diff --git a/headers/private/kernel/slab/Slab.h b/headers/private/kernel/slab/Slab.h
index 8197d98147..366cd0dfa0 100644
--- a/headers/private/kernel/slab/Slab.h
+++ b/headers/private/kernel/slab/Slab.h
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 object_cache* create_object_cache(const char* name, size_t objectSize,
-	size_t alignment, void* cookie, object_cache_constructor constructor,
-	object_cache_destructor destructor);
+	uint32 flags);
 object_cache* create_object_cache_etc(const char* name, size_t objectSize,
 	size_t alignment, size_t maxByteUsage, size_t magazineCapacity,
 	size_t maxMagazineCount, uint32 flags, void* cookie,
diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/scsi/ccb.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/scsi/ccb.cpp
index 7e7e9d757e..3394284664 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/scsi/ccb.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/scsi/ccb.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ scsi_free_ccb(scsi_ccb *ccb)
 status_t
 init_ccb_alloc()
 {
-	sCcbPool = create_object_cache("scsi ccb", sizeof(scsi_ccb), 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+	sCcbPool = create_object_cache("scsi ccb", sizeof(scsi_ccb), 0);
 	if (sCcbPool == NULL)
 		return B_NO_MEMORY;
 
diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/scsi/scatter_gather.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/scsi/scatter_gather.cpp
index 63272f8c19..c5b12049ff 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/scsi/scatter_gather.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/scsi/scatter_gather.cpp
@@ -163,8 +163,7 @@ int
 init_temp_sg(void)
 {
 	sTempScatterGatherPool = create_object_cache("scsi temp s/g",
-		MAX_TEMP_SG_FRAGMENTS * sizeof(physical_entry), 0,
-		NULL, NULL, NULL);
+		MAX_TEMP_SG_FRAGMENTS * sizeof(physical_entry), 0);
 	if (sTempScatterGatherPool == NULL)
 		return B_NO_MEMORY;
 
diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/kernel_interface.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/kernel_interface.cpp
index ae167c47ef..946c29b1b7 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/kernel_interface.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/kernel_interface.cpp
@@ -1152,13 +1152,12 @@ packagefs_std_ops(int32 op, ...)
 			PackageFileHeapAccessorBase::sQuadChunkCache = quadChunkCache =
 				create_object_cache("pkgfs heap buffers",
 					PackageFileHeapAccessorBase::kChunkSize * 4,
-					0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+					0);
 			object_cache_set_minimum_reserve(quadChunkCache, 1);
 
 			TwoKeyAVLTreeNode<void*>::sNodeCache =
-				create_object_cache_etc("pkgfs TKAVLTreeNodes",
-					sizeof(TwoKeyAVLTreeNode<void*>), 8,
-					0, 0, 0, CACHE_NO_DEPOT, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+				create_object_cache("pkgfs TKAVLTreeNodes",
+					sizeof(TwoKeyAVLTreeNode<void*>), CACHE_NO_DEPOT);
 
 			error = PackageFSRoot::GlobalInit();
 			if (error != B_OK) {
diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/util/ClassCache.h b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/util/ClassCache.h
index 82eb7551b1..4de1b83ec6 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/util/ClassCache.h
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/util/ClassCache.h
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 		if (size != sizeof(CLASS)) \
 			panic("unexpected size passed to operator new!"); \
 		if (s##CLASS##Cache == NULL) { \
-			s##CLASS##Cache = create_object_cache_etc("pkgfs " #CLASS "s", \
-				sizeof(CLASS), 8, 0, 0, 0, CACHE_NO_DEPOT, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL); \
+			s##CLASS##Cache = create_object_cache("pkgfs " #CLASS "s", \
+				sizeof(CLASS), CACHE_NO_DEPOT); \
 		} \
 	\
 		return object_cache_alloc(s##CLASS##Cache, 0); \
diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/network/stack/net_buffer.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/network/stack/net_buffer.cpp
index 769e796b65..4f64cef52d 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/network/stack/net_buffer.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/network/stack/net_buffer.cpp
@@ -2316,12 +2316,12 @@ std_ops(int32 op, ...)
 			//	and keep around half-constructed buffers in the slab
 
 			sNetBufferCache = create_object_cache("net buffer cache",
-				sizeof(net_buffer_private), 8, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+				sizeof(net_buffer_private), 0);
 			if (sNetBufferCache == NULL)
 				return B_NO_MEMORY;
 
-			sDataNodeCache = create_object_cache("data node cache", BUFFER_SIZE,
-				0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+			sDataNodeCache = create_object_cache("data node cache",
+				BUFFER_SIZE, 0);
 			if (sDataNodeCache == NULL) {
 				delete_object_cache(sNetBufferCache);
 				return B_NO_MEMORY;
diff --git a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/mbuf.c b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/mbuf.c
index a538a0a25b..0e2d3fb1ed 100644
--- a/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/mbuf.c
+++ b/src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/mbuf.c
@@ -317,19 +317,16 @@ init_mbufs()
 	if (status != B_OK)
 		goto clean;
 
