diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
index afff77b1f3d17be03801bf766f20c122e73009f1..d98100160092c1829a4d165fbd04f5e6904b80d1 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c
@@ -94,26 +94,6 @@ qemuDriverUnlock(virQEMUDriverPtr driver)
     virMutexUnlock(&driver->lock);
 }
 
-void qemuDomainXmlNsDefFree(qemuDomainXmlNsDefPtr def)
-{
-    size_t i;
-
-    if (!def)
-        return;
-
-    for (i = 0; i < def->num_args; i++)
-        VIR_FREE(def->args[i]);
-    for (i = 0; i < def->num_env; i++) {
-        VIR_FREE(def->env_name[i]);
-        VIR_FREE(def->env_value[i]);
-    }
-    VIR_FREE(def->args);
-    VIR_FREE(def->env_name);
-    VIR_FREE(def->env_value);
-    VIR_FREE(def);
-}
-
-
 #ifndef DEFAULT_LOADER_NVRAM
 # define DEFAULT_LOADER_NVRAM \
     "/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd:/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS.fd:" \
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
index 5debd7eb00d08b9f07530b15e5c1aec1336f3598..d638f1012d7afa8a3e56aecea89504d2cc771820 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_conf.h
@@ -288,21 +288,6 @@ struct _virQEMUDriver {
     virHashAtomicPtr migrationErrors;
 };
 
-typedef struct _qemuDomainXmlNsDef qemuDomainXmlNsDef;
-typedef qemuDomainXmlNsDef *qemuDomainXmlNsDefPtr;
-struct _qemuDomainXmlNsDef {
-    size_t num_args;
-    char **args;
-
-    unsigned int num_env;
-    char **env_name;
-    char **env_value;
-};
-
-
-
-void qemuDomainXmlNsDefFree(qemuDomainXmlNsDefPtr def);
-
 virQEMUDriverConfigPtr virQEMUDriverConfigNew(bool privileged);
 
 int virQEMUDriverConfigLoadFile(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index f77575109377280a441ebca7f005efb35fa254fc..45a22fe648f4cff655bc1c276161349b7a179921 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -3087,6 +3087,27 @@ virDomainXMLPrivateDataCallbacks virQEMUDriverPrivateDataCallbacks = {
 };
 
 
+static void
+qemuDomainXmlNsDefFree(qemuDomainXmlNsDefPtr def)
+{
+    size_t i;
+
+    if (!def)
+        return;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < def->num_args; i++)
+        VIR_FREE(def->args[i]);
+    for (i = 0; i < def->num_env; i++) {
+        VIR_FREE(def->env_name[i]);
+        VIR_FREE(def->env_value[i]);
+    }
+    VIR_FREE(def->args);
+    VIR_FREE(def->env_name);
+    VIR_FREE(def->env_value);
+    VIR_FREE(def);
+}
+
+
 static void
 qemuDomainDefNamespaceFree(void *nsdata)
 {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index 7223547e78cd0a849e1cf922a8a2f20babc9c75b..3b94f5a97c7462e69766181aabc9bade5805e8fb 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -529,6 +529,19 @@ struct _qemuDomainSaveCookie {
     virCPUDefPtr cpu;
 };
 
+
+typedef struct _qemuDomainXmlNsDef qemuDomainXmlNsDef;
+typedef qemuDomainXmlNsDef *qemuDomainXmlNsDefPtr;
+struct _qemuDomainXmlNsDef {
+    size_t num_args;
+    char **args;
+
+    unsigned int num_env;
+    char **env_name;
+    char **env_value;
+};
+
+
 qemuDomainSaveCookiePtr qemuDomainSaveCookieNew(virDomainObjPtr vm);
 
 const char *qemuDomainAsyncJobPhaseToString(qemuDomainAsyncJob job,