diff --git a/lib/api/helpers/internal_helpers.rb b/lib/api/helpers/internal_helpers.rb
index 14648588dfd..abe3d353984 100644
--- a/lib/api/helpers/internal_helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/api/helpers/internal_helpers.rb
@@ -29,18 +29,6 @@ module API
         {}
       end
 
-      def fix_git_env_repository_paths(env, repository_path)
-        if obj_dir_relative = env['GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY_RELATIVE'].presence
-          env['GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY'] = File.join(repository_path, obj_dir_relative)
-        end
-
-        if alt_obj_dirs_relative = env['GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES_RELATIVE'].presence
-          env['GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES'] = alt_obj_dirs_relative.map { |dir| File.join(repository_path, dir) }
-        end
-
-        env
-      end
-
       def log_user_activity(actor)
         commands = Gitlab::GitAccess::DOWNLOAD_COMMANDS
 
diff --git a/lib/api/internal.rb b/lib/api/internal.rb
index b3660e4a1d0..fcbc248fc3b 100644
--- a/lib/api/internal.rb
+++ b/lib/api/internal.rb
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ module API
 
         # Stores some Git-specific env thread-safely
         env = parse_env
-        env = fix_git_env_repository_paths(env, repository_path) if project
-        Gitlab::Git::Env.set(env)
+        Gitlab::Git::HookEnv.set(gl_repository, env) if project
 
         actor =
           if params[:key_id]
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/git/env.rb b/lib/gitlab/git/hook_env.rb
similarity index 64%
rename from lib/gitlab/git/env.rb
rename to lib/gitlab/git/hook_env.rb
index 9d0b47a1a6d..455e8451c10 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/git/env.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/git/hook_env.rb
@@ -3,37 +3,39 @@
 module Gitlab
   module Git
     # Ephemeral (per request) storage for environment variables that some Git
-    # commands may need.
+    # commands need during internal API calls made from Git push hooks.
     #
     # For example, in pre-receive hooks, new objects are put in a temporary
     # $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY. Without it set, the new objects cannot be retrieved
     # (this would break push rules for instance).
     #
     # This class is thread-safe via RequestStore.
-    class Env
+    class HookEnv
       WHITELISTED_VARIABLES = %w[
-        GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY
         GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY_RELATIVE
-        GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES
         GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES_RELATIVE
       ].freeze
 
-      def self.set(env)
+      def self.set(gl_repository, env)
         return unless RequestStore.active?
 
-        RequestStore.store[:gitlab_git_env] = whitelist_git_env(env)
+        raise "missing gl_repository" if gl_repository.blank?
+
+        RequestStore.store[:gitlab_git_env] ||= {}
+        RequestStore.store[:gitlab_git_env][gl_repository] = whitelist_git_env(env)
       end
 
-      def self.all
+      def self.all(gl_repository)
         return {} unless RequestStore.active?
 
-        RequestStore.fetch(:gitlab_git_env) { {} }
+        h = RequestStore.fetch(:gitlab_git_env) { {} }
+        h.fetch(gl_repository, {})
       end
 
-      def self.to_env_hash
+      def self.to_env_hash(gl_repository)
         env = {}
 
-        all.compact.each do |key, value|
+        all(gl_repository).compact.each do |key, value|
           value = value.join(File::PATH_SEPARATOR) if value.is_a?(Array)
           env[key.to_s] = value
         end
@@ -41,10 +43,6 @@ module Gitlab
         env
       end
 
-      def self.[](key)
-        all[key]
-      end
-
       def self.whitelist_git_env(env)
         env.select { |key, _| WHITELISTED_VARIABLES.include?(key.to_s) }.with_indifferent_access
       end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/git/repository.rb b/lib/gitlab/git/repository.rb
index 2d16a81c888..e692c9ce342 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/git/repository.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/git/repository.rb
@@ -1745,21 +1745,11 @@ module Gitlab
       end
 
       def alternate_object_directories
-        relative_paths = relative_object_directories
-
-        if relative_paths.any?
-          relative_paths.map { |d| File.join(path, d) }
-        else
-          absolute_object_directories.flat_map { |d| d.split(File::PATH_SEPARATOR) }
-        end
+        relative_object_directories.map { |d| File.join(path, d) }
       end
 
       def relative_object_directories
-        Gitlab::Git::Env.all.values_at(*ALLOWED_OBJECT_RELATIVE_DIRECTORIES_VARIABLES).flatten.compact
-      end
-
-      def absolute_object_directories
-        Gitlab::Git::Env.all.values_at(*ALLOWED_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES_VARIABLES).flatten.compact
+        Gitlab::Git::HookEnv.all(gl_repository).values_at(*ALLOWED_OBJECT_RELATIVE_DIRECTORIES_VARIABLES).flatten.compact
       end
 
