diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index c2f30035f..c2b53da6e 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -23,19 +23,6 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
 
-#if !BUILD_HTTPD
-/* implementations of OpenOCD that uses multithreading needs to know when
- * OpenOCD is sleeping. No-op in vanilla OpenOCD
- */
-void openocd_sleep_prelude(void)
-{
-}
-
-void openocd_sleep_postlude(void)
-{
-}
-#endif
-
 /* This is the main entry for developer PC hosted OpenOCD.
  *
  * OpenOCD can also be used as a library that is linked with
diff --git a/src/openocd.c b/src/openocd.c
index 00b33d4de..226a7310a 100644
--- a/src/openocd.c
+++ b/src/openocd.c
@@ -228,6 +228,21 @@ static command_context_t *setup_command_handler(void)
 int httpd_start(void);
 void httpd_stop(void);
 
+
+#if !BUILD_HTTPD
+/* implementations of OpenOCD that uses multithreading needs to know when
+ * OpenOCD is sleeping. No-op in vanilla OpenOCD
+ */
+void openocd_sleep_prelude(void)
+{
+}
+
+void openocd_sleep_postlude(void)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
+
 /* normally this is the main() function entry, but if OpenOCD is linked
  * into application, then this fn will not be invoked, but rather that
  * application will have it's own implementation of main(). */