diff --git a/accel/hvf/hvf-accel-ops.c b/accel/hvf/hvf-accel-ops.c
index 69741ce708..14fc49791e 100644
--- a/accel/hvf/hvf-accel-ops.c
+++ b/accel/hvf/hvf-accel-ops.c
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@
 #include "sysemu/runstate.h"
 #include "qemu/guest-random.h"
 
-#include "hvf-accel-ops.h"
-
 HVFState *hvf_state;
 
 /* Memory slots */
diff --git a/accel/hvf/hvf-accel-ops.h b/accel/hvf/hvf-accel-ops.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 018a4e22f6..0000000000
--- a/accel/hvf/hvf-accel-ops.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Accelerator CPUS Interface
- *
- * Copyright 2020 SUSE LLC
- *
- * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
- * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
- */
-
-#ifndef HVF_CPUS_H
-#define HVF_CPUS_H
-
-#include "sysemu/cpus.h"
-
-int hvf_vcpu_exec(CPUState *);
-
-#endif /* HVF_CPUS_H */
diff --git a/include/sysemu/hvf_int.h b/include/sysemu/hvf_int.h
index 80c1a8f946..fd1dcaf26e 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/hvf_int.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/hvf_int.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ extern HVFState *hvf_state;
 void assert_hvf_ok(hv_return_t ret);
 int hvf_arch_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu);
 void hvf_arch_vcpu_destroy(CPUState *cpu);
+int hvf_vcpu_exec(CPUState *);
 hvf_slot *hvf_find_overlap_slot(uint64_t, uint64_t);
 int hvf_put_registers(CPUState *);
 int hvf_get_registers(CPUState *);
diff --git a/target/i386/hvf/hvf.c b/target/i386/hvf/hvf.c
index c7132ee370..02f7be6cfd 100644
--- a/target/i386/hvf/hvf.c
+++ b/target/i386/hvf/hvf.c
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@
 #include "qemu/accel.h"
 #include "target/i386/cpu.h"
 
-#include "hvf-accel-ops.h"
-
 void vmx_update_tpr(CPUState *cpu)
 {
     /* TODO: need integrate APIC handling */