diff --git a/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic-private.hh b/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic-private.hh
index fe8b2074c88a46d76d686d8dd73aa7be0a2a68e4..beabe0d4ee15f9577d4b3ed3ebb0daf73ae6d46d 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic-private.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic-private.hh
@@ -64,6 +64,18 @@ enum indic_category_t {
   OT_CM2 = 31 /* Consonant-Medial, second slot. */
 };
 
+#define MEDIAL_FLAGS (FLAG (OT_CM) | FLAG (OT_CM2))
+
+/* Note:
+ *
+ * We treat Vowels and placeholders as if they were consonants.  This is safe because Vowels
+ * cannot happen in a consonant syllable.  The plus side however is, we can call the
+ * consonant syllable logic from the vowel syllable function and get it all right! */
+#define CONSONANT_FLAGS (FLAG (OT_C) | FLAG (OT_Ra) | MEDIAL_FLAGS | FLAG (OT_V) | FLAG (OT_NBSP) | FLAG (OT_DOTTEDCIRCLE))
+#define JOINER_FLAGS (FLAG (OT_ZWJ) | FLAG (OT_ZWNJ))
+#define HALANT_OR_COENG_FLAGS (FLAG (OT_H) | FLAG (OT_Coeng))
+
+
 /* Visual positions in a syllable from left to right. */
 enum indic_position_t {
   POS_START,
diff --git a/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic.cc b/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic.cc
index 6f51a79780b956ed485fa0480452a7f65b9fffee..7f1606cc3362c134746ddea2645e89d2ff5609fa 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic.cc
+++ b/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-indic.cc
@@ -145,28 +145,18 @@ is_one_of (const hb_glyph_info_t &info, unsigned int flags)
   return !!(FLAG (info.indic_category()) & flags);
 }
 
-#define JOINER_FLAGS (FLAG (OT_ZWJ) | FLAG (OT_ZWNJ))
 static inline bool
 is_joiner (const hb_glyph_info_t &info)
 {
   return is_one_of (info, JOINER_FLAGS);
 }
 
-#define MEDIAL_FLAGS (FLAG (OT_CM) | FLAG (OT_CM2))
-
-/* Note:
- *
- * We treat Vowels and placeholders as if they were consonants.  This is safe because Vowels
- * cannot happen in a consonant syllable.  The plus side however is, we can call the
- * consonant syllable logic from the vowel syllable function and get it all right! */
-#define CONSONANT_FLAGS (FLAG (OT_C) | FLAG (OT_Ra) | MEDIAL_FLAGS | FLAG (OT_V) | FLAG (OT_NBSP) | FLAG (OT_DOTTEDCIRCLE))
 static inline bool
 is_consonant (const hb_glyph_info_t &info)
 {
   return is_one_of (info, CONSONANT_FLAGS);
 }
 
-#define HALANT_OR_COENG_FLAGS (FLAG (OT_H) | FLAG (OT_Coeng))
 static inline bool
 is_halant_or_coeng (const hb_glyph_info_t &info)
 {
diff --git a/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-myanmar.cc b/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-myanmar.cc
index 50209ffb0eee9321b0ff66d6b3f74453ac4d3b21..3c540f331a62d9ca8b9f138e747580dd2971a8d3 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-myanmar.cc
+++ b/src/hb-ot-shape-complex-myanmar.cc
@@ -157,12 +157,6 @@ is_one_of (const hb_glyph_info_t &info, unsigned int flags)
   return !!(FLAG (info.myanmar_category()) & flags);
 }
 
-/* Note:
- *
- * We treat Vowels and placeholders as if they were consonants.  This is safe because Vowels
- * cannot happen in a consonant syllable.  The plus side however is, we can call the
- * consonant syllable logic from the vowel syllable function and get it all right! */
-#define CONSONANT_FLAGS (FLAG (OT_C) | FLAG (OT_CM) | FLAG (OT_Ra) | FLAG (OT_V) | FLAG (OT_NBSP) | FLAG (OT_GB))
 static inline bool
 is_consonant (const hb_glyph_info_t &info)
 {