diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 70fc8550..28fe4604 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ New features
 
 ### Stable hashing
 
-* It is now possible to specify a fixed _seed_ for use with the `ahash` hasher in order to force stable (i.e. deterministic) hashes for function signatures.
+* It is now possible to specify a fixed _seed_ for use with the `ahash` hasher, via an environment variable, in order to force stable (i.e. deterministic) hashes for function signatures. This is necessary when using Rhai across shared-library boundaries.
+* A build script is now used to extract the environment variable (`RHAI_AHASH_SEED`) and splice it into the source code before compilation.
 
 Enhancements
 ------------
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index d17bb3da..a8fa7496 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ fn main() {
 
     f.write_fmt(format_args!(
         "//! Configuration settings for this Rhai build
-#![allow(dead_code)]
 
 "
     ))
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 43d49b6a..91e4716a 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 //! Configuration settings for this Rhai build
-#![allow(dead_code)]
 
 pub const AHASH_SEED: Option<[u64; 4]> = None;
diff --git a/src/func/hashing.rs b/src/func/hashing.rs
index 53eac8c3..cee84062 100644
--- a/src/func/hashing.rs
+++ b/src/func/hashing.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,11 @@ impl BuildHasher for StraightHasherBuilder {
 #[must_use]
 pub fn get_hasher() -> ahash::AHasher {
     if let Some([seed1, seed2, seed3, seed4]) = config::AHASH_SEED {
-        ahash::RandomState::with_seeds(seed1, seed2, seed3, seed4).build_hasher()
+        if seed1 | seed2 | seed3 | seed4 != 0 {
+            ahash::RandomState::with_seeds(seed1, seed2, seed3, seed4).build_hasher()
+        } else {
+            ahash::AHasher::default()
+        }
     } else {
         ahash::AHasher::default()
     }