diff --git a/sndiod/Makefile.in b/sndiod/Makefile.in
index 8b69366..ffa96bd 100644
--- a/sndiod/Makefile.in
+++ b/sndiod/Makefile.in
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ abuf.o:		abuf.c abuf.h defs.h utils.h
 dev.o:		dev.c ../bsd-compat/bsd-compat.h abuf.h defs.h dev.h \
 		dsp.h siofile.h midi.h miofile.h opt.h sysex.h utils.h
 dsp.o:		dsp.c defs.h dsp.h utils.h
-file.o:		file.c defs.h file.h utils.h
+file.o:		file.c file.h utils.h
 listen.o:	listen.c listen.h file.h sock.h ../libsndio/amsg.h \
 		utils.h ../bsd-compat/bsd-compat.h
 midi.o:		midi.c abuf.h defs.h dev.h dsp.h siofile.h file.h midi.h \
diff --git a/sndiod/defs.h b/sndiod/defs.h
index e20a5f1..9f43aee 100644
--- a/sndiod/defs.h
+++ b/sndiod/defs.h
@@ -17,17 +17,6 @@
 #ifndef DEFS_H
 #define DEFS_H
 
-/*
- * Log levels:
- *
- * 0 - fatal errors: bugs, asserts, internal errors.
- * 1 - warnings: bugs in clients, failed allocations, non-fatal errors.
- * 2 - misc information (hardware parameters, incoming clients)
- * 3 - structural changes (new aproc structures and files stream params changes)
- * 4 - data blocks and messages
- */
-extern unsigned int log_level;
-
 /*
  * MIDI buffer size
  */
diff --git a/sndiod/file.c b/sndiod/file.c
index 7bda292..8e2cc49 100644
--- a/sndiod/file.c
+++ b/sndiod/file.c
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
-#include "defs.h"
 #include "file.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 
diff --git a/sndiod/utils.h b/sndiod/utils.h
index d01ee10..aeb1986 100644
--- a/sndiod/utils.h
+++ b/sndiod/utils.h
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ void *xmalloc(size_t);
 char *xstrdup(char *);
 void xfree(void *);
 
+/*
+ * Log levels:
+ *
+ * 0 - fatal errors: bugs, asserts, internal errors.
+ * 1 - warnings: bugs in clients, failed allocations, non-fatal errors.
+ * 2 - misc information (hardware parameters, incoming clients)
+ * 3 - structural changes (eg. new streams, new parameters ...)
+ * 4 - data blocks and messages
+ */
+extern unsigned int log_level;
 extern unsigned int log_sync;
 
 #endif