diff --git a/Backend/Hash.hs b/Backend/Hash.hs
index 82763a9be4..6c240638f0 100644
--- a/Backend/Hash.hs
+++ b/Backend/Hash.hs
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@ type HashSize = Int
 hashes :: [Hash]
 hashes = concat 
 	[ map SHAHash [256, 1, 512, 224, 384]
-#ifdef WITH_CRYPTOHASH
 	, map SkeinHash [256, 512]
-#endif
 	]
 
 {- The SHA256E backend is the default, so genBackendE comes first. -}
@@ -178,10 +176,8 @@ shaHasher hashsize filesize
 
 skeinHasher :: HashSize -> (L.ByteString -> String)
 skeinHasher hashsize 
-#ifdef WITH_CRYPTOHASH
 	| hashsize == 256 = show . skein256
 	| hashsize == 512 = show . skein512
-#endif
 	| otherwise = error $ "unsupported skein size " ++ show hashsize
 
 {- A varient of the SHA256E backend, for testing that needs special keys
diff --git a/BuildFlags.hs b/BuildFlags.hs
index 168085749d..7ae526f634 100644
--- a/BuildFlags.hs
+++ b/BuildFlags.hs
@@ -81,11 +81,6 @@ buildFlags = filter (not . null)
 #ifdef WITH_TDFA
 	, "TDFA"
 #endif
-#ifdef WITH_CRYPTOHASH
-	, "CryptoHash"
-#else
-#warning Building without CryptoHash.
-#endif
 #ifdef WITH_TORRENTPARSER
 	, "TorrentParser"
 #else
diff --git a/Utility/Hash.hs b/Utility/Hash.hs
index 1c5450a9ba..acc8a38153 100644
--- a/Utility/Hash.hs
+++ b/Utility/Hash.hs
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-{- Convenience wrapper around cryptohash.
- - Falls back to SHA if it's not available.
- -}
-
-{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+{- Convenience wrapper around cryptohash. -}
 
 module Utility.Hash (
 	sha1,
@@ -10,10 +6,8 @@ module Utility.Hash (
 	sha256,
 	sha384,
 	sha512,
-#ifdef WITH_CRYPTOHASH
 	skein256,
 	skein512,
-#endif
 	prop_hashes_stable
 ) where
 
@@ -21,9 +15,6 @@ import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as L
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 import qualified Data.Text.Encoding as T
 
-#ifndef WITH_CRYPTOHASH
-import Data.Digest.Pure.SHA
-#else
 import Crypto.Hash
 
 sha1 :: L.ByteString -> Digest SHA1
@@ -51,8 +42,6 @@ skein256 = hashlazy
 skein512 :: L.ByteString -> Digest Skein512_512
 skein512 = hashlazy
 
-#endif
-
 {- Check that all the hashes continue to hash the same. -}
 prop_hashes_stable :: Bool
 prop_hashes_stable = all (\(hasher, result) -> hasher foo == result)
@@ -61,10 +50,8 @@ prop_hashes_stable = all (\(hasher, result) -> hasher foo == result)
 	, (show . sha256, "2c26b46b68ffc68ff99b453c1d30413413422d706483bfa0f98a5e886266e7ae")
 	, (show . sha384, "98c11ffdfdd540676b1a137cb1a22b2a70350c9a44171d6b1180c6be5cbb2ee3f79d532c8a1dd9ef2e8e08e752a3babb")
 	, (show . sha512, "f7fbba6e0636f890e56fbbf3283e524c6fa3204ae298382d624741d0dc6638326e282c41be5e4254d8820772c5518a2c5a8c0c7f7eda19594a7eb539453e1ed7")
-#ifdef WITH_CRYPTOHASH
 	, (show . skein256, "a04efd9a0aeed6ede40fe5ce0d9361ae7b7d88b524aa19917b9315f1ecf00d33")
 	, (show . skein512, "fd8956898113510180aa4658e6c0ac85bd74fb47f4a4ba264a6b705d7a8e8526756e75aecda12cff4f1aca1a4c2830fbf57f458012a66b2b15a3dd7d251690a7")
-#endif
 	]
   where
 	foo = L.fromChunks [T.encodeUtf8 $ T.pack "foo"]
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 529d460c80..9433a30d28 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ git-annex (5.20150114) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     that has been tuned in incompatable ways.
   * Support annex.tune.objecthash1, annex.tune.objecthashlower, and
     annex.tune.branchhash1.
+  * Remove support for building without cryptohash.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Tue, 13 Jan 2015 17:03:39 -0400
 
diff --git a/git-annex.cabal b/git-annex.cabal
index b4d3e03cd8..1a996fc6f4 100644
--- a/git-annex.cabal
+++ b/git-annex.cabal
@@ -87,9 +87,6 @@ Flag Quvi
 Flag Tahoe
   Description: Enable the tahoe special remote
 
-Flag CryptoHash
-  Description: Enable use of cryptohash for checksumming
-
 Flag DesktopNotify
   Description: Enable desktop environment notifications
 
@@ -112,7 +109,8 @@ Executable git-annex
    base (>= 4.5 && < 4.9), monad-control, exceptions (>= 0.6), transformers,
    IfElse, text, QuickCheck >= 2.1, bloomfilter, edit-distance,
    SafeSemaphore, uuid, random, dlist, unix-compat, async, stm (>= 2.3),
-   data-default, case-insensitive, http-conduit, http-types
+   data-default, case-insensitive, http-conduit, http-types,
+   cryptohash (>= 0.10.0)
   CC-Options: -Wall
   GHC-Options: -Wall
   Extensions: PackageImports
@@ -148,10 +146,6 @@ Executable git-annex
     CPP-Options: -DWITH_TDFA
   else
     Build-Depends: regex-compat
-  
-  if flag(CryptoHash)
-    Build-Depends: cryptohash (>= 0.10.0)
-    CPP-Options: -DWITH_CRYPTOHASH
 
   if flag(S3)
     Build-Depends: conduit, resourcet, conduit-extra, aws (>= 0.9.2), http-client