diff --git a/util/cbfstool/cbfs.h b/util/cbfstool/cbfs.h
index 641c6a141f..36b9fc0f87 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/cbfs.h
+++ b/util/cbfstool/cbfs.h
@@ -254,9 +254,6 @@ static size_t widths_cbfs_hash[] unused = {
 uint32_t get_cbfs_entry_type(const char *name, uint32_t default_value);
 uint32_t get_cbfs_compression(const char *name, uint32_t unknown);
 
-/* common.c */
-void cbfs_file_get_header(struct buffer *buf, struct cbfs_file *file);
-
 /* cbfs-mkpayload.c */
 void xdr_segs(struct buffer *output,
 	      struct cbfs_payload_segment *segs, int nseg);
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/common.c b/util/cbfstool/common.c
index 4534d8526a..bbb6141fe9 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/common.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/common.c
@@ -122,15 +122,6 @@ void buffer_delete(struct buffer *buffer)
 	buffer->size = 0;
 }
 
-void cbfs_file_get_header(struct buffer *buf, struct cbfs_file *file)
-{
-	bgets(buf, &file->magic, sizeof(file->magic));
-	file->len = xdr_be.get32(buf);
-	file->type = xdr_be.get32(buf);
-	file->attributes_offset = xdr_be.get32(buf);
-	file->offset = xdr_be.get32(buf);
-}
-
 static struct {
 	uint32_t arch;
 	const char *name;
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/fit.c b/util/cbfstool/fit.c
index 584103b154..6de311c75d 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/fit.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/fit.c
@@ -186,6 +186,15 @@ static void add_microcodde_entries(struct fit_table *fit,
 	}
 }
 
+static void cbfs_file_get_header(struct buffer *buf, struct cbfs_file *file)
+{
+	bgets(buf, &file->magic, sizeof(file->magic));
+	file->len = xdr_be.get32(buf);
+	file->type = xdr_be.get32(buf);
+	file->attributes_offset = xdr_be.get32(buf);
+	file->offset = xdr_be.get32(buf);
+}
+
 static int fit_header(void *ptr, uint32_t *current_offset, uint32_t *file_length)
 {
 	struct buffer buf;