diff --git a/cmd.c b/cmd.c
index 6616d6177e0990992ce7fec349d27bd93bf24057..26d38a8b822a58ace3800f4ee760390595c1b193 100644
--- a/cmd.c
+++ b/cmd.c
@@ -31,145 +31,6 @@
 
 /* from libxcmd/command.c */
 
-static int		ncmdline;
-static char		**cmdline;
-
-
-void add_user_command(char *optarg)
-{
-    cmdline = g_realloc(cmdline, ++ncmdline * sizeof(char *));
-    cmdline[ncmdline-1] = optarg;
-}
-
-static void prep_fetchline(void *opaque)
-{
-    int *fetchable = opaque;
-
-    qemu_set_fd_handler(STDIN_FILENO, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-    *fetchable= 1;
-}
-
-static char *get_prompt(void);
-
-void command_loop(void)
-{
-    int i, done = 0, fetchable = 0, prompted = 0;
-    char *input;
-
-    for (i = 0; !done && i < ncmdline; i++) {
-        done = qemuio_command(cmdline[i]);
-    }
-    if (cmdline) {
-        g_free(cmdline);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    while (!done) {
-        if (!prompted) {
-            printf("%s", get_prompt());
-            fflush(stdout);
-            qemu_set_fd_handler(STDIN_FILENO, prep_fetchline, NULL, &fetchable);
-            prompted = 1;
-        }
-
-        main_loop_wait(false);
-
-        if (!fetchable) {
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        input = fetchline();
-        if (input == NULL) {
-            break;
-        }
-        done = qemuio_command(input);
-        free(input);
-
-        prompted = 0;
-        fetchable = 0;
-    }
-    qemu_set_fd_handler(STDIN_FILENO, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-}
-
-/* from libxcmd/input.c */
-
-#if defined(ENABLE_READLINE)
-# include <readline/history.h>
-# include <readline/readline.h>
-#elif defined(ENABLE_EDITLINE)
-# include <histedit.h>
-#endif
-
-static char *
-get_prompt(void)
-{
-	static char	prompt[FILENAME_MAX + 2 /*"> "*/ + 1 /*"\0"*/ ];
-
-	if (!prompt[0])
-		snprintf(prompt, sizeof(prompt), "%s> ", progname);
-	return prompt;
-}
-
-#if defined(ENABLE_READLINE)
-char *
-fetchline(void)
-{
-	char	*line;
-
-	line = readline(get_prompt());
-	if (line && *line)
-		add_history(line);
-	return line;
-}
-#elif defined(ENABLE_EDITLINE)
-static char *el_get_prompt(EditLine *e) { return get_prompt(); }
-char *
-fetchline(void)
-{
-	static EditLine	*el;
-	static History	*hist;
-	HistEvent	hevent;
-	char		*line;
-	int		count;
-
-	if (!el) {
-		hist = history_init();
-		history(hist, &hevent, H_SETSIZE, 100);
-		el = el_init(progname, stdin, stdout, stderr);
-		el_source(el, NULL);
-		el_set(el, EL_SIGNAL, 1);
-		el_set(el, EL_PROMPT, el_get_prompt);
-		el_set(el, EL_HIST, history, (const char *)hist);
-	}
-	line = strdup(el_gets(el, &count));
-	if (line) {
-		if (count > 0)
-			line[count-1] = '\0';
-		if (*line)
-			history(hist, &hevent, H_ENTER, line);
-	}
-	return line;
-}
-#else
-# define MAXREADLINESZ	1024
-char *
-fetchline(void)
-{
-	char	*p, *line = malloc(MAXREADLINESZ);
-
-	if (!line)
-		return NULL;
-	if (!fgets(line, MAXREADLINESZ, stdin)) {
-		free(line);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	p = line + strlen(line);
-	if (p != line && p[-1] == '\n')
-		p[-1] = '\0';
-	return line;
-}
-#endif
-
 #define EXABYTES(x)	((long long)(x) << 60)
 #define PETABYTES(x)	((long long)(x) << 50)
 #define TERABYTES(x)	((long long)(x) << 40)
diff --git a/cmd.h b/cmd.h
index 0d01a33e978fc2f518782e8a00729a61edca2de3..da0c7cffe12eebb9bafaaf12450c9fa2fdb9e254 100644
--- a/cmd.h
+++ b/cmd.h
@@ -39,18 +39,11 @@ typedef struct cmdinfo {
 	helpfunc_t      help;
 } cmdinfo_t;
 
-typedef int (*checkfunc_t)(BlockDriverState *bs, const cmdinfo_t *ci);
-
 void qemuio_add_command(const cmdinfo_t *ci);
-void add_user_command(char *optarg);
-void add_check_command(checkfunc_t cf);
 
