diff --git a/Command/Map.hs b/Command/Map.hs
index dc3acb56e4..2325c87e14 100644
--- a/Command/Map.hs
+++ b/Command/Map.hs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import Data.List.Utils
 import Command
 import qualified Annex
 import qualified GitRepo as Git
-import qualified Remote.Git
 import Messages
 import Types
 import Utility
@@ -203,7 +202,7 @@ tryScan r
 				Git.hConfigRead r
 
 		configlist =
-			Remote.Git.onRemote r (pipedconfig, Nothing) "configlist" []
+			onRemote r (pipedconfig, Nothing) "configlist" []
 		manualconfiglist = do
 			let sshcmd =
 				"cd " ++ shellEscape(Git.workTree r) ++ " && " ++
diff --git a/Remote/Git.hs b/Remote/Git.hs
index c315d457d6..7724df79af 100644
--- a/Remote/Git.hs
+++ b/Remote/Git.hs
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@
  - Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.
  -}
 
-module Remote.Git (
-	remote,
-	onRemote
-) where
+module Remote.Git (remote) where
 
 import Control.Exception.Extensible
 import Control.Monad.State (liftIO)
@@ -194,34 +191,3 @@ rsyncParams r sending key file = do
 		-- goes, so the source/dest parameter can be a dummy value,
 		-- that just enables remote rsync mode.
 		dummy = Param ":"
-
-{- Uses a supplied function to run a git-annex-shell command on a remote.
- -
- - Or, if the remote does not support running remote commands, returns
- - a specified error value. -}
-onRemote 
-	:: Git.Repo
-	-> (FilePath -> [CommandParam] -> IO a, a)
-	-> String
-	-> [CommandParam]
-	-> Annex a
-onRemote r (with, errorval) command params = do
-	s <- git_annex_shell r command params
-	case s of
-		Just (c, ps) -> liftIO $ with c ps
-		Nothing -> return errorval
-
-{- Generates parameters to run a git-annex-shell command on a remote. -}
-git_annex_shell :: Git.Repo -> String -> [CommandParam] -> Annex (Maybe (FilePath, [CommandParam]))
-git_annex_shell r command params
-	| not $ Git.repoIsUrl r = return $ Just (shellcmd, shellopts)
-	| Git.repoIsSsh r = do
-		sshparams <- sshToRepo r [Param sshcmd]
-		return $ Just ("ssh", sshparams)
-	| otherwise = return Nothing
-	where
-		dir = Git.workTree r
-		shellcmd = "git-annex-shell"
-		shellopts = (Param command):(File dir):params
-		sshcmd = shellcmd ++ " " ++ 
-			unwords (map shellEscape $ toCommand shellopts)
diff --git a/Ssh.hs b/Ssh.hs
index 6d01a56423..0cf2919c25 100644
--- a/Ssh.hs
+++ b/Ssh.hs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 module Ssh where
 
+import Control.Monad.State (liftIO)
+
 import qualified GitRepo as Git
 import Utility
 import Types
@@ -24,3 +26,36 @@ sshToRepo repo sshcmd = do
 		Just p -> [Param "-p", Param (show p)]
 	let sshhost = Param $ Git.urlHostUser repo
 	return $ sshoptions ++ sshport ++ [sshhost] ++ sshcmd
+
+{- Generates parameters to run a git-annex-shell command on a remote
+ - repository. -}
+git_annex_shell :: Git.Repo -> String -> [CommandParam] -> Annex (Maybe (FilePath, [CommandParam]))
+git_annex_shell r command params
+	| not $ Git.repoIsUrl r = return $ Just (shellcmd, shellopts)
+	| Git.repoIsSsh r = do
+		sshparams <- sshToRepo r [Param sshcmd]
+		return $ Just ("ssh", sshparams)
+	| otherwise = return Nothing
+	where
+		dir = Git.workTree r
+		shellcmd = "git-annex-shell"
+		shellopts = (Param command):(File dir):params
+		sshcmd = shellcmd ++ " " ++ 
+			unwords (map shellEscape $ toCommand shellopts)
+
+{- Uses a supplied function (such as boolSystem) to run a git-annex-shell
+ - command on a remote.
+ -
+ - Or, if the remote does not support running remote commands, returns
+ - a specified error value. -}
+onRemote 
+	:: Git.Repo
+	-> (FilePath -> [CommandParam] -> IO a, a)
+	-> String
+	-> [CommandParam]
+	-> Annex a
+onRemote r (with, errorval) command params = do
+	s <- git_annex_shell r command params
+	case s of
+		Just (c, ps) -> liftIO $ with c ps
+		Nothing -> return errorval