diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 468f19113..332860b44 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ name = "build_playerglobal"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "swf",
- "walkdir",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/core/build_playerglobal/Cargo.toml b/core/build_playerglobal/Cargo.toml
index 87488d9da..2623a4fe1 100644
--- a/core/build_playerglobal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/build_playerglobal/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,8 +3,5 @@ name = "build_playerglobal"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
-
 [dependencies]
 swf = { path = "../../swf" }
-walkdir = "2.3.2"
diff --git a/core/build_playerglobal/src/lib.rs b/core/build_playerglobal/src/lib.rs
index 37e6b3487..20f0edc45 100644
--- a/core/build_playerglobal/src/lib.rs
+++ b/core/build_playerglobal/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use swf::DoAbc;
 use swf::Header;
 use swf::SwfStr;
 use swf::Tag;
-use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
 /// If successful, returns a list of paths that were used. If this is run
 /// from a build script, these paths should be printed with
@@ -24,42 +23,21 @@ pub fn build_playerglobal(
 
     // This will create 'playerglobal.abc', 'playerglobal.cpp', and 'playerglobal.h'
     // in `out_dir`
-    let mut cmd = Command::new("java");
-    cmd.args(&[
-        "-classpath",
-        &asc_path.to_string_lossy(),
-        "macromedia.asc.embedding.ScriptCompiler",
-        "-optimize",
-        "-outdir",
-        &out_dir.to_string_lossy(),
-        "-out",
-        "playerglobal",
-    ]);
-
-    for entry in WalkDir::new(&classes_dir) {
-        let entry = entry?;
-        if entry.path().extension().and_then(|e| e.to_str()) != Some("as") {
-            continue;
-        }
-        // Files like `uint.stub.as` are stubs - they're referenced by
-        // other classes that we need to compile, but the real definition
-        // is in Ruffle itself (in Rust code).
-        // As a result, we don't emit them into the final SWF (but we do
-        // provide them to asc.jar with '-import' to link against).
-        if entry
-            .path()
-            .file_stem()
-            .unwrap()
-            .to_string_lossy()
-            .ends_with(".stub")
-        {
-            cmd.arg("-import");
-        }
-        cmd.arg(entry.path());
-    }
-
-    println!("Compiling: {:?}", cmd);
-    let code = cmd.status()?;
+    let code = Command::new("java")
+        .args(&[
+            "-classpath",
+            &asc_path.to_string_lossy(),
+            "macromedia.asc.embedding.ScriptCompiler",
+            "-optimize",
+            "-outdir",
+            &out_dir.to_string_lossy(),
+            "-out",
+            "playerglobal",
+            "-import",
+            &classes_dir.join("stubs.as").to_string_lossy(),
+            &classes_dir.join("globals.as").to_string_lossy(),
+        ])
+        .status()?;
     if !code.success() {
         return Err(format!("Compiling failed with code {:?}", code).into());
     }
diff --git a/core/src/avm2/globals/Boolean.stub.as b/core/src/avm2/globals/Boolean.as
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/avm2/globals/Boolean.stub.as
rename to core/src/avm2/globals/Boolean.as
diff --git a/core/src/avm2/globals/Number.stub.as b/core/src/avm2/globals/Number.as
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/avm2/globals/Number.stub.as
rename to core/src/avm2/globals/Number.as
diff --git a/core/src/avm2/globals/Object.stub.as b/core/src/avm2/globals/Object.as
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/avm2/globals/Object.stub.as
rename to core/src/avm2/globals/Object.as
diff --git a/core/src/avm2/globals/README.md b/core/src/avm2/globals/README.md
index f085ca921..4858c861f 100644
--- a/core/src/avm2/globals/README.md
+++ b/core/src/avm2/globals/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# Ruffle AVM2 globals
+# AVM2 globals
 
-This directory contains implementations of Flash global
-definitions (e.g. `Object`, `flash.geom.Point`, `flash.utils.getDefinitionByName`)
+This directory contains implementations of global definitions
+(e.g. `Object`, `flash.geom.Point`, `flash.utils.getDefinitionByName`).
 
