diff --git a/Documentation/config/pack.txt b/Documentation/config/pack.txt
index 425c73aa52..9cdcfa7324 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/pack.txt
@@ -124,6 +124,4 @@ pack.writeBitmapHashCache::
 	bitmapped and non-bitmapped objects (e.g., when serving a fetch
 	between an older, bitmapped pack and objects that have been
 	pushed since the last gc). The downside is that it consumes 4
-	bytes per object of disk space, and that JGit's bitmap
-	implementation does not understand it, causing it to complain if
-	Git and JGit are used on the same repository. Defaults to false.
+	bytes per object of disk space. Defaults to true.
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index a154fc29f6..5264bf055a 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static off_t reuse_packfile_offset;
 static int use_bitmap_index_default = 1;
 static int use_bitmap_index = -1;
 static int write_bitmap_index;
-static uint16_t write_bitmap_options;
+static uint16_t write_bitmap_options = BITMAP_OPT_HASH_CACHE;
 
 static int exclude_promisor_objects;
 
diff --git a/t/perf/p5310-pack-bitmaps.sh b/t/perf/p5310-pack-bitmaps.sh
index bb91dbb173..6a3a42531b 100755
--- a/t/perf/p5310-pack-bitmaps.sh
+++ b/t/perf/p5310-pack-bitmaps.sh
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ test_perf_large_repo
 # We intentionally use the deprecated pack.writebitmaps
 # config so that we can test against older versions of git.
 test_expect_success 'setup bitmap config' '
-	git config pack.writebitmaps true &&
-	git config pack.writebitmaphashcache true
+	git config pack.writebitmaps true
 '
 
 test_perf 'repack to disk' '
diff --git a/t/perf/p5311-pack-bitmaps-fetch.sh b/t/perf/p5311-pack-bitmaps-fetch.sh
index b04575951f..47c3fd7581 100755
--- a/t/perf/p5311-pack-bitmaps-fetch.sh
+++ b/t/perf/p5311-pack-bitmaps-fetch.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ test_perf_default_repo
 
 test_expect_success 'create bitmapped server repo' '
 	git config pack.writebitmaps true &&
-	git config pack.writebitmaphashcache true &&
 	git repack -ad
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh b/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh
index 44a038881a..a26c8ba9a2 100755
--- a/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh
+++ b/t/t5310-pack-bitmaps.sh
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup repo with moderate-sized history' '
 	bitmaptip=$(git rev-parse master) &&
 	blob=$(echo tagged-blob | git hash-object -w --stdin) &&
 	git tag tagged-blob $blob &&
-	git config repack.writebitmaps true &&
-	git config pack.writebitmaphashcache true
+	git config repack.writebitmaps true
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'full repack creates bitmaps' '