin/replace.c
+++ b/builtin/replace.c
@@ -43,11 +43,12 @@ enum replace_format {
 };
 
 struct show_data {
+	struct repository *repo;
 	const char *pattern;
 	enum replace_format format;
 };
 
-static int show_reference(struct repository *r, const char *refname,
+static int show_reference(const char *refname,
 			  const struct object_id *oid,
 			  int flag UNUSED, void *cb_data)
 {
@@ -62,11 +63,11 @@ static int show_reference(struct repository *r, const char *refname,
 			struct object_id object;
 			enum object_type obj_type, repl_type;
 
-			if (repo_get_oid(r, refname, &object))
+			if (repo_get_oid(data->repo, refname, &object))
 				return error(_("failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref"), refname);
 
-			obj_type = oid_object_info(r, &object, NULL);
-			repl_type = oid_object_info(r, oid, NULL);
+			obj_type = oid_object_info(data->repo, &object, NULL);
+			repl_type = oid_object_info(data->repo, oid, NULL);
 
 			printf("%s (%s) -> %s (%s)\n", refname, type_name(obj_type),
 			       oid_to_hex(oid), type_name(repl_type));
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ static int list_replace_refs(const char *pattern, const char *format)
 {
 	struct show_data data;
 
+	data.repo = the_repository;
 	if (!pattern)
 		pattern = "*";
 	data.pattern = pattern;
@@ -99,7 +101,8 @@ static int list_replace_refs(const char *pattern, const char *format)
 			       "valid formats are 'short', 'medium' and 'long'"),
 			     format);
 
-	for_each_replace_ref(the_repository, show_reference, (void *)&data);
+	refs_for_each_replace_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+				  show_reference, (void *)&data);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 70e712fcef..d705add3b8 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1576,53 +1576,12 @@ struct ref_iterator *refs_ref_iterator_begin(
 	return iter;
 }
 
-/*
- * Call fn for each reference in the specified submodule for which the
- * refname begins with prefix. If trim is non-zero, then trim that
- * many characters off the beginning of each refname before passing
- * the refname to fn. flags can be DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN to
- * include broken references in the iteration. If fn ever returns a
- * non-zero value, stop the iteration and return that value;
- * otherwise, return 0.
- */
-static int do_for_each_repo_ref(struct repository *r, const char *prefix,
-				each_repo_ref_fn fn, int trim, int flags,
-				void *cb_data)
-{
-	struct ref_iterator *iter;
-	struct ref_store *refs = get_main_ref_store(r);
-
-	if (!refs)
-		return 0;
-
-	iter = refs_ref_iterator_begin(refs, prefix, NULL, trim, flags);
-
-	return do_for_each_repo_ref_iterator(r, iter, fn, cb_data);
-}
-
-struct do_for_each_ref_help {
-	each_ref_fn *fn;
-	void *cb_data;
-};
-
-static int do_for_each_ref_helper(struct repository *r UNUSED,
-				  const char *refname,
-				  const struct object_id *oid,
-				  int flags,
-				  void *cb_data)
-{
-	struct do_for_each_ref_help *hp = cb_data;
-
-	return hp->fn(refname, oid, flags, hp->cb_data);
-}
-
 static int do_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
 			   const char **exclude_patterns,
 			   each_ref_fn fn, int trim,
 			   enum do_for_each_ref_flags flags, void *cb_data)
 {
 	struct ref_iterator *iter;
-	struct do_for_each_ref_help hp = { fn, cb_data };
 
 	if (!refs)
 		return 0;
@@ -1630,8 +1589,7 @@ static int do_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
 	iter = refs_ref_iterator_begin(refs, prefix, exclude_patterns, trim,
 				       flags);
 
-	return do_for_each_repo_ref_iterator(the_repository, iter,
-					do_for_each_ref_helper, &hp);
+	return do_for_each_ref_iterator(iter, fn, cb_data);
 }
 
 int refs_for_each_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
@@ -1652,12 +1610,12 @@ int refs_for_each_fullref_in(struct ref_store *refs, const char *prefix,
 	return do_for_each_ref(refs, prefix, exclude_patterns, fn, 0, 0, cb_data);
 }
 
-int for_each_replace_ref(struct repository *r, each_repo_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+int refs_for_each_replace_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	const char *git_replace_ref_base = ref_namespace[NAMESPACE_REPLACE].ref;
-	return do_for_each_repo_ref(r, git_replace_ref_base, fn,
-				    strlen(git_replace_ref_base),
-				    DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN, cb_data);
+	return do_for_each_ref(refs, git_replace_ref_base, NULL, fn,
+			       strlen(git_replace_ref_base),
+			       DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN, cb_data);
 }
 
 int refs_for_each_namespaced_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
@@ -2425,8 +2383,7 @@ struct do_for_each_reflog_help {
 	void *cb_data;
 };
 