 WARNING: Do *not* implement classes by copying their (decompiled) ActionScript
 from the Adobe Flash `playerglobal.swf`. This would violate copyright by making
@@ -10,17 +10,15 @@ Adobe's `playerglobal.swf` uses native methods that Ruffle doesn't implement).
 
 Currently, globals are implemented in one of two ways:
 1) As pure-Rust code in files like `system.rs`. These are normal Rust
-   modules, and are used from `core/src/avm2/global.rs`
-2) As ActionScript class definitions like `flash/geom/Point.as`.
-   These files are automatically compiled into a `playerglobal.swf`
-   file at build time, which is included into the final Ruffle binary
+   modules, and are used from `core/src/avm2/global.rs`.
+2) As ActionScript code like `flash/geom/Point.as`.
+   The files included from `globals.as` are compiled into a `playerglobal.swf`
+   file at build time, which is included in the final Ruffle binary
    and loaded during player initialization.
 
-ActionScript files can be marked as 'stubs' by giving them the suffix
-'.stub.as' instead of '.as' (e.g. 'Number.stub.as'). Stub classes
-can be referenced from other '.as' files, but they will not be included
-in the final 'playerglobal.swf'. This is useful when you need to write
-a '.as' file that references a class defined in Rust - you can create
+ActionScript files included from `stubs.as` can be referenced from other `.as` files,
+but they will not be included in the final `playerglobal.swf`. This is useful when you need to write
+an `.as` file that references a class defined in Rust - you can create
 a stub class without needing to port the entire pre-existing class
 to ActionScript.
 
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ by the Flash VM, which Ruffle does not implement.
 
 Java must be installed for the build process to complete.
 
-ActionScript classes are processed by the `core/build\_playerglobal`
+ActionScript classes are processed by the `core/build_playerglobal`
 
 The tool first uses 'asc.jar'
 from the Flex SDK to compile these ActionScript files into
@@ -50,15 +48,15 @@ The produced ABC files are then combined into the final
 `playerglobal.swf` (which is written out into the build directory,
 and not checked in to Git).
 
-The `core/build\_playerglobal` tool is automatically run by `core`'s build script
+The `core/build_playerglobal` tool is automatically run by `core`'s build script
 when any of our ActionScript classes are changed.
 
 ## Limitations
 
 * Only pure ActionScript classes are currently supported. Classes with
 'native' methods are not yet supported.
-* 'Special' classes which are loaded early during Ruffle initialization
-(e.g. 'Object', 'Function', 'Class') cannot currently
-be implemented in 'playerglobal', since Ruffle initializes them in a special
-way. However, virtually all classes in the 'flash' package are initialized
-in a 'normal' way, and are eligible for implementation in 'playerglobal'
+* 'Special' classes which are loaded early during player initialization
+(e.g. `Object`, `Function`, `Class`) cannot currently
+be implemented in `playerglobal`, since they are initialized in a special
+way. However, virtually all classes in the `flash` package are initialized
+in a 'normal' way, and are eligible for implementation in `playerglobal`.
diff --git a/core/src/avm2/globals/String.stub.as b/core/src/avm2/globals/String.as
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/avm2/globals/String.stub.as
rename to core/src/avm2/globals/String.as
diff --git a/core/src/avm2/globals/globals.as b/core/src/avm2/globals/globals.as
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5de6ecd07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/avm2/globals/globals.as
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+include "flash/geom/Point.as"
+include "flash/geom/Rectangle.as"
+include "flash/text/AntiAliasType.as"
diff --git a/core/src/avm2/globals/stubs.as b/core/src/avm2/globals/stubs.as
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d95af15a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/avm2/globals/stubs.as
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// These are stubs - the actual classes are defined in Rust.
+
+// `Object.as` must come first since the other classes depend on it.
+include "Object.as"
+include "Boolean.as"
+include "Number.as"
+include "String.as"