diff --git a/include/qemu/qemu-options.h b/include/qemu/qemu-options.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a62c83c45..0000000000
--- a/include/qemu/qemu-options.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * qemu-options.h
- *
- * Defines needed for command line argument processing.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard
- * Copyright (c) 2010 Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
- * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
- * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
- * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
- * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
- * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
- * THE SOFTWARE.
- */
-
-#ifndef QEMU_OPTIONS_H
-#define QEMU_OPTIONS_H
-
-enum {
-
-#define DEF(option, opt_arg, opt_enum, opt_help, arch_mask)     \
-    opt_enum,
-#define DEFHEADING(text)
-#define ARCHHEADING(text, arch_mask)
-
-#include "qemu-options.def"
-};
-
-#endif
diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
index 0a74810ca3..78b6570f19 100644
--- a/softmmu/vl.c
+++ b/softmmu/vl.c
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
 #include "qapi/qobject-input-visitor.h"
 #include "qemu/option.h"
 #include "qemu/config-file.h"
-#include "qemu/qemu-options.h"
 #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
 #ifdef CONFIG_VIRTFS
 #include "fsdev/qemu-fsdev.h"
@@ -894,6 +893,16 @@ static void help(int exitcode)
     exit(exitcode);
 }
 
+enum {
+
+#define DEF(option, opt_arg, opt_enum, opt_help, arch_mask)     \
+    opt_enum,
+#define DEFHEADING(text)
+#define ARCHHEADING(text, arch_mask)
+
+#include "qemu-options.def"
+};
+
 #define HAS_ARG 0x0001
 
 typedef struct QEMUOption {