diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/ScanningChangeCacheImpl.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/ScanningChangeCacheImpl.java
index 65808fc..faf3776 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/ScanningChangeCacheImpl.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/ScanningChangeCacheImpl.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.server.cache.CacheModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.util.ManualRequestContext;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.util.OneOffRequestContext;
+import com.google.gwtorm.server.OrmException;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Module;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
@@ -95,29 +97,31 @@
 
     @Override
     public List<Change> load(Project.NameKey key) throws Exception {
-      Repository repo = repoManager.openRepository(key);
-      try (ManualRequestContext ctx = requestContext.open()) {
-        ReviewDb db = ctx.getReviewDbProvider().get();
-        Map<String, Ref> refs =
-            repo.getRefDatabase().getRefs(RefNames.REFS_CHANGES);
-        Set<Change.Id> ids = new LinkedHashSet<>();
-        for (Ref r : refs.values()) {
-          Change.Id id = Change.Id.fromRef(r.getName());
-          if (id != null) {
-            ids.add(id);
-          }
-        }
-        List<Change> changes = new ArrayList<>(ids.size());
-         // A batch size of N may overload get(Iterable), so use something smaller,
-         // but still >1.
-        for (List<Change.Id> batch : Iterables.partition(ids, 30)) {
-          Iterables.addAll(changes, db.changes().get(batch));
-        }
-        return changes;
-      } finally {
-        repo.close();
+      try (Repository repo = repoManager.openRepository(key);
+          ManualRequestContext ctx = requestContext.open()) {
+        return scan(repo, ctx.getReviewDbProvider().get());
       }
     }
 
   }
+
+  public static List<Change> scan(Repository repo, ReviewDb db)
+      throws OrmException, IOException {
+    Map<String, Ref> refs =
+        repo.getRefDatabase().getRefs(RefNames.REFS_CHANGES);
+    Set<Change.Id> ids = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+    for (Ref r : refs.values()) {
+      Change.Id id = Change.Id.fromRef(r.getName());
+      if (id != null) {
+        ids.add(id);
+      }
+    }
+    List<Change> changes = new ArrayList<>(ids.size());
+    // A batch size of N may overload get(Iterable), so use something smaller,
+    // but still >1.
+    for (List<Change.Id> batch : Iterables.partition(ids, 30)) {
+      Iterables.addAll(changes, db.changes().get(batch));
+    }
+    return changes;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/index/SiteIndexer.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/index/SiteIndexer.java
index 0897d60..6dfc847 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/index/SiteIndexer.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/index/SiteIndexer.java
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.server.ReviewDb;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.GerritServerConfig;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.git.ChangeCache;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.GitRepositoryManager;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.MergeUtil;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.MultiProgressMonitor;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.MultiProgressMonitor.Task;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.git.ScanningChangeCacheImpl;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.patch.PatchListLoader;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.query.change.ChangeData;
 import com.google.gwtorm.server.SchemaFactory;
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@
   }
 
   private final SchemaFactory<ReviewDb> schemaFactory;
-  private final ChangeCache changeCache;
   private final ChangeData.Factory changeDataFactory;
   private final GitRepositoryManager repoManager;
   private final ListeningExecutorService executor;
@@ -126,14 +125,12 @@
 
   @Inject
   SiteIndexer(SchemaFactory<ReviewDb> schemaFactory,
-      ChangeCache changeCache,
       ChangeData.Factory changeDataFactory,
       GitRepositoryManager repoManager,
       @IndexExecutor(BATCH) ListeningExecutorService executor,
       ChangeIndexer.Factory indexerFactory,
       @GerritServerConfig Config config) {
     this.schemaFactory = schemaFactory;
-    this.changeCache = changeCache;
     this.changeDataFactory = changeDataFactory;
     this.repoManager = repoManager;
     this.executor = executor;
@@ -241,7 +238,7 @@
           repo = repoManager.openRepository(project);
           Map<String, Ref> refs = repo.getRefDatabase().getRefs(ALL);
           db = schemaFactory.open();
-          for (Change c : changeCache.get(project)) {
+          for (Change c : ScanningChangeCacheImpl.scan(repo, db)) {
             Ref r = refs.get(c.currentPatchSetId().toRefName());
             if (r != null) {
               byId.put(r.getObjectId(), changeDataFactory.create(db, c));