diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index f9ea9d1097..8a1a979257 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -296,15 +296,6 @@ static hwaddr spapr_node0_size(MachineState *machine)
     return machine->ram_size;
 }
 
-bool spapr_machine_using_legacy_numa(SpaprMachineState *spapr)
-{
-    MachineState *machine = MACHINE(spapr);
-    SpaprMachineClass *smc = SPAPR_MACHINE_GET_CLASS(machine);
-
-    return smc->pre_5_2_numa_associativity ||
-           machine->numa_state->num_nodes <= 1;
-}
-
 static void add_str(GString *s, const gchar *s1)
 {
     g_string_append_len(s, s1, strlen(s1) + 1);
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_numa.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_numa.c
index b50796bbe3..261810525b 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_numa.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_numa.c
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@
 /* Moved from hw/ppc/spapr_pci_nvlink2.c */
 #define SPAPR_GPU_NUMA_ID           (cpu_to_be32(1))
 
+static bool spapr_machine_using_legacy_numa(SpaprMachineState *spapr)
+{
+    MachineState *machine = MACHINE(spapr);
+    SpaprMachineClass *smc = SPAPR_MACHINE_GET_CLASS(machine);
+
+    return smc->pre_5_2_numa_associativity ||
+           machine->numa_state->num_nodes <= 1;
+}
+
 static bool spapr_numa_is_symmetrical(MachineState *ms)
 {
     int src, dst;
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
index c27c7ce515..ccbeeca1de 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
@@ -851,7 +851,6 @@ int spapr_max_server_number(SpaprMachineState *spapr);
 void spapr_store_hpte(PowerPCCPU *cpu, hwaddr ptex,
                       uint64_t pte0, uint64_t pte1);
 void spapr_mce_req_event(PowerPCCPU *cpu, bool recovered);
-bool spapr_machine_using_legacy_numa(SpaprMachineState *spapr);
 
 /* DRC callbacks. */
 void spapr_core_release(DeviceState *dev);