diff --git a/compat/linux/procinfo.c b/compat/linux/procinfo.c
index bc2f9382a1..4bb2d66227 100644
--- a/compat/linux/procinfo.c
+++ b/compat/linux/procinfo.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
diff --git a/compat/simple-ipc/ipc-shared.c b/compat/simple-ipc/ipc-shared.c
index 1b9d359ab6..e5e1dda8cc 100644
--- a/compat/simple-ipc/ipc-shared.c
+++ b/compat/simple-ipc/ipc-shared.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "simple-ipc.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "pkt-line.h"
diff --git a/connected.c b/connected.c
index a4c0aece75..669bc4e8d6 100644
--- a/connected.c
+++ b/connected.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "object-store.h"
diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c
index febb076a7e..bb8796a829 100644
--- a/grep.c
+++ b/grep.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "grep.h"
diff --git a/negotiator/default.c b/negotiator/default.c
index b7e79feaf0..5dd553a1fe 100644
--- a/negotiator/default.c
+++ b/negotiator/default.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "default.h"
 #include "../commit.h"
 #include "../fetch-negotiator.h"
diff --git a/negotiator/skipping.c b/negotiator/skipping.c
index 264acf8bbe..4157c4d72f 100644
--- a/negotiator/skipping.c
+++ b/negotiator/skipping.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "skipping.h"
 #include "../commit.h"
 #include "../fetch-negotiator.h"
diff --git a/notes-cache.c b/notes-cache.c
index 9dfd251a81..01a918c925 100644
--- a/notes-cache.c
+++ b/notes-cache.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "notes-cache.h"
 #include "object-store.h"
 #include "repository.h"
diff --git a/patch-ids.c b/patch-ids.c
index a4473a88fa..19af7bee98 100644
--- a/patch-ids.c
+++ b/patch-ids.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "diff.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "hash-lookup.h"
diff --git a/reflog.c b/reflog.c
index d1c3937431..4e121e449d 100644
--- a/reflog.c
+++ b/reflog.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "object-store.h"
 #include "reflog.h"
diff --git a/refs/iterator.c b/refs/iterator.c
index c9fd0bcaf9..6b680f610e 100644
--- a/refs/iterator.c
+++ b/refs/iterator.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * documentation about the design and use of reference iterators.
  */
 
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "refs/refs-internal.h"
 #include "iterator.h"
diff --git a/replace-object.c b/replace-object.c
index 9e30e0362b..e98825d585 100644
--- a/replace-object.c
+++ b/replace-object.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "oidmap.h"
diff --git a/t/helper/test-hash.c b/t/helper/test-hash.c
index 016248106a..45d829c908 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-hash.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-hash.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include "test-tool.h"
-#include "cache.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 
 int cmd_hash_impl(int ac, const char **av, int algo)
diff --git a/xdiff-interface.c b/xdiff-interface.c
index 5baf6ceb94..356356afe7 100644
--- a/xdiff-interface.c
+++ b/xdiff-interface.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "object-store.h"