diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c
index e708e8b6aa1..8d5f8e58851 100644
--- a/bisect.c
+++ b/bisect.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "diff.h"
diff --git a/bundle.c b/bundle.c
index 6471489975a..a5505368de5 100644
--- a/bundle.c
+++ b/bundle.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
 #include "bundle.h"
 #include "environment.h"
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index bad31c423a4..878b4473e4c 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "commit-graph.h"
diff --git a/delta-islands.c b/delta-islands.c
index 40f2ccfb550..c824a5f6a42 100644
--- a/delta-islands.c
+++ b/delta-islands.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "alloc.h"
 #include "attr.h"
 #include "object.h"
diff --git a/diff-no-index.c b/diff-no-index.c
index 934a24bee58..4296940f907 100644
--- a/diff-no-index.c
+++ b/diff-no-index.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2008 by Junio C Hamano
  */
 
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "abspath.h"
 #include "color.h"
 #include "commit.h"
diff --git a/fsck.c b/fsck.c
index 8ef1b022346..adbe8bf59e7 100644
--- a/fsck.c
+++ b/fsck.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "alloc.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "object-store.h"
diff --git a/http-push.c b/http-push.c
index a8af6c0f690..637a4e91f7a 100644
--- a/http-push.c
+++ b/http-push.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "repository.h"
diff --git a/list-objects-filter.c b/list-objects-filter.c
index 8b2a45e507d..5d270ce5987 100644
--- a/list-objects-filter.c
+++ b/list-objects-filter.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "alloc.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
diff --git a/list-objects.c b/list-objects.c
index df18d103063..eecca721ac0 100644
--- a/list-objects.c
+++ b/list-objects.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
diff --git a/log-tree.c b/log-tree.c
index f0e885635e0..b5cf3d8439c 100644
--- a/log-tree.c
+++ b/log-tree.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "commit-reach.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "diff.h"
diff --git a/pack-bitmap-write.c b/pack-bitmap-write.c
index 7f5f489beb0..faf67c94d37 100644
--- a/pack-bitmap-write.c
+++ b/pack-bitmap-write.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "alloc.h"
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
diff --git a/parse-options-cb.c b/parse-options-cb.c
index b4df4bcebed..26a4c7d08a9 100644
--- a/parse-options-cb.c
+++ b/parse-options-cb.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "branch.h"
-#include "cache.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "color.h"
 #include "environment.h"
diff --git a/rebase-interactive.c b/rebase-interactive.c
index 48467a7bc4a..6ff12d7be2d 100644
--- a/rebase-interactive.c
+++ b/rebase-interactive.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
diff --git a/submodule-config.c b/submodule-config.c
index 252b90aa439..7fc0812b644 100644
--- a/submodule-config.c
+++ b/submodule-config.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "alloc.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "environment.h"
diff --git a/tag.c b/tag.c
index b9fc2fc9929..96dbd5b2d55 100644
--- a/tag.c
+++ b/tag.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "object-name.h"
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index 7374cfd1fa9..8d3ad8022a4 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "advice.h"
 #include "alloc.h"
 #include "config.h"
diff --git a/walker.c b/walker.c
index cfbd257fdba..24ff7dfdc28 100644
--- a/walker.c
+++ b/walker.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "hex.h"
 #include "walker.h"