diff --git a/include/qpdf/QPDF.hh b/include/qpdf/QPDF.hh
index dd4bfe43..5729d3bf 100644
--- a/include/qpdf/QPDF.hh
+++ b/include/qpdf/QPDF.hh
@@ -748,7 +748,6 @@ class QPDF
 
     static std::string const qpdf_version;
 
-    class ObjCache;
     class ObjCopier;
     class EncryptionParameters;
     class ForeignStreamData;
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDF_objects.cc b/libqpdf/QPDF_objects.cc
index b7d0aaf1..5cf9a55e 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDF_objects.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDF_objects.cc
@@ -747,8 +747,8 @@ Xref_table::read_stream(qpdf_offset_t xref_offset)
         QPDFObjGen x_og;
         QPDFObjectHandle xref_obj;
         try {
-            xref_obj = qpdf.objects().read(
-                false, xref_offset, "xref stream", QPDFObjGen(0, 0), x_og, true);
+            xref_obj =
+                objects.read(false, xref_offset, "xref stream", QPDFObjGen(0, 0), x_og, true);
         } catch (QPDFExc&) {
             // ignore -- report error below
         }
@@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ Objects::update_table(QPDFObjGen og, const std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>& object)
         auto& cache = obj_cache[og];
         cache.object->assign(object);
     } else {
-        obj_cache[og] = ObjCache(object);
+        obj_cache[og] = Entry(object);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1723,7 +1723,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle
 Objects::make_indirect(std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> const& obj)
 {
     QPDFObjGen next{next_id()};
-    obj_cache[next] = ObjCache(obj);
+    obj_cache[next] = Entry(obj);
     return qpdf.newIndirect(next, obj_cache[next].object);
 }
 
diff --git a/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_objects.hh b/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_objects.hh
index 9cf74fc6..a0388204 100644
--- a/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_objects.hh
+++ b/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_objects.hh
@@ -375,6 +375,18 @@ class QPDF::Objects
         qpdf_offset_t first_item_offset_{0}; // actual value from file
     }; // Xref_table;
 
+    struct Entry
+    {
+        Entry() = default;
+
+        Entry(std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> object) :
+            object(std::move(object))
+        {
+        }
+
+        std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> object;
+    };
+
     Objects(QPDF& qpdf, QPDF::Members* m, InputSource* const& file) :
         qpdf(qpdf),
         file(file),
@@ -407,7 +419,7 @@ class QPDF::Objects
         return xref.trailer();
     }
 
-    std::map<QPDFObjGen, ObjCache> obj_cache;
+    std::map<QPDFObjGen, Entry> obj_cache;
 
     QPDFObjectHandle readObjectInStream(std::shared_ptr<InputSource>& input, int obj);
     QPDFObjectHandle read(
diff --git a/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_private.hh b/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_private.hh
index 405d0583..e628e053 100644
--- a/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_private.hh
+++ b/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_private.hh
@@ -72,19 +72,6 @@ class QPDF::Pipe
     }
 };
 
-class QPDF::ObjCache
-{
-  public:
-    ObjCache() = default;
-
-    ObjCache(std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> object) :
-        object(object)
-    {
-    }
-
-    std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> object;
-};
-
 class QPDF::ObjCopier
 {
   public: