diff --git a/libavutil/common.h b/libavutil/common.h
index 4413129927..3764f765fe 100644
--- a/libavutil/common.h
+++ b/libavutil/common.h
@@ -47,30 +47,6 @@
 #    include <math.h>
 #endif /* HAVE_AV_CONFIG_H */
 
-#ifndef always_inline
-#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 3 || __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 0)
-#    define always_inline __attribute__((always_inline)) inline
-#else
-#    define always_inline inline
-#endif
-#endif
-
-#ifndef attribute_used
-#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 3 || __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 0)
-#    define attribute_used __attribute__((used))
-#else
-#    define attribute_used
-#endif
-#endif
-
-#ifndef attribute_unused
-#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 3 || __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 0)
-#    define attribute_unused __attribute__((unused))
-#else
-#    define attribute_unused
-#endif
-#endif
-
 #ifndef attribute_deprecated
 #if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 3 || __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 0)
 #    define attribute_deprecated __attribute__((deprecated))
diff --git a/libavutil/internal.h b/libavutil/internal.h
index 506e017192..e31e9b213c 100644
--- a/libavutil/internal.h
+++ b/libavutil/internal.h
@@ -26,6 +26,30 @@
 #ifndef INTERNAL_H
 #define INTERNAL_H
 
+#ifndef always_inline
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 3 || __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 0)
+#    define always_inline __attribute__((always_inline)) inline
+#else
+#    define always_inline inline
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef attribute_used
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 3 || __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 0)
+#    define attribute_used __attribute__((used))
+#else
+#    define attribute_used
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef attribute_unused
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 3 || __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 0)
+#    define attribute_unused __attribute__((unused))
+#else
+#    define attribute_unused
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #if ( defined(__PIC__) || defined(__pic__) ) && ! defined(PIC)
 #    define PIC
 #endif