diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 406b3ac96..09e81d6a3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ROMS := pokecrystal.gbc
 ALL_DEPENDENCIES :=
 # generate a list of dependencies for each object file
 $(shell $(foreach obj, $(OBJS), \
-	$(eval $(obj:.o=)_DEPENDENCIES := $(shell $(PYTHON) $(POKEMONTOOLS)/scan_includes.py $(obj:.o=.asm) | sed s/globals.asm//g)) \
+	$(eval $(obj:.o=)_DEPENDENCIES := $(shell $(PYTHON) $(POKEMONTOOLS)/scan_includes.py $(obj:.o=.asm))) \
 ))
 $(shell $(foreach obj, $(OBJS), \
 	$(eval ALL_DEPENDENCIES += $($(obj:.o=)_DEPENDENCIES)) \
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ crystal: pokecrystal.gbc
 clean:
 	rm -f $(ROMS)
 	rm -f $(OBJS)
-	rm -f globals.asm
 	find -iname '*.tx' -exec rm {} +
 
 baserom.gbc: ;
@@ -56,17 +55,13 @@ baserom.gbc: ;
 	$(eval TEXTQUEUE := $(TEXTQUEUE) $<)
 	@rm -f $@
 
-globals.asm: $(ALL_DEPENDENCIES:.asm=.tx) $(OBJS:.o=.tx)
-	@touch $@
-	@$(PYTHON) prequeue.py $(TEXTQUEUE)
-globals.tx: globals.asm
-	@cp $< $@
-
 $(OBJS): $$*.tx $$(patsubst %.asm, %.tx, $$($$*_DEPENDENCIES))
+	@$(PYTHON) prequeue.py $(TEXTQUEUE)
+	@$(eval TEXTQUEUE :=)
 	rgbasm -o $@ $*.tx
 
-pokecrystal.gbc: globals.tx $(CRYSTAL_OBJS)
-	rgblink -n $*.sym -m $*.map -o $@ $(CRYSTAL_OBJS)
+pokecrystal.gbc: $(CRYSTAL_OBJS)
+	rgblink -n $*.sym -m $*.map -o $@ $^
 	rgbfix -Cjv -i BYTE -k 01 -l 0x33 -m 0x10 -p 0 -r 3 -t PM_CRYSTAL $@
 	cmp baserom.gbc $@
 
diff --git a/includes.asm b/includes.asm
index cb82f5d1c..456623d9f 100644
--- a/includes.asm
+++ b/includes.asm
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-INCLUDE "globals.asm"
 INCLUDE "contents.asm"
 INCLUDE "constants.asm"
diff --git a/preprocessor.py b/preprocessor.py
index b9165e60e..ed79259d2 100644
--- a/preprocessor.py
+++ b/preprocessor.py
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ def setup_processor():
 def main():
     processor = setup_processor()
     processor.preprocess()
-    processor.update_globals()
 
 # only run against stdin when not included as a module
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/prequeue.py b/prequeue.py
index a91f1b336..8125f7035 100644
--- a/prequeue.py
+++ b/prequeue.py
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ def preprocess_queue(filenames=sys.argv[1:]):
         sys.stdout = open(dest, 'w')
         processor.preprocess()
 
-    processor.update_globals()
-
     sys.stdin = stdin
     sys.stdout = stdout