diff --git a/lib/hdb/hdb.h b/lib/hdb/hdb.h
index 574cd9bb2..bc1b74401 100644
--- a/lib/hdb/hdb.h
+++ b/lib/hdb/hdb.h
@@ -135,10 +135,6 @@ struct hdb_so_method {
     krb5_error_code (*create)(krb5_context, HDB **, const char *filename);
 };
 
-#define HDB_DB_DIR "/var/heimdal"
-#define HDB_DEFAULT_DB HDB_DB_DIR "/heimdal"
-#define HDB_DB_FORMAT_ENTRY "hdb/db-format"
-
 typedef krb5_error_code (*hdb_foreach_func_t)(krb5_context, HDB*,
 					      hdb_entry_ex*, void*);
 extern krb5_kt_ops hdb_kt_ops;
diff --git a/lib/hdb/hdb_locl.h b/lib/hdb/hdb_locl.h
index 1bd6befe7..13dc4ea34 100644
--- a/lib/hdb/hdb_locl.h
+++ b/lib/hdb/hdb_locl.h
@@ -64,4 +64,8 @@
 #include <hdb.h>
 #include <hdb-private.h>
 
+#define HDB_DB_DIR "/var/heimdal"
+#define HDB_DEFAULT_DB HDB_DB_DIR "/heimdal"
+#define HDB_DB_FORMAT_ENTRY "hdb/db-format"
+
 #endif /* __HDB_LOCL_H__ */