diff --git a/make/defs.mk b/make/defs.mk
index 344eba39..6a649509 100644
--- a/make/defs.mk
+++ b/make/defs.mk
@@ -7,19 +7,6 @@ JW_BUILD_DEF_MK_INCLUDED = true
 
 MAKEFLAGS             += -r
 
-# "-include" tries search path, we don't want that
-define try_include
-  ifneq ($$(wildcard $(1)),)
-    include $(1)
-  endif
-endef
-
-$(eval $(call try_include,$(MODDIR)/make/.cache.mk))
-$(eval $(call try_include,$(TOPDIR)/make/.cache.mk))
-$(eval $(call try_include,$(MODDIR)/make/pre-local.mk))
-$(eval $(call try_include,$(TOPDIR)/make/pre-local.mk))
-$(eval $(call try_include,pre-local.mk))
-
 include $(MODDIR)/make/projects.mk
 
 ifeq ($(MAKE_BENCHMARK),true)
diff --git a/make/platform.mk b/make/platform.mk
index 6cf45915..1d339de9 100644
--- a/make/platform.mk
+++ b/make/platform.mk
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@
 ifndef PLATFORM_MK_INCLUDED
 PLATFORM_MK_INCLUDED = true
 
+# "-include" tries search path, we don't want that
+define try_include
+  ifneq ($$(wildcard $(1)),)
+    include $(1)
+  endif
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call try_include,$(MODDIR)/make/.cache.mk))
+$(eval $(call try_include,$(TOPDIR)/make/.cache.mk))
+$(eval $(call try_include,$(MODDIR)/make/pre-local.mk))
+$(eval $(call try_include,$(TOPDIR)/make/pre-local.mk))
+$(eval $(call try_include,pre-local.mk))
+
 ifndef TARGET
   ifneq ($(subst mingw,,$(CWD)),$(CWD))
     TARGET                := mingw