diff --git a/src/makeBaseApp/Makefile b/src/makeBaseApp/Makefile
index d44ea5032..02079a1e1 100644
--- a/src/makeBaseApp/Makefile
+++ b/src/makeBaseApp/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ TEMPLATES += top/iocApp/Makefile
 TEMPLATES += top/iocApp/Db/Makefile
 TEMPLATES += top/iocApp/src/Makefile
 TEMPLATES += top/iocApp/src/_APPNAME_Main.cpp
-TEMPLATES += top/iocApp/src/_APPNAME_Include.dbd
 TEMPLATES += top/iocApp/src/sncExample.stt
 
 TEMPLATES += top/exampleApp/Makefile
diff --git a/src/makeBaseApp/top/iocApp/src/Makefile b/src/makeBaseApp/top/iocApp/src/Makefile
index bb471dc10..17069481d 100644
--- a/src/makeBaseApp/top/iocApp/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/makeBaseApp/top/iocApp/src/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ PROD_IOC = _APPNAME_
 # <name>.dbd will be created from <name>Include.dbd
 DBD += _APPNAME_.dbd
 
+# _APPNAME_.dbd will be made up from these files:
+_APPNAME__DBD += base.dbd
+_APPNAME__DBD += xxxSupport.dbd
 
 # <name>_registerRecordDeviceDriver.cpp will be created from <name>.dbd
 _APPNAME__SRCS += _APPNAME__registerRecordDeviceDriver.cpp
diff --git a/src/makeBaseApp/top/iocApp/src/_APPNAME_Include.dbd b/src/makeBaseApp/top/iocApp/src/_APPNAME_Include.dbd
deleted file mode 100644
index 84bf7b53d..000000000
--- a/src/makeBaseApp/top/iocApp/src/_APPNAME_Include.dbd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-include "base.dbd"
-#include definitions for any other support applications needed
-#include "xxx.dbd"