diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_cat.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_cat.go
index e776b67a1..de579587f 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_cat.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_cat.go
@@ -167,8 +167,7 @@ func runCat(ctx context.Context, gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {
 		}
 
 		for _, t := range []restic.BlobType{restic.DataBlob, restic.TreeBlob} {
-			bh := restic.BlobHandle{ID: id, Type: t}
-			if !repo.HasBlob(bh) {
+			if _, ok := repo.LookupBlobSize(id, t); !ok {
 				continue
 			}
 
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_copy.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_copy.go
index 26b16a374..0df899321 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_copy.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_copy.go
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func copyTree(ctx context.Context, srcRepo restic.Repository, dstRepo restic.Rep
 
 			// Do we already have this tree blob?
 			treeHandle := restic.BlobHandle{ID: tree.ID, Type: restic.TreeBlob}
-			if !dstRepo.HasBlob(treeHandle) {
+			if _, ok := dstRepo.LookupBlobSize(treeHandle.ID, treeHandle.Type); !ok {
 				// copy raw tree bytes to avoid problems if the serialization changes
 				enqueue(treeHandle)
 			}
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ func copyTree(ctx context.Context, srcRepo restic.Repository, dstRepo restic.Rep
 				// Copy the blobs for this file.
 				for _, blobID := range entry.Content {
 					h := restic.BlobHandle{Type: restic.DataBlob, ID: blobID}
-					if !dstRepo.HasBlob(h) {
+					if _, ok := dstRepo.LookupBlobSize(h.ID, h.Type); !ok {
 						enqueue(h)
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/internal/archiver/archiver.go b/internal/archiver/archiver.go
index 10034afa1..1de28082b 100644
--- a/internal/archiver/archiver.go
+++ b/internal/archiver/archiver.go
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func (arch *Archiver) loadSubtree(ctx context.Context, node *restic.Node) (*rest
 }
 
 func (arch *Archiver) wrapLoadTreeError(id restic.ID, err error) error {
-	if arch.Repo.HasBlob(restic.BlobHandle{ID: id, Type: restic.TreeBlob}) {
+	if _, ok := arch.Repo.LookupBlobSize(id, restic.TreeBlob); ok {
 		err = errors.Errorf("tree %v could not be loaded; the repository could be damaged: %v", id, err)
 	} else {
 		err = errors.Errorf("tree %v is not known; the repository could be damaged, run `repair index` to try to repair it", id)
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ func (fn *FutureNode) take(ctx context.Context) futureNodeResult {
 func (arch *Archiver) allBlobsPresent(previous *restic.Node) bool {
 	// check if all blobs are contained in index
 	for _, id := range previous.Content {
-		if !arch.Repo.HasBlob(restic.BlobHandle{ID: id, Type: restic.DataBlob}) {
+		if _, ok := arch.Repo.LookupBlobSize(id, restic.DataBlob); !ok {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/internal/repository/repository.go b/internal/repository/repository.go
index 48bb9a0ad..e5983ee16 100644
--- a/internal/repository/repository.go
+++ b/internal/repository/repository.go
@@ -578,10 +578,6 @@ func (r *Repository) Connections() uint {
 	return r.be.Connections()
 }
 
-func (r *Repository) HasBlob(bh restic.BlobHandle) bool {
-	return r.idx.Has(bh)
-}
-
 func (r *Repository) LookupBlob(bh restic.BlobHandle) []restic.PackedBlob {
 	return r.idx.Lookup(bh)
 }
diff --git a/internal/restic/repository.go b/internal/restic/repository.go
index 06344a630..d16c12018 100644
--- a/internal/restic/repository.go
+++ b/internal/restic/repository.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ type Repository interface {
 	SetIndex(MasterIndex) error
 	SaveIndex(ctx context.Context, excludePacks IDSet, extraObsolete IDs, opts MasterIndexSaveOpts) error
 
-	HasBlob(BlobHandle) bool
 	LookupBlob(BlobHandle) []PackedBlob
 	LookupBlobSize(ID, BlobType) (uint, bool)