diff --git a/src/basic/cgroup-util.h b/src/basic/cgroup-util.h
index 7c5e6e6555..e4cb159843 100644
--- a/src/basic/cgroup-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/cgroup-util.h
@@ -107,19 +107,7 @@ extern const uint64_t cgroup_io_limit_defaults[_CGROUP_IO_LIMIT_TYPE_MAX];
 const char* cgroup_io_limit_type_to_string(CGroupIOLimitType t) _const_;
 CGroupIOLimitType cgroup_io_limit_type_from_string(const char *s) _pure_;
 
-/* Special values for the cpu.shares attribute */
-#define CGROUP_CPU_SHARES_INVALID UINT64_MAX
-#define CGROUP_CPU_SHARES_MIN UINT64_C(2)
-#define CGROUP_CPU_SHARES_MAX UINT64_C(262144)
-#define CGROUP_CPU_SHARES_DEFAULT UINT64_C(1024)
-
-static inline bool CGROUP_CPU_SHARES_IS_OK(uint64_t x) {
-        return
-            x == CGROUP_CPU_SHARES_INVALID ||
-            (x >= CGROUP_CPU_SHARES_MIN && x <= CGROUP_CPU_SHARES_MAX);
-}
-
-/* Special values for the special {blkio,io}.bfq.weight attribute */
+/* Special values for the io.bfq.weight attribute */
 #define CGROUP_BFQ_WEIGHT_INVALID UINT64_MAX
 #define CGROUP_BFQ_WEIGHT_MIN UINT64_C(1)
 #define CGROUP_BFQ_WEIGHT_MAX UINT64_C(1000)
@@ -133,18 +121,6 @@ static inline uint64_t BFQ_WEIGHT(uint64_t io_weight) {
             CGROUP_BFQ_WEIGHT_DEFAULT + (io_weight - CGROUP_WEIGHT_DEFAULT) * (CGROUP_BFQ_WEIGHT_MAX - CGROUP_BFQ_WEIGHT_DEFAULT) / (CGROUP_WEIGHT_MAX - CGROUP_WEIGHT_DEFAULT);
 }
 
-/* Special values for the blkio.weight attribute */
-#define CGROUP_BLKIO_WEIGHT_INVALID UINT64_MAX
-#define CGROUP_BLKIO_WEIGHT_MIN UINT64_C(10)
-#define CGROUP_BLKIO_WEIGHT_MAX UINT64_C(1000)
-#define CGROUP_BLKIO_WEIGHT_DEFAULT UINT64_C(500)
-
-static inline bool CGROUP_BLKIO_WEIGHT_IS_OK(uint64_t x) {
-        return
-            x == CGROUP_BLKIO_WEIGHT_INVALID ||
-            (x >= CGROUP_BLKIO_WEIGHT_MIN && x <= CGROUP_BLKIO_WEIGHT_MAX);
-}
-
 typedef enum CGroupUnified {
         CGROUP_UNIFIED_UNKNOWN = -1,
         CGROUP_UNIFIED_NONE = 0,        /* Both systemd and controllers on legacy */
diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn-oci.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn-oci.c
index f891ea0742..ef3a2e3119 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn-oci.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn-oci.c
@@ -76,6 +76,18 @@
  *
  */
 
+/* Special values for the cpu.shares attribute */
+#define CGROUP_CPU_SHARES_INVALID UINT64_MAX
+#define CGROUP_CPU_SHARES_MIN UINT64_C(2)
+#define CGROUP_CPU_SHARES_MAX UINT64_C(262144)
+#define CGROUP_CPU_SHARES_DEFAULT UINT64_C(1024)
+
+/* Special values for the blkio.weight attribute */
+#define CGROUP_BLKIO_WEIGHT_INVALID UINT64_MAX
+#define CGROUP_BLKIO_WEIGHT_MIN UINT64_C(10)
+#define CGROUP_BLKIO_WEIGHT_MAX UINT64_C(1000)
+#define CGROUP_BLKIO_WEIGHT_DEFAULT UINT64_C(500)
+
 static int oci_unexpected(const char *name, sd_json_variant *v, sd_json_dispatch_flags_t flags, void *userdata) {
         return json_log(v, flags, SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
                         "Unexpected OCI element '%s' of type '%s'.", name, sd_json_variant_type_to_string(sd_json_variant_type(v)));