diff --git a/src/basic/cgroup-util.h b/src/basic/cgroup-util.h
index c9666075ec..df3d01e4ef 100644
--- a/src/basic/cgroup-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/cgroup-util.h
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
 #include "macro.h"
 #include "set.h"
 
+#define SYSTEMD_CGROUP_CONTROLLER_LEGACY "name=systemd"
+#define SYSTEMD_CGROUP_CONTROLLER_HYBRID "name=unified"
+#define SYSTEMD_CGROUP_CONTROLLER "_systemd"
+
 /* An enum of well known cgroup controllers */
 typedef enum CGroupController {
         CGROUP_CONTROLLER_CPU,
diff --git a/src/basic/def.h b/src/basic/def.h
index b0bd1dfa1c..77ab735aed 100644
--- a/src/basic/def.h
+++ b/src/basic/def.h
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@
 /* The default value for the net.unix.max_dgram_qlen sysctl */
 #define DEFAULT_UNIX_MAX_DGRAM_QLEN 512UL
 
-#define SYSTEMD_CGROUP_CONTROLLER_LEGACY "name=systemd"
-#define SYSTEMD_CGROUP_CONTROLLER_HYBRID "name=unified"
-#define SYSTEMD_CGROUP_CONTROLLER "_systemd"
-
 #define SIGNALS_CRASH_HANDLER SIGSEGV,SIGILL,SIGFPE,SIGBUS,SIGQUIT,SIGABRT
 #define SIGNALS_IGNORE SIGPIPE