diff --git a/accel/qtest/qtest.c b/accel/qtest/qtest.c
index 53182e6c2a..bf14032d29 100644
--- a/accel/qtest/qtest.c
+++ b/accel/qtest/qtest.c
@@ -24,6 +24,18 @@
 #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
 #include "hw/core/cpu.h"
 
+static int64_t qtest_clock_counter;
+
+static int64_t qtest_get_virtual_clock(void)
+{
+    return qatomic_read_i64(&qtest_clock_counter);
+}
+
+static void qtest_set_virtual_clock(int64_t count)
+{
+    qatomic_set_i64(&qtest_clock_counter, count);
+}
+
 static int qtest_init_accel(MachineState *ms)
 {
     return 0;
diff --git a/include/sysemu/qtest.h b/include/sysemu/qtest.h
index 45f3b7e1df..c161d75165 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/qtest.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/qtest.h
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ void qtest_server_init(const char *qtest_chrdev, const char *qtest_log, Error **
 void qtest_server_set_send_handler(void (*send)(void *, const char *),
                                  void *opaque);
 void qtest_server_inproc_recv(void *opaque, const char *buf);
-
-int64_t qtest_get_virtual_clock(void);
-void qtest_set_virtual_clock(int64_t count);
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/system/qtest.c b/system/qtest.c
index 8cb98966b4..12703a2045 100644
--- a/system/qtest.c
+++ b/system/qtest.c
@@ -325,18 +325,6 @@ static void qtest_irq_handler(void *opaque, int n, int level)
     }
 }
 
-static int64_t qtest_clock_counter;
-
-int64_t qtest_get_virtual_clock(void)
-{
-    return qatomic_read_i64(&qtest_clock_counter);
-}
-
-void qtest_set_virtual_clock(int64_t count)
-{
-    qatomic_set_i64(&qtest_clock_counter, count);
-}
-
 static bool (*process_command_cb)(CharBackend *chr, gchar **words);
 
 void qtest_set_command_cb(bool (*pc_cb)(CharBackend *chr, gchar **words))