diff --git a/include/tcg/tcg.h b/include/tcg/tcg.h
index 60942ce05c..45c7e118c3 100644
--- a/include/tcg/tcg.h
+++ b/include/tcg/tcg.h
@@ -445,12 +445,6 @@ static inline bool temp_readonly(TCGTemp *ts)
     return ts->kind >= TEMP_FIXED;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
-extern bool tcg_use_softmmu;
-#else
-#define tcg_use_softmmu  true
-#endif
-
 extern __thread TCGContext *tcg_ctx;
 extern const void *tcg_code_gen_epilogue;
 extern uintptr_t tcg_splitwx_diff;
diff --git a/tcg/tcg-internal.h b/tcg/tcg-internal.h
index 2cbfb5d5ca..2615684612 100644
--- a/tcg/tcg-internal.h
+++ b/tcg/tcg-internal.h
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ extern TCGContext **tcg_ctxs;
 extern unsigned int tcg_cur_ctxs;
 extern unsigned int tcg_max_ctxs;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
+#define tcg_use_softmmu false
+#else
+#define tcg_use_softmmu true
+#endif
+
 void tcg_region_init(size_t tb_size, int splitwx, unsigned max_threads);
 bool tcg_region_alloc(TCGContext *s);
 void tcg_region_initial_alloc(TCGContext *s);
diff --git a/tcg/tcg.c b/tcg/tcg.c
index e7bf4dad4e..3111e1f426 100644
--- a/tcg/tcg.c
+++ b/tcg/tcg.c
@@ -236,10 +236,6 @@ static TCGAtomAlign atom_and_align_for_opc(TCGContext *s, MemOp opc,
                                            MemOp host_atom, bool allow_two_ops)
     __attribute__((unused));
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
-bool tcg_use_softmmu;
-#endif
-
 TCGContext tcg_init_ctx;
 __thread TCGContext *tcg_ctx;