diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 461c845d33..5e7e9022bd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1472,6 +1472,8 @@ ifdef APPLE_COMMON_CRYPTO
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DSHA1_APPLE
 else
 	DC_SHA1 := YesPlease
+	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DSHA1_DC
+	LIB_OBJS += sha1dc_git.o
 ifdef DC_SHA1_SUBMODULE
 	LIB_OBJS += sha1collisiondetection/lib/sha1.o
 	LIB_OBJS += sha1collisiondetection/lib/ubc_check.o
@@ -1481,12 +1483,9 @@ else
 	LIB_OBJS += sha1dc/ubc_check.o
 endif
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += \
-		-DSHA1_DC \
 		-DSHA1DC_NO_STANDARD_INCLUDES \
 		-DSHA1DC_INIT_SAFE_HASH_DEFAULT=0 \
 		-DSHA1DC_CUSTOM_INCLUDE_SHA1_C="\"cache.h\"" \
-		-DSHA1DC_CUSTOM_TRAILING_INCLUDE_SHA1_C="\"sha1dc_git.c\"" \
-		-DSHA1DC_CUSTOM_TRAILING_INCLUDE_SHA1_H="\"sha1dc_git.h\"" \
 		-DSHA1DC_CUSTOM_INCLUDE_UBC_CHECK_C="\"git-compat-util.h\""
 endif
 endif
diff --git a/hash.h b/hash.h
index bef3e630a0..024d0d3d50 100644
--- a/hash.h
+++ b/hash.h
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@
 #elif defined(SHA1_OPENSSL)
 #include <openssl/sha.h>
 #elif defined(SHA1_DC)
-#ifdef DC_SHA1_SUBMODULE
-#include "sha1collisiondetection/lib/sha1.h"
-#else
-#include "sha1dc/sha1.h"
-#endif
+#include "sha1dc_git.h"
 #else /* SHA1_BLK */
 #include "block-sha1/sha1.h"
 #endif
diff --git a/sha1dc_git.c b/sha1dc_git.c
index 4d32b4f77e..79466414f8 100644
--- a/sha1dc_git.c
+++ b/sha1dc_git.c
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-/*
- * This code is included at the end of sha1dc/sha1.c with the
- * SHA1DC_CUSTOM_TRAILING_INCLUDE_SHA1_C macro.
- */
+#include "cache.h"
 
+/*
+ * Same as SHA1DCFinal, but convert collision attack case into a verbose die().
+ */
 void git_SHA1DCFinal(unsigned char hash[20], SHA1_CTX *ctx)
 {
 	if (!SHA1DCFinal(hash, ctx))
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ void git_SHA1DCFinal(unsigned char hash[20], SHA1_CTX *ctx)
 	    sha1_to_hex(hash));
 }
 
+/*
+ * Same as SHA1DCUpdate, but adjust types to match git's usual interface.
+ */
 void git_SHA1DCUpdate(SHA1_CTX *ctx, const void *vdata, unsigned long len)
 {
 	const char *data = vdata;
diff --git a/sha1dc_git.h b/sha1dc_git.h
index a8a5c1da16..af3e9514bc 100644
--- a/sha1dc_git.h
+++ b/sha1dc_git.h
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
-/*
- * This code is included at the end of sha1dc/sha1.h with the
- * SHA1DC_CUSTOM_TRAILING_INCLUDE_SHA1_H macro.
- */
+/* Plumbing with collition-detecting SHA1 code */
+
+#ifdef DC_SHA1_SUBMODULE
+#include "sha1collisiondetection/lib/sha1.h"
+#else
+#include "sha1dc/sha1.h"
+#endif
 
-/*
- * Same as SHA1DCFinal, but convert collision attack case into a verbose die().
- */
 void git_SHA1DCFinal(unsigned char [20], SHA1_CTX *);
-
-/*
- * Same as SHA1DCUpdate, but adjust types to match git's usual interface.
- */
 void git_SHA1DCUpdate(SHA1_CTX *ctx, const void *data, unsigned long len);
 
 #define platform_SHA_CTX SHA1_CTX