-void command_loop(void);
 int qemuio_command_usage(const cmdinfo_t *ci);
 
 /* from input.h */
-char *fetchline(void);
-
 void cvtstr(double value, char *str, size_t sz);
 
 struct timeval tsub(struct timeval t1, struct timeval t2);
@@ -64,8 +57,6 @@ enum {
 
 void timestr(struct timeval *tv, char *str, size_t sz, int flags);
 
-extern char *progname;
-
 bool qemuio_command(const char *cmd);
 
 #endif	/* __COMMAND_H__ */
diff --git a/qemu-io.c b/qemu-io.c
index 3bf5aec0de84d2e4a84e34fab8a22bb8b60c38b5..eec8cbc9f2a6b3292c75cf2115b797dd613e26c1 100644
--- a/qemu-io.c
+++ b/qemu-io.c
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ char *progname;
 BlockDriverState *qemuio_bs;
 extern int qemuio_misalign;
 
+/* qemu-io commands passed using -c */
+static int ncmdline;
+static char **cmdline;
+
 static int close_f(BlockDriverState *bs, int argc, char **argv)
 {
     bdrv_delete(bs);
@@ -174,6 +178,141 @@ static void usage(const char *name)
 }
 
 
+#if defined(ENABLE_READLINE)
+# include <readline/history.h>
+# include <readline/readline.h>
+#elif defined(ENABLE_EDITLINE)
+# include <histedit.h>
+#endif
+
+static char *get_prompt(void)
+{
+    static char prompt[FILENAME_MAX + 2 /*"> "*/ + 1 /*"\0"*/ ];
+
+    if (!prompt[0]) {
+        snprintf(prompt, sizeof(prompt), "%s> ", progname);
+    }
+
+    return prompt;
+}
+
+#if defined(ENABLE_READLINE)
+static char *fetchline(void)
+{
+    char *line = readline(get_prompt());
+    if (line && *line) {
+        add_history(line);
+    }
+    return line;
+}
+#elif defined(ENABLE_EDITLINE)
+static char *el_get_prompt(EditLine *e)
+{
+    return get_prompt();
+}
+
+static char *fetchline(void)
+{
+    static EditLine *el;
+    static History *hist;
+    HistEvent hevent;
+    char *line;
+    int count;
+
+    if (!el) {
+        hist = history_init();
+        history(hist, &hevent, H_SETSIZE, 100);
+        el = el_init(progname, stdin, stdout, stderr);
+        el_source(el, NULL);
+        el_set(el, EL_SIGNAL, 1);
+        el_set(el, EL_PROMPT, el_get_prompt);
+        el_set(el, EL_HIST, history, (const char *)hist);
+    }
+    line = strdup(el_gets(el, &count));
+    if (line) {
+        if (count > 0) {
+            line[count-1] = '\0';
+        }
+        if (*line) {
+            history(hist, &hevent, H_ENTER, line);
+        }
+    }
+    return line;
+}
+#else
+# define MAXREADLINESZ 1024
+static char *fetchline(void)
+{
+    char *p, *line = g_malloc(MAXREADLINESZ);
+
+    if (!fgets(line, MAXREADLINESZ, stdin)) {
+        g_free(line);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    p = line + strlen(line);
+    if (p != line && p[-1] == '\n') {
+        p[-1] = '\0';
+    }
+
+    return line;
+}
+#endif
+
+static void prep_fetchline(void *opaque)
+{
+    int *fetchable = opaque;
+
+    qemu_set_fd_handler(STDIN_FILENO, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+    *fetchable= 1;
+}
+
+static void command_loop(void)
+{
+    int i, done = 0, fetchable = 0, prompted = 0;
+    char *input;
+
+    for (i = 0; !done && i < ncmdline; i++) {
+        done = qemuio_command(cmdline[i]);
+    }
+    if (cmdline) {
+        g_free(cmdline);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    while (!done) {
+        if (!prompted) {
+            printf("%s", get_prompt());
+            fflush(stdout);
+            qemu_set_fd_handler(STDIN_FILENO, prep_fetchline, NULL, &fetchable);
+            prompted = 1;
+        }
+
+        main_loop_wait(false);
+
+        if (!fetchable) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        input = fetchline();
+        if (input == NULL) {
+            break;
+        }
+        done = qemuio_command(input);
+        g_free(input);
+
+        prompted = 0;
+        fetchable = 0;
+    }
+    qemu_set_fd_handler(STDIN_FILENO, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
+static void add_user_command(char *optarg)
+{
+    cmdline = g_realloc(cmdline, ++ncmdline * sizeof(char *));
+    cmdline[ncmdline-1] = optarg;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     int readonly = 0;