diff --git a/plugins/git/functions b/plugins/git/functions
index 67222785e..8d669ad84 100755
--- a/plugins/git/functions
+++ b/plugins/git/functions
@@ -234,22 +234,3 @@ cmd-git-glob() {
   fi
   git-shell -c "$args"
 }
-
-fn-git-create-hook() {
-  declare APP="$1"
-  local APP_PATH="$DOKKU_ROOT/$APP"
-  local PRERECEIVE_HOOK="$APP_PATH/hooks/pre-receive"
-
-  if [[ ! -d "$APP_PATH/refs" ]]; then
-    git init --bare "$APP_PATH" >/dev/null
-  fi
-
-  cat >"$PRERECEIVE_HOOK" <<EOF
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-set -o pipefail
-
-cat | DOKKU_ROOT="$DOKKU_ROOT" dokku git-hook $APP
-EOF
-  chmod +x "$PRERECEIVE_HOOK"
-}
diff --git a/plugins/git/internal-functions b/plugins/git/internal-functions
index 8bd889c17..ec1b141bf 100755
--- a/plugins/git/internal-functions
+++ b/plugins/git/internal-functions
@@ -167,6 +167,25 @@ cmd-git-report-single() {
   fi
 }
 
+fn-git-create-hook() {
+  declare APP="$1"
+  local APP_PATH="$DOKKU_ROOT/$APP"
+  local PRERECEIVE_HOOK="$APP_PATH/hooks/pre-receive"
+
+  if [[ ! -d "$APP_PATH/refs" ]]; then
+    git init --bare "$APP_PATH" >/dev/null
+  fi
+
+  cat >"$PRERECEIVE_HOOK" <<EOF
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+cat | DOKKU_ROOT="$DOKKU_ROOT" dokku git-hook $APP
+EOF
+  chmod +x "$PRERECEIVE_HOOK"
+}
+
 fn-git-clone() {
   declare desc="creates an app from remote git repo"
   declare APP="$1" GIT_REMOTE="$2" GIT_REF="$2"
diff --git a/plugins/git/post-create b/plugins/git/post-create
index 0f6215836..d259475da 100755
--- a/plugins/git/post-create
+++ b/plugins/git/post-create
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+source "$PLUGIN_AVAILABLE_PATH/git/internal-functions"
 set -eo pipefail
 [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
-source "$PLUGIN_AVAILABLE_PATH/git/functions"
 
 trigger-git-post-create() {
   declare desc="initializes an app with the correct git repository structure"
diff --git a/plugins/git/subcommands/initialize b/plugins/git/subcommands/initialize
index fc2d85dbf..92c833709 100755
--- a/plugins/git/subcommands/initialize
+++ b/plugins/git/subcommands/initialize
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/common/functions"
-source "$PLUGIN_AVAILABLE_PATH/git/functions"
+source "$PLUGIN_AVAILABLE_PATH/git/internal-functions"
 set -eo pipefail
 [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x