diff --git a/applets/Kbuild b/applets/Kbuild
index 2c6bee999..8999ff097 100644
--- a/applets/Kbuild
+++ b/applets/Kbuild
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ obj-y	+= busybox.o
 
 # Generated file needs additional love
 
-applets/applets.o: include/usage_compressed.h
+applets/applets.o: .config include/usage_compressed.h
 
 hostprogs-y += usage
 always := $(hostprogs-y)
diff --git a/applets/applets.c b/applets/applets.c
index 8a17cbf0b..557e9e5d8 100644
--- a/applets/applets.c
+++ b/applets/applets.c
@@ -12,8 +12,13 @@
  * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file License in this tarball for details.
  */
 
-#include "busybox.h"
 #include <assert.h>
+#include "busybox.h"
+
+#define PROTOTYPES
+#include "applets.h"
+#undef PROTOTYPES
+
 
 /* Apparently uclibc defines __GLIBC__ (compat trick?). Oh well. */
 #if ENABLE_STATIC && defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(__UCLIBC__)
diff --git a/include/busybox.h b/include/busybox.h
index a1139b5aa..76ff7b76a 100644
--- a/include/busybox.h
+++ b/include/busybox.h
@@ -31,19 +31,9 @@ struct BB_applet {
 	__extension__ enum SUIDRoot need_suid:4;
 };
 
-/* From busybox.c and applet.c */
+/* Defined in busybox.c and applet.c */
 extern int busybox_main(int argc, char **argv);
 extern const struct BB_applet applets[];
 extern const unsigned short NUM_APPLETS;
 
-/* Automagically pull in all the applet function prototypes and
- * applet usage strings.  These are all of the form:
- *		extern int foo_main(int argc, char **argv);
- *		extern const char foo_usage[];
- * These are all autogenerated from the set of currently defined applets.
- */
-#define PROTOTYPES
-#include "applets.h"
-#undef PROTOTYPES
-
-#endif							/* _BB_INTERNAL_H_ */
+#endif	/* _BB_INTERNAL_H_ */