diff --git a/include/qemu-common.h b/include/qemu-common.h
index 19e254dbe5..f0fe07cd74 100644
--- a/include/qemu-common.h
+++ b/include/qemu-common.h
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ void qemu_hexdump(FILE *fp, const char *prefix,
  */
 int parse_debug_env(const char *name, int max, int initial);
 
-const char *qemu_ether_ntoa(const MACAddr *mac);
 void page_size_init(void);
 
 /* returns non-zero if dump is in progress, otherwise zero is
diff --git a/net/announce.c b/net/announce.c
index 26f057f5ee..3b9e2f1f14 100644
--- a/net/announce.c
+++ b/net/announce.c
@@ -120,6 +120,19 @@ static int announce_self_create(uint8_t *buf,
     return 60; /* len (FCS will be added by hardware) */
 }
 
+/*
+ * Helper to print ethernet mac address
+ */
+static const char *qemu_ether_ntoa(const MACAddr *mac)
+{
+    static char ret[18];
+
+    snprintf(ret, sizeof(ret), "%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
+             mac->a[0], mac->a[1], mac->a[2], mac->a[3], mac->a[4], mac->a[5]);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
 static void qemu_announce_self_iter(NICState *nic, void *opaque)
 {
     AnnounceTimer *timer = opaque;
diff --git a/util/cutils.c b/util/cutils.c
index 53346138c9..0d475ec4cd 100644
--- a/util/cutils.c
+++ b/util/cutils.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <math.h>
 
 #include "qemu-common.h"
-#include "net/net.h"
 #include "qemu/ctype.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
@@ -936,19 +935,6 @@ int parse_debug_env(const char *name, int max, int initial)
     return debug;
 }
 
-/*
- * Helper to print ethernet mac address
- */
-const char *qemu_ether_ntoa(const MACAddr *mac)
-{
-    static char ret[18];
-
-    snprintf(ret, sizeof(ret), "%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
-             mac->a[0], mac->a[1], mac->a[2], mac->a[3], mac->a[4], mac->a[5]);
-
-    return ret;
-}
-
 /*
  * Return human readable string for size @val.
  * @val can be anything that uint64_t allows (no more than "16 EiB").