       # Get the content of a blob for a given commit.  If the blob is a commit
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/util.rb b/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/util.rb
index a8c6d478de8..405567db94a 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/util.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/util.rb
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@ module Gitlab
     module Util
       class << self
         def repository(repository_storage, relative_path, gl_repository)
-          git_object_directory = Gitlab::Git::Env['GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY_RELATIVE'].presence ||
-            Gitlab::Git::Env['GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY'].presence
-          git_alternate_object_directories =
-            Array.wrap(Gitlab::Git::Env['GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES_RELATIVE']).presence ||
-            Array.wrap(Gitlab::Git::Env['GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES']).flat_map { |d| d.split(File::PATH_SEPARATOR) }
+          git_env = Gitlab::Git::HookEnv.all(gl_repository)
+          git_object_directory = git_env['GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY_RELATIVE'].presence
+          git_alternate_object_directories = Array.wrap(git_env['GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES_RELATIVE'])
 
           Gitaly::Repository.new(
             storage_name: repository_storage,
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/git/env_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/git/hook_env_spec.rb
similarity index 54%
rename from spec/lib/gitlab/git/env_spec.rb
rename to spec/lib/gitlab/git/hook_env_spec.rb
index 03836d49518..e6aa5ad8c90 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/git/env_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/git/hook_env_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
-describe Gitlab::Git::Env do
+describe Gitlab::Git::HookEnv do
+  let(:gl_repository) { 'project-123' }
+
   describe ".set" do
     context 'with RequestStore.store disabled' do
       before do
@@ -8,9 +10,9 @@ describe Gitlab::Git::Env do
       end
 
       it 'does not store anything' do
-        described_class.set(GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY: 'foo')
+        described_class.set(gl_repository, GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY_RELATIVE: 'foo')
 
-        expect(described_class.all).to be_empty
+        expect(described_class.all(gl_repository)).to be_empty
       end
     end
 
@@ -21,15 +23,19 @@ describe Gitlab::Git::Env do
 
       it 'whitelist some `GIT_*` variables and stores them using RequestStore' do
         described_class.set(
-          GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY: 'foo',
-          GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES: 'bar',
+          gl_repository,
+          GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY_RELATIVE: 'foo',
+          GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES_RELATIVE: 'bar',
           GIT_EXEC_PATH: 'baz',
           PATH: '~/.bin:/bin')
 
-        expect(described_class[:GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY]).to eq('foo')
-        expect(described_class[:GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES]).to eq('bar')
-        expect(described_class[:GIT_EXEC_PATH]).to be_nil
-        expect(described_class[:bar]).to be_nil
+        git_env = described_class.all(gl_repository)
+
+        expect(git_env[:GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY_RELATIVE]).to eq('foo')
+        expect(git_env[:GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES_RELATIVE]).to eq('bar')
+        expect(git_env[:GIT_EXEC_PATH]).to be_nil
+        expect(git_env[:PATH]).to be_nil
+        expect(git_env[:bar]).to be_nil
       end
     end
   end
@@ -39,14 +45,15 @@ describe Gitlab::Git::Env do
       before do
         allow(RequestStore).to receive(:active?).and_return(true)
         described_class.set(
-          GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY: 'foo',
-          GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES: ['bar'])
+          gl_repository,
+          GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY_RELATIVE: 'foo',
+          GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES_RELATIVE: ['bar'])
       end
 
       it 'returns an env hash' do
-        expect(described_class.all).to eq({
-          'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY' => 'foo',
-          'GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES' => ['bar']
+        expect(described_class.all(gl_repository)).to eq({
+          'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY_RELATIVE' => 'foo',
+          'GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES_RELATIVE' => ['bar']
         })
       end
     end
@@ -56,8 +63,8 @@ describe Gitlab::Git::Env do
     context 'with RequestStore.store enabled' do
       using RSpec::Parameterized::TableSyntax
 