-	sMBufCache = create_object_cache("mbufs", MSIZE, 8, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+	sMBufCache = create_object_cache("mbufs", MSIZE, 0);
 	if (sMBufCache == NULL)
 		goto clean;
-	sChunkCache = create_object_cache("mbuf chunks", MCLBYTES, 0, NULL, NULL,
-		NULL);
+	sChunkCache = create_object_cache("mbuf chunks", MCLBYTES, 0);
 	if (sChunkCache == NULL)
 		goto clean;
-	sJumbo9ChunkCache = create_object_cache("mbuf jumbo9 chunks", MJUM9BYTES, 0,
-		NULL, NULL, NULL);
+	sJumbo9ChunkCache = create_object_cache("mbuf jumbo9 chunks", MJUM9BYTES, 0);
 	if (sJumbo9ChunkCache == NULL)
 		goto clean;
-	sJumboPageSizeCache = create_object_cache("mbuf page size chunks",
-		MJUMPAGESIZE, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+	sJumboPageSizeCache = create_object_cache("mbuf page chunks", MJUMPAGESIZE, 0);
 	if (sJumboPageSizeCache == NULL)
 		goto clean;
 	return B_OK;
diff --git a/src/system/kernel/cache/block_cache.cpp b/src/system/kernel/cache/block_cache.cpp
index de30baf330..4aaced6cc5 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/cache/block_cache.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/cache/block_cache.cpp
@@ -2971,13 +2971,13 @@ wait_for_notifications(block_cache* cache)
 status_t
 block_cache_init(void)
 {
-	sBlockCache = create_object_cache_etc("cached blocks", sizeof(cached_block),
-		8, 0, 0, 0, CACHE_LARGE_SLAB, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+	sBlockCache = create_object_cache("cached blocks", sizeof(cached_block),
+		CACHE_LARGE_SLAB);
 	if (sBlockCache == NULL)
 		return B_NO_MEMORY;
 
 	sCacheNotificationCache = create_object_cache("cache notifications",
-		sizeof(cache_listener), 8, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+		sizeof(cache_listener), 0);
 	if (sCacheNotificationCache == NULL)
 		return B_NO_MEMORY;
 
diff --git a/src/system/kernel/fs/fifo.cpp b/src/system/kernel/fs/fifo.cpp
index 6f5f4f5dbf..29171dfdc4 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/fs/fifo.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/fs/fifo.cpp
@@ -1332,9 +1332,8 @@ create_fifo_vnode(fs_volume* superVolume, fs_vnode* vnode)
 void
 fifo_init()
 {
-	sRingBufferCache = create_object_cache_etc("fifo ring buffers",
-		kRingBufferCacheObjectSize, 0, 0, 0, 0, CACHE_NO_DEPOT,
-		NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+	sRingBufferCache = create_object_cache("fifo ring buffers",
+		kRingBufferCacheObjectSize, CACHE_NO_DEPOT);
 
 	add_debugger_command_etc("fifo", &Inode::Dump,
 		"Print info about the specified FIFO node",
diff --git a/src/system/kernel/fs/vfs.cpp b/src/system/kernel/fs/vfs.cpp
index d484636b6d..c032622b1b 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/fs/vfs.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/fs/vfs.cpp
@@ -5278,18 +5278,18 @@ vfs_init(kernel_args* args)
 		panic("vfs_init: error creating mounts hash table\n");
 
 	sPathNameCache = create_object_cache("vfs path names",
-		B_PATH_NAME_LENGTH, 8, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+		B_PATH_NAME_LENGTH, 0);
 	if (sPathNameCache == NULL)
 		panic("vfs_init: error creating path name object_cache\n");
 	object_cache_set_minimum_reserve(sPathNameCache, 1);
 
 	sVnodeCache = create_object_cache("vfs vnodes",
-		sizeof(struct vnode), 8, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+		sizeof(struct vnode), 0);
 	if (sVnodeCache == NULL)
 		panic("vfs_init: error creating vnode object_cache\n");
 
 	sFileDescriptorCache = create_object_cache("vfs fds",
-		sizeof(file_descriptor), 8, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+		sizeof(file_descriptor), 0);
 	if (sFileDescriptorCache == NULL)
 		panic("vfs_init: error creating file descriptor object_cache\n");
 
diff --git a/src/system/kernel/slab/Slab.cpp b/src/system/kernel/slab/Slab.cpp
index e306eb303a..c4d4e9fae4 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/slab/Slab.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/slab/Slab.cpp
@@ -1151,12 +1151,10 @@ object_cache_maintainer(void*)
 
 
 object_cache*
-create_object_cache(const char* name, size_t object_size, size_t alignment,
-	void* cookie, object_cache_constructor constructor,
-	object_cache_destructor destructor)
+create_object_cache(const char* name, size_t object_size, uint32 flags)
 {
-	return create_object_cache_etc(name, object_size, alignment, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-		cookie, constructor, destructor, NULL);
+	return create_object_cache_etc(name, object_size, 0, 0, 0, 0, flags,
+		NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/system/kernel/thread.cpp b/src/system/kernel/thread.cpp
index 7064b950d8..3ffdc6f5f5 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/thread.cpp
@@ -2743,8 +2743,8 @@ thread_init(kernel_args *args)
 		panic("thread_init(): failed to init thread hash table!");
 
