diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index e6d15a4d4003de..ecbfa6e597e4c4 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1850,21 +1850,6 @@ int link(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-char *getpass(const char *prompt)
-{
-	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
-
-	fputs(prompt, stderr);
-	for (;;) {
-		char c = _getch();
-		if (c == '\r' || c == '\n')
-			break;
-		strbuf_addch(&buf, c);
-	}
-	fputs("\n", stderr);
-	return strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
-}
-
 pid_t waitpid(pid_t pid, int *status, int options)
 {
 	HANDLE h = OpenProcess(SYNCHRONIZE | PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION,
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index 8c46a5c76bf839..00ef97563b126b 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ struct passwd {
 	char *pw_dir;
 };
 
-extern char *getpass(const char *prompt);
-
 typedef void (__cdecl *sig_handler_t)(int);
 struct sigaction {
 	sig_handler_t sa_handler;
diff --git a/compat/terminal.c b/compat/terminal.c
index 6d16c8fba0b305..53c51664d85b26 100644
--- a/compat/terminal.c
+++ b/compat/terminal.c
@@ -71,6 +71,26 @@ char *git_terminal_prompt(const char *prompt, int echo)
 	return buf.buf;
 }
 
+#elif defined(WIN32)
+
+char *git_terminal_prompt(const char *prompt, int echo)
+{
+	static struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	fputs(prompt, stderr);
+	strbuf_reset(&buf);
+	for (;;) {
+		int c = _getch();
+		if (c == '\n' || c == '\r')
+			break;
+		if (echo)
+			putc(c, stderr);
+		strbuf_addch(&buf, c);
+	}
+	putc('\n', stderr);
+	return buf.buf;
+}
+
 #else
 
 char *git_terminal_prompt(const char *prompt, int echo)