diff --git a/Include/fileobject.h b/Include/fileobject.h
index 2deef544d66..6a6d1140949 100644
--- a/Include/fileobject.h
+++ b/Include/fileobject.h
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ Py_DEPRECATED(3.12) PyAPI_DATA(int) Py_HasFileSystemDefaultEncoding;
 Py_DEPRECATED(3.12) PyAPI_DATA(int) Py_UTF8Mode;
 #endif
 
-/* A routine to check if a file descriptor can be select()-ed. */
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-    /* On Windows, any socket fd can be select()-ed, no matter how high */
-    #define _PyIsSelectable_fd(FD) (1)
-#else
-    #define _PyIsSelectable_fd(FD) ((unsigned int)(FD) < (unsigned int)FD_SETSIZE)
-#endif
-
 #ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
 #  define Py_CPYTHON_FILEOBJECT_H
 #  include "cpython/fileobject.h"
diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_fileutils.h b/Include/internal/pycore_fileutils.h
index ef6642d00f1..7ba9b3ee58b 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_fileutils.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_fileutils.h
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include <locale.h>   /* struct lconv */
 
+/* A routine to check if a file descriptor can be select()-ed. */
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+    /* On Windows, any socket fd can be select()-ed, no matter how high */
+    #define _PyIsSelectable_fd(FD) (1)
+#else
+    #define _PyIsSelectable_fd(FD) ((unsigned int)(FD) < (unsigned int)FD_SETSIZE)
+#endif
 
 struct _fileutils_state {
     int force_ascii;
diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
index ed720b4295f..699431c248a 100644
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #define OPENSSL_NO_DEPRECATED 1
 
 #include "Python.h"
+#include "pycore_fileutils.h"     // _PyIsSelectable_fd()
 #include "pycore_weakref.h"       // _PyWeakref_GET_REF()
 
 /* Include symbols from _socket module */