diff --git a/cli/command_index_optimize.go b/cli/command_index_optimize.go
index 23e1af08c..770af7013 100644
--- a/cli/command_index_optimize.go
+++ b/cli/command_index_optimize.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 var (
 	optimizeCommand              = indexCommands.Command("optimize", "Optimize indexes blobs.")
-	optimizeMinSmallBlobs        = optimizeCommand.Flag("min-small-blobs", "Minimum number of small index blobs that can be left after compaction.").Default("1").Int()
 	optimizeMaxSmallBlobs        = optimizeCommand.Flag("max-small-blobs", "Maximum number of small index blobs that can be left after compaction.").Default("1").Int()
 	optimizeSkipDeletedOlderThan = optimizeCommand.Flag("skip-deleted-older-than", "Skip deleted blobs above given age").Duration()
 	optimizeAllIndexes           = optimizeCommand.Flag("all", "Optimize all indexes, even those above maximum size.").Bool()
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@
 
 func runOptimizeCommand(ctx context.Context, rep *repo.Repository) error {
 	return rep.Content.CompactIndexes(ctx, content.CompactOptions{
-		MinSmallBlobs:        *optimizeMinSmallBlobs,
 		MaxSmallBlobs:        *optimizeMaxSmallBlobs,
 		AllIndexes:           *optimizeAllIndexes,
 		SkipDeletedOlderThan: *optimizeSkipDeletedOlderThan,
diff --git a/repo/content/block_manager_compaction.go b/repo/content/block_manager_compaction.go
index 3071c1047..91b6b9421 100644
--- a/repo/content/block_manager_compaction.go
+++ b/repo/content/block_manager_compaction.go
@@ -11,28 +11,22 @@
 const verySmallContentFraction = 20 // blobs less than 1/verySmallContentFraction of maxPackSize are considered 'very small'
 
 var autoCompactionOptions = CompactOptions{
-	MinSmallBlobs: 4 * parallelFetches, // nolint:gomnd
-	MaxSmallBlobs: 64,                  // nolint:gomnd
+	MaxSmallBlobs: 4 * parallelFetches, // nolint:gomnd
 }
 
 // CompactOptions provides options for compaction
 type CompactOptions struct {
-	MinSmallBlobs        int
 	MaxSmallBlobs        int
 	AllIndexes           bool
 	SkipDeletedOlderThan time.Duration
 }
 
-// CompactIndexes performs compaction of index blobs ensuring that # of small contents is between minSmallContentCount and maxSmallContentCount
+// CompactIndexes performs compaction of index blobs ensuring that # of small index blobs is below opt.maxSmallBlobs
 func (bm *Manager) CompactIndexes(ctx context.Context, opt CompactOptions) error {
-	bm.lock()
-	defer bm.unlock()
-
 	log.Debugf("CompactIndexes(%+v)", opt)
 
-	if opt.MaxSmallBlobs < opt.MinSmallBlobs {
-		return errors.Errorf("invalid content counts")
-	}
+	bm.lock()
+	defer bm.unlock()
 
 	indexBlobs, _, err := bm.loadPackIndexesUnlocked(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -70,13 +64,13 @@ func (bm *Manager) getContentsToCompact(indexBlobs []IndexBlobInfo, opt CompactO
 		}
 	}
 
-	if len(nonCompactedBlobs) < opt.MinSmallBlobs {
+	if len(nonCompactedBlobs) < opt.MaxSmallBlobs {
 		// current count is below min allowed - nothing to do
 		formatLog.Debugf("no small contents to compact")
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	if len(verySmallBlobs) > len(nonCompactedBlobs)/2 && len(mediumSizedBlobs)+1 < opt.MinSmallBlobs {
+	if len(verySmallBlobs) > len(nonCompactedBlobs)/2 && len(mediumSizedBlobs)+1 < opt.MaxSmallBlobs {
 		formatLog.Debugf("compacting %v very small contents", len(verySmallBlobs))
 		return verySmallBlobs
 	}
diff --git a/repo/content/content_manager_test.go b/repo/content/content_manager_test.go
index 35df319a0..fb8ee1619 100644
--- a/repo/content/content_manager_test.go
+++ b/repo/content/content_manager_test.go
@@ -374,10 +374,7 @@ func TestContentManagerConcurrency(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected index count before compaction: %v, wanted %v", got, want)
 	}
 
