diff --git a/third_party/python/Python/frozen.c b/third_party/python/Python/frozen.c
index 753c1a518..21e287a0a 100644
--- a/third_party/python/Python/frozen.c
+++ b/third_party/python/Python/frozen.c
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 #include "third_party/python/Include/import.h"
 /* clang-format off */
 
+#include "o//third_party/python/Python/importlib.inc"
+#include "o//third_party/python/Python/importlib_external.inc"
+
 /* Dummy frozen modules initializer */
 
 /* In order to test the support for frozen modules, by default we
diff --git a/third_party/python/python.mk b/third_party/python/python.mk
index 7da3bc4ca..b0036d69c 100644
--- a/third_party/python/python.mk
+++ b/third_party/python/python.mk
@@ -1154,10 +1154,6 @@ THIRD_PARTY_PYTHON_STAGE2_A_DIRECTDEPS =				\
 THIRD_PARTY_PYTHON_STAGE2_A_DEPS =					\
 	$(call uniq,$(foreach x,$(THIRD_PARTY_PYTHON_STAGE2_A_DIRECTDEPS),$($(x))))
 
-o/$(MODE)/third_party/python/Python/frozen.o:				\
-		OVERRIDE_CPPFLAGS +=					\
-			-include o/$(MODE)/third_party/python/Python/importlib.inc	\
-			-include o/$(MODE)/third_party/python/Python/importlib_external.inc
 o/$(MODE)/third_party/python/Python/frozen.o:				\
 		third_party/python/Python/frozen.c			\
 		o/$(MODE)/third_party/python/Python/importlib.inc	\