diff --git a/libvips/deprecated/Makefile.am b/libvips/deprecated/Makefile.am
index cc2ba735..87700b32 100644
--- a/libvips/deprecated/Makefile.am
+++ b/libvips/deprecated/Makefile.am
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ libdeprecated_la_SOURCES = \
 	deprecated_dispatch.c \
 	colour_dispatch.c \
 	arith_dispatch.c \
+	hist_dispatch.c \
 	im_maxpos_avg.c \
 	wrapvips7.c \
 	lazy.c \
diff --git a/libvips/histogram/hist_dispatch.c b/libvips/deprecated/hist_dispatch.c
similarity index 100%
rename from libvips/histogram/hist_dispatch.c
rename to libvips/deprecated/hist_dispatch.c
diff --git a/libvips/histogram/Makefile.am b/libvips/histogram/Makefile.am
index 8f0d5876..c6b694ea 100644
--- a/libvips/histogram/Makefile.am
+++ b/libvips/histogram/Makefile.am
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ libhistogram_la_SOURCES = \
 	hist_local.c \
 	stdif.c \
 	\
-	hist_dispatch.c \
 	im_mpercent.c \
 	im_project.c \
 	tone.c
diff --git a/libvips/include/vips/vips7compat.h b/libvips/include/vips/vips7compat.h
index 9a4013da..6cab5a45 100644
--- a/libvips/include/vips/vips7compat.h
+++ b/libvips/include/vips/vips7compat.h
@@ -867,9 +867,10 @@ int im_lhisteq( VipsImage *in, VipsImage *out, int xwin, int ywin );
 int im_stdif( VipsImage *in, VipsImage *out,
 	double a, double m0, double b, double s0, int xwin, int ywin );
 
-/* Not really correct, but who uses this.
+/* Not really correct, but who uses these.
  */
 #define im_lhisteq_raw im_lhisteq
+#define im_stdif_raw im_stdif
 
 /* ruby-vips uses this
  */