diff --git a/compat/cygwin.c b/compat/cygwin.c
deleted file mode 100644
index b9862d606d..0000000000
--- a/compat/cygwin.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#include "../git-compat-util.h"
-#include "../cache.h"
-
-int cygwin_offset_1st_component(const char *path)
-{
-	const char *pos = path;
-	/* unc paths */
-	if (is_dir_sep(pos[0]) && is_dir_sep(pos[1])) {
-		/* skip server name */
-		pos = strchr(pos + 2, '/');
-		if (!pos)
-			return 0; /* Error: malformed unc path */
-
-		do {
-			pos++;
-		} while (*pos && pos[0] != '/');
-	}
-	return pos + is_dir_sep(*pos) - path;
-}
diff --git a/compat/cygwin.h b/compat/cygwin.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e52de4644..0000000000
--- a/compat/cygwin.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-int cygwin_offset_1st_component(const char *path);
-#define offset_1st_component cygwin_offset_1st_component
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 34b3880b29..b459e1a291 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static inline int needs_hiding(const char *path)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* We cannot use basename(), as it would remove trailing slashes */
-	mingw_skip_dos_drive_prefix((char **)&path);
+	win32_skip_dos_drive_prefix((char **)&path);
 	if (!*path)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -2275,33 +2275,6 @@ pid_t waitpid(pid_t pid, int *status, int options)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-int mingw_skip_dos_drive_prefix(char **path)
-{
-	int ret = has_dos_drive_prefix(*path);
-	*path += ret;
-	return ret;
-}
-
-int mingw_offset_1st_component(const char *path)
-{
-	char *pos = (char *)path;
-
-	/* unc paths */
-	if (!skip_dos_drive_prefix(&pos) &&
-			is_dir_sep(pos[0]) && is_dir_sep(pos[1])) {
-		/* skip server name */
-		pos = strpbrk(pos + 2, "\\/");
-		if (!pos)
-			return 0; /* Error: malformed unc path */
-
-		do {
-			pos++;
-		} while (*pos && !is_dir_sep(*pos));
-	}
-
-	return pos + is_dir_sep(*pos) - path;
-}
-
 int xutftowcsn(wchar_t *wcs, const char *utfs, size_t wcslen, int utflen)
 {
 	int upos = 0, wpos = 0;
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index 8c24ddaa3e..30d9fb3e36 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -443,32 +443,12 @@ HANDLE winansi_get_osfhandle(int fd);
  * git specific compatibility
  */
 
-#define has_dos_drive_prefix(path) \
-	(isalpha(*(path)) && (path)[1] == ':' ? 2 : 0)
-int mingw_skip_dos_drive_prefix(char **path);
-#define skip_dos_drive_prefix mingw_skip_dos_drive_prefix
-static inline int mingw_is_dir_sep(int c)
-{
-	return c == '/' || c == '\\';
-}
-#define is_dir_sep mingw_is_dir_sep
-static inline char *mingw_find_last_dir_sep(const char *path)
-{
-	char *ret = NULL;
-	for (; *path; ++path)
-		if (is_dir_sep(*path))
-			ret = (char *)path;
-	return ret;
-}
 static inline void convert_slashes(char *path)
 {
 	for (; *path; path++)
 		if (*path == '\\')
 			*path = '/';
 }
-#define find_last_dir_sep mingw_find_last_dir_sep
-int mingw_offset_1st_component(const char *path);
-#define offset_1st_component mingw_offset_1st_component
 #define PATH_SEP ';'
 extern char *mingw_query_user_email(void);
 #define query_user_email mingw_query_user_email
diff --git a/compat/win32/path-utils.c b/compat/win32/path-utils.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9d3641de8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/win32/path-utils.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#include "../../git-compat-util.h"
+
+int win32_skip_dos_drive_prefix(char **path)
+{
+	int ret = has_dos_drive_prefix(*path);
+	*path += ret;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int win32_offset_1st_component(const char *path)
+{
+	char *pos = (char *)path;
+
+	/* unc paths */
+	if (!skip_dos_drive_prefix(&pos) &&
+			is_dir_sep(pos[0]) && is_dir_sep(pos[1])) {
+		/* skip server name */
+		pos = strpbrk(pos + 2, "\\/");
+		if (!pos)
+			return 0; /* Error: malformed unc path */
+
+		do {
+			pos++;
+		} while (*pos && !is_dir_sep(*pos));
+	}
+
+	return pos + is_dir_sep(*pos) - path;
+}
diff --git a/compat/win32/path-utils.h b/compat/win32/path-utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f70d43920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/win32/path-utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#define has_dos_drive_prefix(path) \
+	(isalpha(*(path)) && (path)[1] == ':' ? 2 : 0)
+int win32_skip_dos_drive_prefix(char **path);
+#define skip_dos_drive_prefix win32_skip_dos_drive_prefix
+static inline int win32_is_dir_sep(int c)
+{
+	return c == '/' || c == '\\';
+}
+#define is_dir_sep win32_is_dir_sep
+static inline char *win32_find_last_dir_sep(const char *path)
+{
+	char *ret = NULL;
+	for (; *path; ++path)
+		if (is_dir_sep(*path))
+			ret = (char *)path;
+	return ret;
+}
+#define find_last_dir_sep win32_find_last_dir_sep
+int win32_offset_1st_component(const char *path);
+#define offset_1st_component win32_offset_1st_component
diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 3ee7da0e23..60876e26f4 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_O),Cygwin)
 	UNRELIABLE_FSTAT = UnfortunatelyYes
 	OBJECT_CREATION_USES_RENAMES = UnfortunatelyNeedsTo
 	MMAP_PREVENTS_DELETE = UnfortunatelyYes
-	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/cygwin.o
+	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/win32/path-utils.o
 	FREAD_READS_DIRECTORIES = UnfortunatelyYes
 endif
 ifeq ($(uname_S),FreeBSD)
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNOGDI -Icompat -Icompat/win32
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DSTRIP_EXTENSION=\".exe\"
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mingw.o compat/winansi.o \
+		compat/win32/path-utils.o \
 		compat/win32/pthread.o compat/win32/syslog.o \
 		compat/win32/dirent.o
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DWIN32 -DPROTECT_NTFS_DEFAULT=1
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 09b0102cae..5702556c89 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -193,10 +193,11 @@
 #endif
 
 #if defined(__CYGWIN__)
-#include "compat/cygwin.h"
+#include "compat/win32/path-utils.h"
 #endif
 #if defined(__MINGW32__)
 /* pull in Windows compatibility stuff */
+#include "compat/win32/path-utils.h"
 #include "compat/mingw.h"
 #elif defined(_MSC_VER)
 #include "compat/msvc.h"
diff --git a/t/t5601-clone.sh b/t/t5601-clone.sh
index 8bbc7068ac..d6948cbdab 100755
--- a/t/t5601-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t5601-clone.sh
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ test_clone_url () {
 	expect_ssh "$@"
 }
 
-test_expect_success !MINGW 'clone c:temp is ssl' '
+test_expect_success !MINGW,!CYGWIN 'clone c:temp is ssl' '
 	test_clone_url c:temp c temp
 '
 
