diff --git a/include/decl.h b/include/decl.h
index 6c0f9721c..5ebaa326e 100644
--- a/include/decl.h
+++ b/include/decl.h
@@ -455,12 +455,6 @@ struct early_opt {
     boolean valallowed;
 };
 
-/* topline states */
-#define TOPLINE_EMPTY          0 /* empty */
-#define TOPLINE_NEED_MORE      1 /* non-empty, need --More-- */
-#define TOPLINE_NON_EMPTY      2 /* non-empty, no --More-- required */
-#define TOPLINE_SPECIAL_PROMPT 3 /* special prompt state */
-
 #undef E
 
 #endif /* DECL_H */
diff --git a/include/wintty.h b/include/wintty.h
index 6994fc93f..e6388ec0d 100644
--- a/include/wintty.h
+++ b/include/wintty.h
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ struct WinDesc {
 #define WIN_STOP 1        /* for NHW_MESSAGE; stops output */
 #define WIN_LOCKHISTORY 2 /* for NHW_MESSAGE; suppress history updates */
 
+/* topline states */
+#define TOPLINE_EMPTY          0 /* empty */
+#define TOPLINE_NEED_MORE      1 /* non-empty, need --More-- */
+#define TOPLINE_NON_EMPTY      2 /* non-empty, no --More-- required */
+#define TOPLINE_SPECIAL_PROMPT 3 /* special prompt state */
+
 /* descriptor for tty-based displays -- all the per-display data */
 struct DisplayDesc {
     short rows, cols; /* width and height of tty display */