diff --git a/archive.c b/archive.c
index c81e35bf23..aca9179d03 100644
--- a/archive.c
+++ b/archive.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ int write_archive_entries(struct archiver_args *args,
 		init_tree_desc(&t, args->tree->buffer, args->tree->size);
 		if (unpack_trees(1, &t, &opts))
 			return -1;
-		git_attr_set_direction(GIT_ATTR_INDEX, &the_index);
+		git_attr_set_direction(GIT_ATTR_INDEX);
 	}
 
 	err = read_tree_recursive(args->tree, "", 0, 0, &args->pathspec,
diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index 863fad3bd1..98e4953f6e 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -708,10 +708,8 @@ static struct attr_stack *read_attr_from_array(const char **list)
  * another thread could potentially be calling into the attribute system.
  */
 static enum git_attr_direction direction;
-static const struct index_state *use_index;
 
-void git_attr_set_direction(enum git_attr_direction new_direction,
-			    const struct index_state *istate)
+void git_attr_set_direction(enum git_attr_direction new_direction)
 {
 	if (is_bare_repository() && new_direction != GIT_ATTR_INDEX)
 		BUG("non-INDEX attr direction in a bare repo");
@@ -720,7 +718,6 @@ void git_attr_set_direction(enum git_attr_direction new_direction,
 		drop_all_attr_stacks();
 
 	direction = new_direction;
-	use_index = istate;
 }
 
 static struct attr_stack *read_attr_from_file(const char *path, int macro_ok)
@@ -750,17 +747,11 @@ static struct attr_stack *read_attr_from_index(const struct index_state *istate,
 	struct attr_stack *res;
 	char *buf, *sp;
 	int lineno = 0;
-	const struct index_state *to_read_from;
 
-	/*
-	 * Temporary workaround for c24f3abace (apply: file commited
-	 * with CRLF should roundtrip diff and apply - 2017-08-19)
-	 */
-	to_read_from = use_index ? use_index : istate;
-	if (!to_read_from)
+	if (!istate)
 		return NULL;
 
-	buf = read_blob_data_from_index(to_read_from, path, NULL);
+	buf = read_blob_data_from_index(istate, path, NULL);
 	if (!buf)
 		return NULL;
 
diff --git a/attr.h b/attr.h
index 3daca3c0cb..01dab4a126 100644
--- a/attr.h
+++ b/attr.h
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ enum git_attr_direction {
 	GIT_ATTR_CHECKOUT,
 	GIT_ATTR_INDEX
 };
-void git_attr_set_direction(enum git_attr_direction new_direction,
-			    const struct index_state *istate);
+void git_attr_set_direction(enum git_attr_direction new_direction);
 
 void attr_start(void);
 
diff --git a/builtin/check-attr.c b/builtin/check-attr.c
index f7b59993d3..c05573ff9c 100644
--- a/builtin/check-attr.c
+++ b/builtin/check-attr.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ int cmd_check_attr(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	if (cached_attrs)
-		git_attr_set_direction(GIT_ATTR_INDEX, NULL);
+		git_attr_set_direction(GIT_ATTR_INDEX);
 
 	doubledash = -1;
 	for (i = 0; doubledash < 0 && i < argc; i++) {
diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
index 14e9043f9d..f25089b878 100644
--- a/unpack-trees.c
+++ b/unpack-trees.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static int check_updates(struct unpack_trees_options *o)
 	progress = get_progress(o);
 
 	if (o->update)
-		git_attr_set_direction(GIT_ATTR_CHECKOUT, index);
+		git_attr_set_direction(GIT_ATTR_CHECKOUT);
 
 	if (should_update_submodules() && o->update && !o->dry_run)
 		load_gitmodules_file(index, NULL);
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static int check_updates(struct unpack_trees_options *o)
 	stop_progress(&progress);
 	errs |= finish_delayed_checkout(&state);
 	if (o->update)
-		git_attr_set_direction(GIT_ATTR_CHECKIN, NULL);
+		git_attr_set_direction(GIT_ATTR_CHECKIN);
 	return errs != 0;
 }