diff --git a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/Version.java b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/Version.java
index 26b8f8e..db6daa1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/Version.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/Version.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
   // This field is accessed from release scripts using simple pattern matching.
   // Therefore, changing this field could break our release scripts.
-  public static final String LABEL = "1.6.48";
+  public static final String LABEL = "1.6.49";
 
   private Version() {
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/ir/desugar/BackportedMethodRewriter.java b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/ir/desugar/BackportedMethodRewriter.java
index 09f2b7e..ad3dfb6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/ir/desugar/BackportedMethodRewriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/ir/desugar/BackportedMethodRewriter.java
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 import java.util.IdentityHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
@@ -202,8 +201,7 @@
     if (!appView.options().encodeChecksums) {
       return DexProgramClass::invalidChecksumRequest;
     }
-    long hash = Objects.hash(method, method.getCode());
-    return c -> hash;
+    return c -> method.method.hashCode();
   }
 
   private MethodProvider getMethodProviderOrNull(DexMethod method) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/android/tools/r8/desugar/backports/AbstractBackportTest.java b/src/test/java/com/android/tools/r8/desugar/backports/AbstractBackportTest.java
index 6cd2bdf..adb32ed 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/android/tools/r8/desugar/backports/AbstractBackportTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/android/tools/r8/desugar/backports/AbstractBackportTest.java
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
       testForD8()
           .setMinApi(parameters.getRuntime())
           .apply(this::configureProgram)
+          .setIncludeClassesChecksum(true)
           .compile()
           .run(parameters.getRuntime(), testClassName)
           .assertSuccess()