-      let(:key) { 'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY' }
-      subject { described_class.to_env_hash }
+      let(:key) { 'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY_RELATIVE' }
+      subject { described_class.to_env_hash(gl_repository) }
 
       where(:input, :output) do
         nil         | nil
@@ -70,7 +77,7 @@ describe Gitlab::Git::Env do
       with_them do
         before do
           allow(RequestStore).to receive(:active?).and_return(true)
-          described_class.set(key.to_sym => input)
+          described_class.set(gl_repository, key.to_sym => input)
         end
 
         it 'puts the right value in the hash' do
@@ -84,47 +91,25 @@ describe Gitlab::Git::Env do
     end
   end
 
-  describe ".[]" do
-    context 'with RequestStore.store enabled' do
-      before do
-        allow(RequestStore).to receive(:active?).and_return(true)
-      end
-
-      before do
-        described_class.set(
-          GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY: 'foo',
-          GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES: 'bar')
-      end
-
-      it 'returns a stored value for an existing key' do
-        expect(described_class[:GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY]).to eq('foo')
-      end
-
-      it 'returns nil for an non-existing key' do
-        expect(described_class[:foo]).to be_nil
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
   describe 'thread-safety' do
     context 'with RequestStore.store enabled' do
       before do
         allow(RequestStore).to receive(:active?).and_return(true)
-        described_class.set(GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY: 'foo')
+        described_class.set(gl_repository, GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY_RELATIVE: 'foo')
       end
 
       it 'is thread-safe' do
         another_thread = Thread.new do
-          described_class.set(GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY: 'bar')
+          described_class.set(gl_repository, GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY_RELATIVE: 'bar')
 
           Thread.stop
-          described_class[:GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY]
+          described_class.all(gl_repository)[:GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY_RELATIVE]
         end
 
         # Ensure another_thread runs first
         sleep 0.1 until another_thread.stop?
 
-        expect(described_class[:GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY]).to eq('foo')
+        expect(described_class.all(gl_repository)[:GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY_RELATIVE]).to eq('foo')
 
         another_thread.run
         expect(another_thread.value).to eq('bar')
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/git/repository_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/git/repository_spec.rb
index 0e315b3f49e..5cbe2808d0b 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/git/repository_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/git/repository_spec.rb
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ describe Gitlab::Git::Repository, seed_helper: true do
     describe 'alternates keyword argument' do
       context 'with no Git env stored' do
         before do
-          allow(Gitlab::Git::Env).to receive(:all).and_return({})
+          allow(Gitlab::Git::HookEnv).to receive(:all).and_return({})
         end
 
         it "is passed an empty array" do
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ describe Gitlab::Git::Repository, seed_helper: true do
 
       context 'with absolute and relative Git object dir envvars stored' do
         before do
-          allow(Gitlab::Git::Env).to receive(:all).and_return({
+          allow(Gitlab::Git::HookEnv).to receive(:all).and_return({
             'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY_RELATIVE' => './objects/foo',
             'GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES_RELATIVE' => ['./objects/bar', './objects/baz'],
             'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY' => 'ignored',
@@ -148,22 +148,6 @@ describe Gitlab::Git::Repository, seed_helper: true do
           repository.rugged
         end
       end
-
-      context 'with only absolute Git object dir envvars stored' do
-        before do
-          allow(Gitlab::Git::Env).to receive(:all).and_return({
-            'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY' => 'foo',
-            'GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES' => %w[bar baz],
-            'GIT_OTHER' => 'another_env'
-          })
-        end
-
-        it "is passed the absolute object dir envvars as is" do
-          expect(Rugged::Repository).to receive(:new).with(repository.path, alternates: %w[foo bar baz])
-
-          repository.rugged
-        end
-      end
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/git/rev_list_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/git/rev_list_spec.rb
index 4e0ee206219..32ec1e029c8 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/git/rev_list_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/git/rev_list_spec.rb
@@ -3,17 +3,6 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 describe Gitlab::Git::RevList do
   let(:repository) { create(:project, :repository).repository.raw }
   let(:rev_list) { described_class.new(repository, newrev: 'newrev') }
-  let(:env_hash) do
-    {
-      'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY' => 'foo',
-      'GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES' => 'bar'
-    }
-  end
-  let(:command_env) { { 'GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES' => 'foo:bar' } }
-
-  before do
-    allow(Gitlab::Git::Env).to receive(:all).and_return(env_hash)
-  end
 
