diff --git a/util/async-teardown.c b/softmmu/async-teardown.c
similarity index 100%
rename from util/async-teardown.c
rename to softmmu/async-teardown.c
diff --git a/softmmu/meson.build b/softmmu/meson.build
index ea5603f021..c18b7ad738 100644
--- a/softmmu/meson.build
+++ b/softmmu/meson.build
@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ endif
 
 system_ss.add(when: seccomp, if_true: files('qemu-seccomp.c'))
 system_ss.add(when: fdt, if_true: files('device_tree.c'))
+system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_LINUX', if_true: files('async-teardown.c'))
diff --git a/util/meson.build b/util/meson.build
index a375160286..c4827fd70a 100644
--- a/util/meson.build
+++ b/util/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ util_ss.add(files('thread-context.c'), numa)
 if not config_host_data.get('CONFIG_ATOMIC64')
   util_ss.add(files('atomic64.c'))
 endif
-util_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_LINUX', if_true: files('async-teardown.c'))
 util_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_POSIX', if_true: files('aio-posix.c'))
 util_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_POSIX', if_true: files('fdmon-poll.c'))
 if config_host_data.get('CONFIG_EPOLL_CREATE1')