diff --git a/libswscale/swscale.c b/libswscale/swscale.c
index ab77537ff25041ee70be9d6025caf617a3076ba8..0b1faa1f4b836e0398422c59a4e61ea9853f8dd4 100644
--- a/libswscale/swscale.c
+++ b/libswscale/swscale.c
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ untested special converters
         || (x)==PIX_FMT_UYVY422     \
         || isAnyRGB(x)              \
     )
-#define usePal(x) (av_pix_fmt_descriptors[x].flags & PIX_FMT_PAL)
 
 #define RGB2YUV_SHIFT 15
 #define BY ( (int)(0.114*219/255*(1<<RGB2YUV_SHIFT)+0.5))
diff --git a/libswscale/swscale_internal.h b/libswscale/swscale_internal.h
index aebe30e1cf7e272df6cc699a90c3e4da849444a4..5be17d4abb295acf080a5a760fd0cac17ceb0663 100644
--- a/libswscale/swscale_internal.h
+++ b/libswscale/swscale_internal.h
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ const char *sws_format_name(enum PixelFormat format);
         || (x)==PIX_FMT_RGB32_1     \
         || (x)==PIX_FMT_YUVA420P    \
     )
+#define usePal(x) (av_pix_fmt_descriptors[x].flags & PIX_FMT_PAL)
 
 extern const uint64_t ff_dither4[2];
 extern const uint64_t ff_dither8[2];
diff --git a/libswscale/utils.c b/libswscale/utils.c
index fbd44bcc3c9247050b2fda6bad02f1d9d7af514d..1674d764e5dc8bb0d1f8e4b6360eb052c67d3c34 100644
--- a/libswscale/utils.c
+++ b/libswscale/utils.c
@@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ int sws_isSupportedOutput(enum PixelFormat pix_fmt)
     return isSupportedOut(pix_fmt);
 }
 
-#define usePal(x) (av_pix_fmt_descriptors[x].flags & PIX_FMT_PAL)
-
 extern const int32_t ff_yuv2rgb_coeffs[8][4];
 
 const char *sws_format_name(enum PixelFormat format)