diff --git a/docs/schemas/basictypes.rng b/docs/schemas/basictypes.rng
index efc9da4169eb9864745e613942ff7d49dd883515..2bc9c1be20b3f20f2cc86f97c332ddd2f632812b 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/basictypes.rng
+++ b/docs/schemas/basictypes.rng
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
     </data>
   </define>
 
+  <define name='hexuint'>
+    <data type='string'>
+      <param name="pattern">(0x)?[0-9a-f]+</param>
+    </data>
+  </define>
+
   <define name="positiveInteger">
     <data type="positiveInteger">
       <param name="pattern">[0-9]+</param>
diff --git a/docs/schemas/nodedev.rng b/docs/schemas/nodedev.rng
index c4f402c39dbc10edaf5544d447fd3203c8008604..13c54022133a45c077f1a99ae608159329fcc2d0 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/nodedev.rng
+++ b/docs/schemas/nodedev.rng
@@ -467,12 +467,6 @@
     </element>
   </define>
 
-  <define name='hexuint'>
-    <data type='string'>
-      <param name="pattern">(0x)?[0-9a-f]+</param>
-    </data>
-  </define>
-
   <define name='mac'>
     <data type='string'>
       <param name="pattern">([a-fA-F0-9]{2}:){5}[a-fA-F0-9]{2}</param>