diff --git a/Include/fileutils.h b/Include/fileutils.h
index ba5acc84fcb..1509198e45f 100644
--- a/Include/fileutils.h
+++ b/Include/fileutils.h
@@ -1,5 +1,41 @@
 #ifndef Py_FILEUTILS_H
 #define Py_FILEUTILS_H
+
+/*******************************
+ * stat() and fstat() fiddling *
+ *******************************/
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
+#  include <sys/stat.h>           // S_ISREG()
+#elif defined(HAVE_STAT_H)
+#  include <stat.h>               // S_ISREG()
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_IFMT
+   // VisualAge C/C++ Failed to Define MountType Field in sys/stat.h.
+#  define S_IFMT 0170000
+#endif
+#ifndef S_IFLNK
+   // Windows doesn't define S_IFLNK, but posixmodule.c maps
+   // IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK to S_IFLNK.
+#  define S_IFLNK 0120000
+#endif
+#ifndef S_ISREG
+#  define S_ISREG(x) (((x) & S_IFMT) == S_IFREG)
+#endif
+#ifndef S_ISDIR
+#  define S_ISDIR(x) (((x) & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR)
+#endif
+#ifndef S_ISCHR
+#  define S_ISCHR(x) (((x) & S_IFMT) == S_IFCHR)
+#endif
+#ifndef S_ISLNK
+#  define S_ISLNK(x) (((x) & S_IFMT) == S_IFLNK)
+#endif
+
+
+// Move this down here since some C++ #include's don't like to be included
+// inside an extern "C".
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
diff --git a/Include/pyport.h b/Include/pyport.h
index 4d9b9c026b3..4a21a446b3d 100644
--- a/Include/pyport.h
+++ b/Include/pyport.h
@@ -184,43 +184,6 @@ typedef Py_ssize_t Py_ssize_clean_t;
 #  define Py_MEMCPY memcpy
 #endif
 
-/*******************************
- * stat() and fstat() fiddling *
- *******************************/
-
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#elif defined(HAVE_STAT_H)
-#include <stat.h>
-#endif
-
-#ifndef S_IFMT
-/* VisualAge C/C++ Failed to Define MountType Field in sys/stat.h */
-#define S_IFMT 0170000
-#endif
-
-#ifndef S_IFLNK
-/* Windows doesn't define S_IFLNK but posixmodule.c maps
- * IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK to S_IFLNK */
-#  define S_IFLNK 0120000
-#endif
-
-#ifndef S_ISREG
-#define S_ISREG(x) (((x) & S_IFMT) == S_IFREG)
-#endif
-
-#ifndef S_ISDIR
-#define S_ISDIR(x) (((x) & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR)
-#endif
-
-#ifndef S_ISCHR
-#define S_ISCHR(x) (((x) & S_IFMT) == S_IFCHR)
-#endif
-
-#ifndef S_ISLNK
-#define S_ISLNK(x) (((x) & S_IFMT) == S_IFLNK)
-#endif
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 /* Move this down here since some C++ #include's don't like to be included
    inside an extern "C" */