diff --git a/src/console_commands.cpp b/src/console_commands.cpp
index 79d55f8..cacf3b6 100644
--- a/src/console_commands.cpp
+++ b/src/console_commands.cpp
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ static constexpr int DEFAULT_BACKLOG = 1;
 
 namespace p2pool {
 
-extern const uv_handle_type stdin_type;
-
 ConsoleCommands::ConsoleCommands(p2pool* pool)
 	: TCPServer(DEFAULT_BACKLOG, ConsoleClient::allocate)
 	, m_pool(pool)
diff --git a/src/log.cpp b/src/log.cpp
index 2941361..7f702b7 100644
--- a/src/log.cpp
+++ b/src/log.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static constexpr char log_file_name[] = "p2pool.log";
 
 namespace p2pool {
 
-extern const uv_handle_type stdin_type = uv_guess_handle(0);
+const uv_handle_type stdin_type = uv_guess_handle(0);
 
 namespace log {
 
diff --git a/src/uv_util.h b/src/uv_util.h
index e4e6f0c..1709e8c 100644
--- a/src/uv_util.h
+++ b/src/uv_util.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ static_assert(sizeof(in_addr) == 4, "struct in_addr has invalid size");
 
 namespace p2pool {
 
+extern const uv_handle_type stdin_type;
+
 struct MutexLock : public nocopy_nomove
 {
 	explicit FORCEINLINE MutexLock(uv_mutex_t& handle) : m_handle(&handle) { uv_mutex_lock(&handle); }