diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
index 75eaf10b9e1a..03348c4d6bd4 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "btf.h"
 #include "bpf.h"
 #include "libbpf.h"
-#include "libbpf_util.h"
+#include "libbpf_internal.h"
 
 #define max(a, b) ((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b))
 #define min(a, b) ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 3562b6ef5fdc..197b574406b3 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include "bpf.h"
 #include "btf.h"
 #include "str_error.h"
-#include "libbpf_util.h"
 #include "libbpf_internal.h"
 
 #ifndef EM_BPF
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
index 789e435b5900..f3025b4d90e1 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
@@ -21,6 +21,19 @@
 #define BTF_PARAM_ENC(name, type) (name), (type)
 #define BTF_VAR_SECINFO_ENC(type, offset, size) (type), (offset), (size)
 
+extern void libbpf_print(enum libbpf_print_level level,
+			 const char *format, ...)
+	__attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)));
+
+#define __pr(level, fmt, ...)	\
+do {				\
+	libbpf_print(level, "libbpf: " fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);	\
+} while (0)
+
+#define pr_warning(fmt, ...)	__pr(LIBBPF_WARN, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define pr_info(fmt, ...)	__pr(LIBBPF_INFO, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define pr_debug(fmt, ...)	__pr(LIBBPF_DEBUG, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
 int libbpf__probe_raw_btf(const char *raw_types, size_t types_len,
 			  const char *str_sec, size_t str_len);
 
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_util.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_util.h
index da94c4cb2e4d..59c779c5790c 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_util.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_util.h
@@ -10,19 +10,6 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-extern void libbpf_print(enum libbpf_print_level level,
-			 const char *format, ...)
-	__attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)));
-
-#define __pr(level, fmt, ...)	\
-do {				\
-	libbpf_print(level, "libbpf: " fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);	\
-} while (0)
-
-#define pr_warning(fmt, ...)	__pr(LIBBPF_WARN, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
-#define pr_info(fmt, ...)	__pr(LIBBPF_INFO, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
-#define pr_debug(fmt, ...)	__pr(LIBBPF_DEBUG, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
-
 /* Use these barrier functions instead of smp_[rw]mb() when they are
  * used in a libbpf header file. That way they can be built into the
  * application that uses libbpf.
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c b/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
index a3d1a302bc9c..38667b62f1fe 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "bpf.h"
 #include "libbpf.h"
-#include "libbpf_util.h"
+#include "libbpf_internal.h"
 #include "xsk.h"
 
 #ifndef SOL_XDP