diff --git a/compat/terminal.c b/compat/terminal.c
index ed2b30b38f..d87e321189 100644
--- a/compat/terminal.c
+++ b/compat/terminal.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "compat/terminal.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "sigchain.h"
diff --git a/gpg-interface.c b/gpg-interface.c
index 6644701fda..aceeb08336 100644
--- a/gpg-interface.c
+++ b/gpg-interface.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
diff --git a/lockfile.c b/lockfile.c
index 673c21d17a..1d5ed01682 100644
--- a/lockfile.c
+++ b/lockfile.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2005, Junio C Hamano
  */
 
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "abspath.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
index a577cc85f6..b6803647d0 100644
--- a/parse-options.c
+++ b/parse-options.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "abspath.h"
-#include "cache.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "color.h"
diff --git a/t/helper/test-delta.c b/t/helper/test-delta.c
index 6609fcbc12..e7d134ec25 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-delta.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-delta.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include "test-tool.h"
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "delta.h"
-#include "cache.h"
 #include "wrapper.h"
 
 static const char usage_str[] =
diff --git a/t/helper/test-trace2.c b/t/helper/test-trace2.c
index f374c21ec3..a476df6c6c 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-trace2.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-trace2.c
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #include "test-tool.h"
-#include "cache.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "exec-cmd.h"
 #include "config.h"
+#include "trace2.h"
 
 typedef int(fn_unit_test)(int argc, const char **argv);
 
diff --git a/tempfile.c b/tempfile.c
index cdd2cab3ba..50c377134c 100644
--- a/tempfile.c
+++ b/tempfile.c
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
  * file created by its parent.
  */
 
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "path.h"
 #include "tempfile.h"
 #include "sigchain.h"
 #include "wrapper.h"
diff --git a/trace2/tr2_cfg.c b/trace2/tr2_cfg.c
index ec9ac1a6ef..78cfc15d52 100644
--- a/trace2/tr2_cfg.c
+++ b/trace2/tr2_cfg.c
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "config.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
+#include "trace2.h"
 #include "trace2/tr2_cfg.h"
 #include "trace2/tr2_sysenv.h"
 
diff --git a/trace2/tr2_cmd_name.c b/trace2/tr2_cmd_name.c
index dd313204f5..b7b5a869b7 100644
--- a/trace2/tr2_cmd_name.c
+++ b/trace2/tr2_cmd_name.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
 #include "trace2/tr2_cmd_name.h"
 
 #define TR2_ENVVAR_PARENT_NAME "GIT_TRACE2_PARENT_NAME"
diff --git a/trace2/tr2_dst.c b/trace2/tr2_dst.c
index 273260e1f1..5be892cd5c 100644
--- a/trace2/tr2_dst.c
+++ b/trace2/tr2_dst.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "abspath.h"
 #include "sigchain.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
 #include "trace2/tr2_dst.h"
 #include "trace2/tr2_sid.h"
 #include "trace2/tr2_sysenv.h"
diff --git a/trace2/tr2_sid.c b/trace2/tr2_sid.c
index 5f1ce6f85c..09c4ef0d17 100644
--- a/trace2/tr2_sid.c
+++ b/trace2/tr2_sid.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "hex.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
 #include "trace2/tr2_tbuf.h"
 #include "trace2/tr2_sid.h"
 
diff --git a/usage.c b/usage.c
index b53c99dbe5..46d99f8bd4 100644
--- a/usage.c
+++ b/usage.c
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
  */
-#include "cache.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
+#include "trace2.h"
 #include "wrapper.h"
 
 static void vreportf(const char *prefix, const char *err, va_list params)