diff --git a/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py b/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
index a1dd12bf7..341bbf0ed 100644
--- a/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
+++ b/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
@@ -484,30 +484,7 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
                 raise bb.fetch2.FetchError("Unable to find revision %s even from upstream" % missing_rev)
 
         if self.lfs_need_update(ud, d):
-            # Unpack temporary working copy, use it to run 'git checkout' to force pre-fetching
-            # of all LFS blobs needed at the srcrev.
-            #
-            # It would be nice to just do this inline here by running 'git-lfs fetch'
-            # on the bare clonedir, but that operation requires a working copy on some
-            # releases of Git LFS.
-            with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(dir=d.getVar('DL_DIR')) as tmpdir:
-                # Do the checkout. This implicitly involves a Git LFS fetch.
-                Git.unpack(self, ud, tmpdir, d)
-
-                # Scoop up a copy of any stuff that Git LFS downloaded. Merge them into
-                # the bare clonedir.
-                #
-                # As this procedure is invoked repeatedly on incremental fetches as
-                # a recipe's SRCREV is bumped throughout its lifetime, this will
-                # result in a gradual accumulation of LFS blobs in <ud.clonedir>/lfs
-                # corresponding to all the blobs reachable from the different revs
-                # fetched across time.
-                #
-                # Only do this if the unpack resulted in a .git/lfs directory being
-                # created; this only happens if at least one blob needed to be
-                # downloaded.
-                if os.path.exists(os.path.join(ud.destdir, ".git", "lfs")):
-                    runfetchcmd("tar -cf - lfs | tar -xf - -C %s" % ud.clonedir, d, workdir="%s/.git" % ud.destdir)
+            self.lfs_fetch(ud, d, ud.clonedir, ud.revision)
 
     def lfs_fetch(self, ud, d, clonedir, revision, fetchall=False, progresshandler=None):
         """Helper method for fetching Git LFS data"""