diff --git a/include/haproxy/defaults.h b/include/haproxy/defaults.h
index 19a9cb623..7547a17da 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/defaults.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/defaults.h
@@ -359,6 +359,23 @@
 #define MEM_USABLE_RATIO 0.97
 #endif
 
+/* Pools are always enabled unless explicitly disabled. When disabled, the
+ * calls are directly passed to the underlying OS functions.
+ */
+#if !defined(DEBUG_NO_POOLS) && !defined(DEBUG_UAF) && !defined(DEBUG_FAIL_ALLOC)
+#define CONFIG_HAP_POOLS
+#endif
+
+/* On modern architectures with many threads, a fast memory allocator, and
+ * local pools, the global pools with their single list can be way slower than
+ * the standard allocator which already has its own per-thread arenas. In this
+ * case we disable global pools. The global pools may still be enforced
+ * using CONFIG_HAP_GLOBAL_POOLS though.
+ */
+#if defined(USE_THREAD) && defined(HA_HAVE_FAST_MALLOC) && !defined(CONFIG_HAP_GLOBAL_POOLS)
+#define CONFIG_HAP_NO_GLOBAL_POOLS
+#endif
+
 /* default per-thread pool cache size when enabled */
 #ifndef CONFIG_HAP_POOL_CACHE_SIZE
 #define CONFIG_HAP_POOL_CACHE_SIZE 1048576
diff --git a/include/haproxy/pool-t.h b/include/haproxy/pool-t.h
index a1aba4aa0..c33ffc7f1 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/pool-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/pool-t.h
@@ -26,23 +26,6 @@
 #include <haproxy/list-t.h>
 #include <haproxy/thread-t.h>
 
-/* Pools are always enabled unless explicitly disabled. When disabled, the
- * calls are directly passed to the underlying OS functions.
- */
-#if !defined(DEBUG_NO_POOLS) && !defined(DEBUG_UAF) && !defined(DEBUG_FAIL_ALLOC)
-#define CONFIG_HAP_POOLS
-#endif
-
-/* On modern architectures with many threads, a fast memory allocator, and
- * local pools, the global pools with their single list can be way slower than
- * the standard allocator which already has its own per-thread arenas. In this
- * case we disable global pools. The global pools may still be enforced
- * using CONFIG_HAP_GLOBAL_POOLS though.
- */
-#if defined(USE_THREAD) && defined(HA_HAVE_FAST_MALLOC) && !defined(CONFIG_HAP_GLOBAL_POOLS)
-#define CONFIG_HAP_NO_GLOBAL_POOLS
-#endif
-
 #define MEM_F_SHARED	0x1
 #define MEM_F_EXACT	0x2
 
diff --git a/include/haproxy/tinfo-t.h b/include/haproxy/tinfo-t.h
index 1285c731a..4ed042f72 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/tinfo-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/tinfo-t.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
 #include <time.h>
 #include <haproxy/api-t.h>
-#include <haproxy/pool-t.h>
 
 /* thread info flags, for ha_thread_info[].flags */
 #define TI_FL_STUCK             0x00000001