diff --git a/archive.c b/archive.c
index c4662a28309ec7..f834b5f51f4cf5 100644
--- a/archive.c
+++ b/archive.c
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ static const char archive_usage[] = \
 
 #define USES_ZLIB_COMPRESSION 1
 
-const struct archiver archivers[] = {
+const struct archiver {
+	const char *name;
+	write_archive_fn_t write_archive;
+	unsigned int flags;
+} archivers[] = {
 	{ "tar", write_tar_archive },
 	{ "zip", write_zip_archive, USES_ZLIB_COMPRESSION },
 };
diff --git a/archive.h b/archive.h
index 929368d80b2d73..0b15b35143fffc 100644
--- a/archive.h
+++ b/archive.h
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ typedef int (*write_archive_fn_t)(struct archiver_args *);
 
 typedef int (*write_archive_entry_fn_t)(struct archiver_args *args, const unsigned char *sha1, const char *path, size_t pathlen, unsigned int mode, void *buffer, unsigned long size);
 
-struct archiver {
-	const char *name;
-	write_archive_fn_t write_archive;
-	unsigned int flags;
-};
-
 /*
  * Archive-format specific backends.
  */