diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 8704451e52..2fece98c60 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ _git_diff ()
 }
 
 __git_mergetools_common="diffuse diffmerge ecmerge emerge kdiff3 meld opendiff
-			tkdiff vimdiff gvimdiff xxdiff araxis p4merge bc3 codecompare
+			tkdiff vimdiff gvimdiff xxdiff araxis p4merge bc codecompare
 "
 
 _git_difftool ()
diff --git a/git-mergetool--lib.sh b/git-mergetool--lib.sh
index c45a020301..a40d3dfea6 100644
--- a/git-mergetool--lib.sh
+++ b/git-mergetool--lib.sh
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ list_merge_tool_candidates () {
 			tools="opendiff kdiff3 tkdiff xxdiff meld $tools"
 		fi
 		tools="$tools gvimdiff diffuse diffmerge ecmerge"
-		tools="$tools p4merge araxis bc3 codecompare"
+		tools="$tools p4merge araxis bc codecompare"
 	fi
 	case "${VISUAL:-$EDITOR}" in
 	*vim*)
diff --git a/mergetools/bc b/mergetools/bc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6319d206e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mergetools/bc
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff_cmd () {
+	"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+}
+
+merge_cmd () {
+	touch "$BACKUP"
+	if $base_present
+	then
+		"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$BASE" \
+			-mergeoutput="$MERGED"
+	else
+		"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
+			-mergeoutput="$MERGED"
+	fi
+	check_unchanged
+}
+
+translate_merge_tool_path() {
+	if type bcomp >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+	then
+		echo bcomp
+	else
+		echo bcompare
+	fi
+}
diff --git a/mergetools/bc3 b/mergetools/bc3
index b6319d206e..5d8dd48184 100644
--- a/mergetools/bc3
+++ b/mergetools/bc3
@@ -1,25 +1 @@
-diff_cmd () {
-	"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
-}
-
-merge_cmd () {
-	touch "$BACKUP"
-	if $base_present
-	then
-		"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$BASE" \
-			-mergeoutput="$MERGED"
-	else
-		"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" \
-			-mergeoutput="$MERGED"
-	fi
-	check_unchanged
-}
-
-translate_merge_tool_path() {
-	if type bcomp >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
-	then
-		echo bcomp
-	else
-		echo bcompare
-	fi
-}
+. "$MERGE_TOOLS_DIR/bc"