diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 004c2169c9..f802043aa9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ http.o: http.c
 	$(CC) -o $*.o -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) -DGIT_USER_AGENT='"git/$(GIT_VERSION)"' $<
 
 ifdef NO_EXPAT
-http-fetch.o: http-fetch.c
+http-fetch.o: http-fetch.c http.h
 	$(CC) -o $*.o -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) -DNO_EXPAT $<
 endif
 
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ git-ssh-push$X: rsh.o
 
 git-imap-send$X: imap-send.o $(LIB_FILE)
 
+http.o http-fetch.o http-push.o: http.h
 git-http-fetch$X: fetch.o http.o http-fetch.o $(LIB_FILE)
 	$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) \
 		$(LIBS) $(CURL_LIBCURL) $(EXPAT_LIBEXPAT)
diff --git a/http-push.c b/http-push.c
index 40524a8593..b39b36b767 100644
--- a/http-push.c
+++ b/http-push.c
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ static void process_response(void *callback_data)
 	finish_request(request);
 }
 
+#ifdef USE_CURL_MULTI
 static size_t fwrite_sha1_file(void *ptr, size_t eltsize, size_t nmemb,
 			       void *data)
 {
@@ -349,6 +350,41 @@ static void start_fetch_loose(struct transfer_request *request)
 	}
 }
 
+static void start_mkcol(struct transfer_request *request)
+{
+	char *hex = sha1_to_hex(request->obj->sha1);
+	struct active_request_slot *slot;
+	char *posn;
+
+	request->url = xmalloc(strlen(remote->url) + 13);
+	strcpy(request->url, remote->url);
+	posn = request->url + strlen(remote->url);
+	strcpy(posn, "objects/");
+	posn += 8;
+	memcpy(posn, hex, 2);
+	posn += 2;
+	strcpy(posn, "/");
+
+	slot = get_active_slot();
+	slot->callback_func = process_response;
+	slot->callback_data = request;
+	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, 1); /* undo PUT setup */
+	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_URL, request->url);
+	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, request->errorstr);
+	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, DAV_MKCOL);
+	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, fwrite_null);
+
+	if (start_active_slot(slot)) {
+		request->slot = slot;
+		request->state = RUN_MKCOL;
+	} else {
+		request->state = ABORTED;
+		free(request->url);
+		request->url = NULL;
+	}
+}
+#endif
+
 static void start_fetch_packed(struct transfer_request *request)
 {
 	char *url;
@@ -438,40 +474,6 @@ static void start_fetch_packed(struct transfer_request *request)
 	}
 }
 
-static void start_mkcol(struct transfer_request *request)
-{
-	char *hex = sha1_to_hex(request->obj->sha1);
-	struct active_request_slot *slot;
-	char *posn;
-
-	request->url = xmalloc(strlen(remote->url) + 13);
-	strcpy(request->url, remote->url);
-	posn = request->url + strlen(remote->url);
-	strcpy(posn, "objects/");
-	posn += 8;
-	memcpy(posn, hex, 2);
-	posn += 2;
-	strcpy(posn, "/");
-
-	slot = get_active_slot();
-	slot->callback_func = process_response;
-	slot->callback_data = request;
-	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, 1); /* undo PUT setup */
-	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_URL, request->url);
-	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, request->errorstr);
-	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, DAV_MKCOL);
-	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, fwrite_null);
-
-	if (start_active_slot(slot)) {
-		request->slot = slot;
-		request->state = RUN_MKCOL;
-	} else {
-		request->state = ABORTED;
-		free(request->url);
-		request->url = NULL;
-	}
-}
-
 static void start_put(struct transfer_request *request)
 {
 	char *hex = sha1_to_hex(request->obj->sha1);