-	if err := bm4.CompactIndexes(ctx, CompactOptions{
-		MinSmallBlobs: 1,
-		MaxSmallBlobs: 1,
-	}); err != nil {
+	if err := bm4.CompactIndexes(ctx, CompactOptions{MaxSmallBlobs: 1}); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("compaction error: %v", err)
 	}
 
@@ -393,10 +390,7 @@ func TestContentManagerConcurrency(t *testing.T) {
 	verifyContent(ctx, t, bm5, bm2content, seededRandomData(32, 100))
 	verifyContent(ctx, t, bm5, bm3content, seededRandomData(33, 100))
 
-	if err := bm5.CompactIndexes(ctx, CompactOptions{
-		MinSmallBlobs: 1,
-		MaxSmallBlobs: 1,
-	}); err != nil {
+	if err := bm5.CompactIndexes(ctx, CompactOptions{MaxSmallBlobs: 1}); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("compaction error: %v", err)
 	}
 }
@@ -1233,10 +1227,7 @@ func verifyVersionCompat(t *testing.T, writeVersion int) {
 	// make sure we can read everything
 	verifyContentManagerDataSet(ctx, t, mgr, dataSet)
 
-	if err := mgr.CompactIndexes(ctx, CompactOptions{
-		MinSmallBlobs: 1,
-		MaxSmallBlobs: 1,
-	}); err != nil {
+	if err := mgr.CompactIndexes(ctx, CompactOptions{MaxSmallBlobs: 1}); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to compact indexes: %v", err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/repo/repository_test.go b/repo/repository_test.go
index 2102f3941..40b2ec0df 100644
--- a/repo/repository_test.go
+++ b/repo/repository_test.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func TestPackingSimple(t *testing.T) {
 	verify(ctx, t, env.Repository, oid2a, []byte(content2), "packed-object-2")
 	verify(ctx, t, env.Repository, oid3a, []byte(content3), "packed-object-3")
 
-	if err := env.Repository.Content.CompactIndexes(ctx, content.CompactOptions{MinSmallBlobs: 1, MaxSmallBlobs: 1}); err != nil {
+	if err := env.Repository.Content.CompactIndexes(ctx, content.CompactOptions{MaxSmallBlobs: 1}); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("optimize error: %v", err)
 	}
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func TestPackingSimple(t *testing.T) {
 	verify(ctx, t, env.Repository, oid2a, []byte(content2), "packed-object-2")
 	verify(ctx, t, env.Repository, oid3a, []byte(content3), "packed-object-3")
 
-	if err := env.Repository.Content.CompactIndexes(ctx, content.CompactOptions{MinSmallBlobs: 1, MaxSmallBlobs: 1}); err != nil {
+	if err := env.Repository.Content.CompactIndexes(ctx, content.CompactOptions{MaxSmallBlobs: 1}); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("optimize error: %v", err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/repository_stress_test/repository_stress_test.go b/tests/repository_stress_test/repository_stress_test.go
index db8538087..af6f0f46f 100644
--- a/tests/repository_stress_test/repository_stress_test.go
+++ b/tests/repository_stress_test/repository_stress_test.go
@@ -280,10 +280,7 @@ func(ci content.Info) error {
 }
 
 func compact(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, r *repo.Repository) error {
-	return r.Content.CompactIndexes(ctx, content.CompactOptions{
-		MinSmallBlobs: 1,
-		MaxSmallBlobs: 1,
-	})
+	return r.Content.CompactIndexes(ctx, content.CompactOptions{MaxSmallBlobs: 1})
 }
 
 func flush(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, r *repo.Repository) error {