-static int do_for_each_reflog_helper(struct repository *r UNUSED,
-				     const char *refname,
+static int do_for_each_reflog_helper(const char *refname,
 				     const struct object_id *oid UNUSED,
 				     int flags,
 				     void *cb_data)
@@ -2442,8 +2399,7 @@ int refs_for_each_reflog(struct ref_store *refs, each_reflog_fn fn, void *cb_dat
 
 	iter = refs->be->reflog_iterator_begin(refs);
 
-	return do_for_each_repo_ref_iterator(the_repository, iter,
-					     do_for_each_reflog_helper, &hp);
+	return do_for_each_ref_iterator(iter, do_for_each_reflog_helper, &hp);
 }
 
 int refs_for_each_reflog_ent_reverse(struct ref_store *refs,
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 90a7e2dde3..fa1f19464e 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -298,16 +298,6 @@ struct ref_transaction;
 typedef int each_ref_fn(const char *refname,
 			const struct object_id *oid, int flags, void *cb_data);
 
-/*
- * The same as each_ref_fn, but also with a repository argument that
- * contains the repository associated with the callback.
- */
-typedef int each_repo_ref_fn(struct repository *r,
-			     const char *refname,
-			     const struct object_id *oid,
-			     int flags,
-			     void *cb_data);
-
 /*
  * The following functions invoke the specified callback function for
  * each reference indicated.  If the function ever returns a nonzero
@@ -329,6 +319,8 @@ int refs_for_each_branch_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
 			     each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
 int refs_for_each_remote_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
 			     each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+int refs_for_each_replace_ref(struct ref_store *refs,
+			      each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
 
 /*
  * references matching any pattern in "exclude_patterns" are omitted from the
@@ -353,11 +345,6 @@ int refs_for_each_fullref_in_prefixes(struct ref_store *refs,
 				      const char **exclude_patterns,
 				      each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
 
-/**
- * iterate refs from the respective area.
- */
-int for_each_replace_ref(struct repository *r, each_repo_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
-
 /* iterates all refs that match the specified glob pattern. */
 int refs_for_each_glob_ref(struct ref_store *refs, each_ref_fn fn,
 			   const char *pattern, void *cb_data);
diff --git a/refs/iterator.c b/refs/iterator.c
index 9db8b056d5..d355ebf0d5 100644
--- a/refs/iterator.c
+++ b/refs/iterator.c
@@ -440,15 +440,15 @@ struct ref_iterator *prefix_ref_iterator_begin(struct ref_iterator *iter0,
 
 struct ref_iterator *current_ref_iter = NULL;
 
-int do_for_each_repo_ref_iterator(struct repository *r, struct ref_iterator *iter,
-				  each_repo_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
+int do_for_each_ref_iterator(struct ref_iterator *iter,
+			     each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
 {
 	int retval = 0, ok;
 	struct ref_iterator *old_ref_iter = current_ref_iter;
 
 	current_ref_iter = iter;
 	while ((ok = ref_iterator_advance(iter)) == ITER_OK) {
-		retval = fn(r, iter->refname, iter->oid, iter->flags, cb_data);
+		retval = fn(iter->refname, iter->oid, iter->flags, cb_data);
 		if (retval) {
 			/*
 			 * If ref_iterator_abort() returns ITER_ERROR,
diff --git a/refs/refs-internal.h b/refs/refs-internal.h
index 178a355eb0..07e24c8481 100644
--- a/refs/refs-internal.h
+++ b/refs/refs-internal.h
@@ -503,9 +503,8 @@ extern struct ref_iterator *current_ref_iter;
  * adapter between the callback style of reference iteration and the
  * iterator style.
  */
-int do_for_each_repo_ref_iterator(struct repository *r,
-				  struct ref_iterator *iter,
-				  each_repo_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
+int do_for_each_ref_iterator(struct ref_iterator *iter,
+			     each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data);
 
 struct ref_store;
 
diff --git a/replace-object.c b/replace-object.c
index 523215589d..73f5acbcd9 100644
--- a/replace-object.c
+++ b/replace-object.c
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
 #include "repository.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 
-static int register_replace_ref(struct repository *r,
-				const char *refname,
+static int register_replace_ref(const char *refname,
 				const struct object_id *oid,
 				int flag UNUSED,
-				void *cb_data UNUSED)
+				void *cb_data)
 {
+	struct repository *r = cb_data;
+
 	/* Get sha1 from refname */
 	const char *slash = strrchr(refname, '/');
 	const char *hash = slash ? slash + 1 : refname;
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ void prepare_replace_object(struct repository *r)
 		xmalloc(sizeof(*r->objects->replace_map));
 	oidmap_init(r->objects->replace_map, 0);
 
-	for_each_replace_ref(r, register_replace_ref, NULL);
+	refs_for_each_replace_ref(get_main_ref_store(r),
+				  register_replace_ref, r);
 	r->objects->replace_map_initialized = 1;
 
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&r->objects->replace_mutex);