diff --git a/src/vfsdummy.h b/src/vfsdummy.h
index 21ee6d61f..6dab666cc 100644
--- a/src/vfsdummy.h
+++ b/src/vfsdummy.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ return_zero (void)
 #define mc_getlocalcopy(x) vfs_canon(x)
 #define mc_ungetlocalcopy(x,y,z) do { } while (0)
 
-#define vfs_file_is_local(x) 1
 #define vfs_strip_suffix_from_filename(x) g_strdup(x)
 
 #define vfs_file_class_flags(x) (VFSF_LOCAL)
diff --git a/vfs/vfs.h b/vfs/vfs.h
index a62fa29be..df85e6b09 100644
--- a/vfs/vfs.h
+++ b/vfs/vfs.h
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@ void vfs_init (void);
 void vfs_shut (void);
 
 int vfs_current_is_local (void);
+int vfs_file_is_local (const char *filename);
 
 #else /* USE_VFS */
 
 #define vfs_init() do { } while (0)
 #define vfs_shut() do { } while (0)
 #define vfs_current_is_local() (1)
+#define vfs_file_is_local(x) (1)
 
 #endif /* USE_VFS */
 
@@ -30,7 +32,6 @@ char *vfs_strip_suffix_from_filename (const char *filename);
 char *vfs_canon (const char *path);
 char *mc_get_current_wd (char *buffer, int bufsize);
 char *vfs_get_current_dir (void);
-int vfs_file_is_local (const char *filename);
 /* translate path back to terminal encoding, remove all #enc: 
  * every invalid character is replaced with question mark
  * return static buffer */