diff --git a/archive.h b/archive.h
index f6ceaebc8fb8694349ee9e755dd50e366c33d5ce..929368d80b2d73fa926da532fe526be85f5a4c47 100644
--- a/archive.h
+++ b/archive.h
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef ARCHIVE_H
 #define ARCHIVE_H
 
-#define MAX_EXTRA_ARGS	32
-#define MAX_ARGS	(MAX_EXTRA_ARGS + 32)
-
 struct archiver_args {
 	const char *base;
 	size_t baselen;
diff --git a/builtin-upload-archive.c b/builtin-upload-archive.c
index cc37b36d996cfc293987a30e23725d28bd635f57..a9b02fa32f372a6810867c10560a20d58b5b2a91 100644
--- a/builtin-upload-archive.c
+++ b/builtin-upload-archive.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ static const char deadchild[] =
 static const char lostchild[] =
 "git upload-archive: archiver process was lost";
 
+#define MAX_ARGS (64)
 
 static int run_upload_archive(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ static int run_upload_archive(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		if (len == 0)
 			break;	/* got a flush */
 		if (sent_argc > MAX_ARGS - 2)
-			die("Too many options (>29)");
+			die("Too many options (>%d)", MAX_ARGS - 2);
 
 		if (p[len-1] == '\n') {
 			p[--len] = 0;