diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 79dc30574ef2c4c78422864733d036abbccfb1fa..79c612fc2f51a5adf059a7a9ec2b8e7882388faa 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1258,7 +1258,4 @@ extern struct startup_info *startup_info;
 /* builtin/merge.c */
 int checkout_fast_forward(const unsigned char *from, const unsigned char *to);
 
-/* in ctype.c, for kwset users */
-extern const char tolower_trans_tbl[256];
-
 #endif /* CACHE_H */
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 230e198fc35390fbccb496d2b74425382439dc4a..ac0a87bdb9c77eb7a8321e5c63af7e73d726d62e 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -457,6 +457,9 @@ static inline int has_extension(const char *filename, const char *ext)
 	return len > extlen && !memcmp(filename + len - extlen, ext, extlen);
 }
 
+/* in ctype.c, for kwset users */
+extern const char tolower_trans_tbl[256];
+
 /* Sane ctype - no locale, and works with signed chars */
 #undef isascii
 #undef isspace