diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
index af9e5edb04..272d7227d5 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@
 #include "trace.h"
 #include CONFIG_DEVICES
 
+/*
+ * Helper for setting model-id for CPU models that changed model-id
+ * depending on QEMU versions up to QEMU 2.4.
+ */
+#define PC_CPU_MODEL_IDS(v) \
+    { "qemu32-" TYPE_X86_CPU, "model-id", "QEMU Virtual CPU version " v, },\
+    { "qemu64-" TYPE_X86_CPU, "model-id", "QEMU Virtual CPU version " v, },\
+    { "athlon-" TYPE_X86_CPU, "model-id", "QEMU Virtual CPU version " v, },
+
 GlobalProperty pc_compat_7_0[] = {};
 const size_t pc_compat_7_0_len = G_N_ELEMENTS(pc_compat_7_0);
 
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
index 003a86b721..b58ac343ba 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
@@ -288,14 +288,6 @@ extern const size_t pc_compat_1_5_len;
 extern GlobalProperty pc_compat_1_4[];
 extern const size_t pc_compat_1_4_len;
 
-/* Helper for setting model-id for CPU models that changed model-id
- * depending on QEMU versions up to QEMU 2.4.
- */
-#define PC_CPU_MODEL_IDS(v) \
-    { "qemu32-" TYPE_X86_CPU, "model-id", "QEMU Virtual CPU version " v, },\
-    { "qemu64-" TYPE_X86_CPU, "model-id", "QEMU Virtual CPU version " v, },\
-    { "athlon-" TYPE_X86_CPU, "model-id", "QEMU Virtual CPU version " v, },
-
 #define DEFINE_PC_MACHINE(suffix, namestr, initfn, optsfn) \
     static void pc_machine_##suffix##_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data) \
     { \