   def args_for_popen(args_list)
     [Gitlab.config.git.bin_path, 'rev-list', *args_list]
@@ -23,7 +12,7 @@ describe Gitlab::Git::RevList do
     params = [
       args_for_popen(additional_args),
       repository.path,
-      command_env,
+      {},
       hash_including(lazy_block: with_lazy_block ? anything : nil)
     ]
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/util_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/util_spec.rb
index d1e0136f8c1..550db6db6d9 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/util_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/util_spec.rb
@@ -7,16 +7,19 @@ describe Gitlab::GitalyClient::Util do
     let(:gl_repository) { 'project-1' }
     let(:git_object_directory) { '.git/objects' }
     let(:git_alternate_object_directory) { ['/dir/one', '/dir/two'] }
+    let(:git_env) do
+      {
+        'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY_RELATIVE' => git_object_directory,
+        'GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES_RELATIVE' => git_alternate_object_directory
+      }
+    end
 
     subject do
       described_class.repository(repository_storage, relative_path, gl_repository)
     end
 
     it 'creates a Gitaly::Repository with the given data' do
-      allow(Gitlab::Git::Env).to receive(:[]).with('GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY_RELATIVE')
-        .and_return(git_object_directory)
-      allow(Gitlab::Git::Env).to receive(:[]).with('GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES_RELATIVE')
-        .and_return(git_alternate_object_directory)
+      allow(Gitlab::Git::HookEnv).to receive(:all).with(gl_repository).and_return(git_env)
 
       expect(subject).to be_a(Gitaly::Repository)
       expect(subject.storage_name).to eq(repository_storage)
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/internal_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/internal_spec.rb
index 3cb90a1b8ef..db8c5f963d6 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/internal_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/internal_spec.rb
@@ -251,44 +251,23 @@ describe API::Internal do
       end
 
       context 'with env passed as a JSON' do
-        context 'when relative path envs are not set' do
-          it 'sets env in RequestStore' do
-            expect(Gitlab::Git::Env).to receive(:set).with({
-              'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY' => 'foo',
-              'GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES' => 'bar'
-            })
+        let(:gl_repository) { project.gl_repository(is_wiki: true) }
 
-            push(key, project.wiki, env: {
-              GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY: 'foo',
-              GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES: 'bar'
-            }.to_json)
+        it 'sets env in RequestStore' do
+          obj_dir_relative = './objects'
+          alt_obj_dirs_relative = ['./alt-objects-1', './alt-objects-2']
 
-            expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(200)
-          end
-        end
+          expect(Gitlab::Git::HookEnv).to receive(:set).with(gl_repository, {
+            'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY_RELATIVE' => obj_dir_relative,
+            'GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES_RELATIVE' => alt_obj_dirs_relative
+          })
 
-        context 'when relative path envs are set' do
-          it 'sets env in RequestStore' do
-            obj_dir_relative = './objects'
-            alt_obj_dirs_relative = ['./alt-objects-1', './alt-objects-2']
-            repo_path = project.wiki.repository.path_to_repo
+          push(key, project.wiki, env: {
+            GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY_RELATIVE: obj_dir_relative,
+            GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES_RELATIVE: alt_obj_dirs_relative
+          }.to_json)
 
-            expect(Gitlab::Git::Env).to receive(:set).with({
-              'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY' => File.join(repo_path, obj_dir_relative),
-              'GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES' => alt_obj_dirs_relative.map { |d| File.join(repo_path, d) },
-              'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY_RELATIVE' => obj_dir_relative,
-              'GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES_RELATIVE' => alt_obj_dirs_relative
-            })
-
-            push(key, project.wiki, env: {
-              GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY: 'foo',
-              GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES: 'bar',
-              GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY_RELATIVE: obj_dir_relative,
-              GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES_RELATIVE: alt_obj_dirs_relative
-            }.to_json)
-
-            expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(200)
-          end
+          expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(200)
         end
       end