 	// create the thread structure object cache
-	sThreadCache = create_object_cache("threads", sizeof(Thread), 64, NULL,
-		NULL, NULL);
+	sThreadCache = create_object_cache_etc("threads", sizeof(Thread), 64,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 		// Note: The x86 port requires 64 byte alignment of thread structures.
 	if (sThreadCache == NULL)
 		panic("thread_init(): failed to allocate thread object cache!");
diff --git a/src/system/kernel/vm/VMAnonymousCache.cpp b/src/system/kernel/vm/VMAnonymousCache.cpp
index b7874246d4..0de4a554b4 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/vm/VMAnonymousCache.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/vm/VMAnonymousCache.cpp
@@ -1551,8 +1551,7 @@ void
 swap_init(void)
 {
 	// create swap block cache
-	sSwapBlockCache = create_object_cache("swapblock", sizeof(swap_block),
-		sizeof(void*), NULL, NULL, NULL);
+	sSwapBlockCache = create_object_cache("swapblock", sizeof(swap_block), 0);
 	if (sSwapBlockCache == NULL)
 		panic("swap_init(): can't create object cache for swap blocks\n");
 
diff --git a/src/system/kernel/vm/VMCache.cpp b/src/system/kernel/vm/VMCache.cpp
index 03a27bb87b..fb6b66c622 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/vm/VMCache.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/vm/VMCache.cpp
@@ -507,20 +507,19 @@ vm_cache_init(kernel_args* args)
 {
 	// Create object caches for the structures we allocate here.
 	gCacheRefObjectCache = create_object_cache("cache refs", sizeof(VMCacheRef),
-		0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+		0);
 #if ENABLE_SWAP_SUPPORT
 	gAnonymousCacheObjectCache = create_object_cache("anon caches",
-		sizeof(VMAnonymousCache), 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+		sizeof(VMAnonymousCache), 0);
 #endif
 	gAnonymousNoSwapCacheObjectCache = create_object_cache(
-		"anon no-swap caches", sizeof(VMAnonymousNoSwapCache), 0, NULL, NULL,
-		NULL);
+		"anon no-swap caches", sizeof(VMAnonymousNoSwapCache), 0);
 	gVnodeCacheObjectCache = create_object_cache("vnode caches",
-		sizeof(VMVnodeCache), 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+		sizeof(VMVnodeCache), 0);
 	gDeviceCacheObjectCache = create_object_cache("device caches",
-		sizeof(VMDeviceCache), 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+		sizeof(VMDeviceCache), 0);
 	gNullCacheObjectCache = create_object_cache("null caches",
-		sizeof(VMNullCache), 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+		sizeof(VMNullCache), 0);
 
 	if (gCacheRefObjectCache == NULL
 #if ENABLE_SWAP_SUPPORT
diff --git a/src/system/kernel/vm/VMKernelAddressSpace.cpp b/src/system/kernel/vm/VMKernelAddressSpace.cpp
index 81c58b9c4d..e4972e6a6c 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/vm/VMKernelAddressSpace.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/vm/VMKernelAddressSpace.cpp
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ status_t
 VMKernelAddressSpace::InitObject()
 {
 	fAreaObjectCache = create_object_cache("kernel areas",
-		sizeof(VMKernelArea), 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+		sizeof(VMKernelArea), 0);
 	if (fAreaObjectCache == NULL)
 		return B_NO_MEMORY;
 
 	fRangesObjectCache = create_object_cache("kernel address ranges",
-		sizeof(Range), 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+		sizeof(Range), 0);
 	if (fRangesObjectCache == NULL)
 		return B_NO_MEMORY;
 
diff --git a/src/tests/add-ons/kernel/kernelland_emu/slab.cpp b/src/tests/add-ons/kernel/kernelland_emu/slab.cpp
index 810660cf7d..cca68a850d 100644
--- a/src/tests/add-ons/kernel/kernelland_emu/slab.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/add-ons/kernel/kernelland_emu/slab.cpp
@@ -31,12 +31,10 @@ struct ObjectCache {
 
 
 object_cache *
-create_object_cache(const char *name, size_t objectSize,
-	size_t alignment, void *cookie, object_cache_constructor constructor,
-	object_cache_destructor destructor)
+create_object_cache(const char *name, size_t object_size, uint32 flags)
 {
-	return new(std::nothrow) ObjectCache(name, objectSize, alignment,
-		0, 0, cookie, constructor, destructor, NULL);
+	return create_object_cache_etc(name, object_size, 0, 0, 0, 0, flags,
+		NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 }