diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index ed7bbdae02..69d6879bfe 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ qobject-obj-y += qerror.o
 # block-obj-y is code used by both qemu system emulation and qemu-img
 
 block-obj-y = cutils.o cache-utils.o qemu-malloc.o qemu-option.o module.o
-block-obj-y += nbd.o block.o aio.o aes.o osdep.o
+block-obj-y += nbd.o block.o aio.o aes.o osdep.o qemu-config.o
 block-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += posix-aio-compat.o
 block-obj-$(CONFIG_LINUX_AIO) += linux-aio.o
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ common-obj-y += buffered_file.o migration.o migration-tcp.o qemu-sockets.o
 common-obj-y += qemu-char.o savevm.o #aio.o
 common-obj-y += msmouse.o ps2.o
 common-obj-y += qdev.o qdev-properties.o
-common-obj-y += qemu-config.o block-migration.o
+common-obj-y += block-migration.o
 
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_BRLAPI) += baum.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += migration-exec.o migration-unix.o migration-fd.o
diff --git a/hw/qdev-properties.c b/hw/qdev-properties.c
index 157a11166f..9ffdba792c 100644
--- a/hw/qdev-properties.c
+++ b/hw/qdev-properties.c
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ void qdev_prop_set_defaults(DeviceState *dev, Property *props)
 
 static QTAILQ_HEAD(, GlobalProperty) global_props = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(global_props);
 
-void qdev_prop_register_global(GlobalProperty *prop)
+static void qdev_prop_register_global(GlobalProperty *prop)
 {
     QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&global_props, prop, next);
 }
@@ -689,3 +689,20 @@ void qdev_prop_set_globals(DeviceState *dev)
         }
     }
 }
+
+static int qdev_add_one_global(QemuOpts *opts, void *opaque)
+{
+    GlobalProperty *g;
+
+    g = qemu_mallocz(sizeof(*g));
+    g->driver   = qemu_opt_get(opts, "driver");
+    g->property = qemu_opt_get(opts, "property");
+    g->value    = qemu_opt_get(opts, "value");
+    qdev_prop_register_global(g);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void qemu_add_globals(void)
+{
+    qemu_opts_foreach(&qemu_global_opts, qdev_add_one_global, NULL, 0);
+}
diff --git a/hw/qdev.h b/hw/qdev.h
index 40373c856d..d8fbc739a0 100644
--- a/hw/qdev.h
+++ b/hw/qdev.h
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ void qdev_prop_set_macaddr(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, uint8_t *value);
 void qdev_prop_set_ptr(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, void *value);
 void qdev_prop_set_defaults(DeviceState *dev, Property *props);
 
-void qdev_prop_register_global(GlobalProperty *prop);
 void qdev_prop_register_global_list(GlobalProperty *props);
 void qdev_prop_set_globals(DeviceState *dev);
 
diff --git a/qemu-config.c b/qemu-config.c
index 9b5fe78fdc..9f0f1435fd 100644
--- a/qemu-config.c
+++ b/qemu-config.c
@@ -378,23 +378,6 @@ int qemu_global_option(const char *str)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int qemu_add_one_global(QemuOpts *opts, void *opaque)
-{
-    GlobalProperty *g;
-
-    g = qemu_mallocz(sizeof(*g));
-    g->driver   = qemu_opt_get(opts, "driver");
-    g->property = qemu_opt_get(opts, "property");
-    g->value    = qemu_opt_get(opts, "value");
-    qdev_prop_register_global(g);
-    return 0;
-}
-
-void qemu_add_globals(void)
-{
-    qemu_opts_foreach(&qemu_global_opts, qemu_add_one_global, NULL, 0);
-}
-
 struct ConfigWriteData {
     QemuOptsList *list;
     FILE *fp;