diff --git a/libavformat/os_support.c b/libavformat/os_support.c
index dc88834bf3..3218956df5 100644
--- a/libavformat/os_support.c
+++ b/libavformat/os_support.c
@@ -27,46 +27,6 @@
 #include "avformat.h"
 #include "os_support.h"
 
-#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__MINGW32CE__)
-#undef open
-#undef lseek
-#undef stat
-#undef fstat
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <io.h>
-#include <windows.h>
-#include <share.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-
-int ff_win32_open(const char *filename_utf8, int oflag, int pmode)
-{
-    int fd;
-    int num_chars;
-    wchar_t *filename_w;
-
-    /* convert UTF-8 to wide chars */
-    num_chars = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, MB_ERR_INVALID_CHARS, filename_utf8, -1, NULL, 0);
-    if (num_chars <= 0)
-        goto fallback;
-    filename_w = av_mallocz(sizeof(wchar_t) * num_chars);
-    if (!filename_w) {
-        errno = ENOMEM;
-        return -1;
-    }
-    MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, filename_utf8, -1, filename_w, num_chars);
-
-    fd = _wsopen(filename_w, oflag, SH_DENYNO, pmode);
-    av_freep(&filename_w);
-
-    if (fd != -1 || (oflag & O_CREAT))
-        return fd;
-
-fallback:
-    /* filename may be be in CP_ACP */
-    return _sopen(filename_utf8, oflag, SH_DENYNO, pmode);
-}
-#endif
-
 #if CONFIG_NETWORK
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #if !HAVE_POLL_H
diff --git a/libavformat/os_support.h b/libavformat/os_support.h
index e5f31e05a4..b0f02c11f1 100644
--- a/libavformat/os_support.h
+++ b/libavformat/os_support.h
@@ -86,11 +86,6 @@ static inline int is_dos_path(const char *path)
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__MINGW32CE__)
-int ff_win32_open(const char *filename, int oflag, int pmode);
-#define open ff_win32_open
-#endif
-
 #if CONFIG_NETWORK
 #if !HAVE_SOCKLEN_T
 typedef int socklen_t;
diff --git a/libavutil/file.c b/libavutil/file.c
index 8d035347f2..407941cd58 100644
--- a/libavutil/file.c
+++ b/libavutil/file.c
@@ -36,6 +36,45 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #endif
 
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__MINGW32CE__)
+#undef open
+#undef lseek
+#undef stat
+#undef fstat
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <share.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+static int win32_open(const char *filename_utf8, int oflag, int pmode)
+{
+    int fd;
+    int num_chars;
+    wchar_t *filename_w;
+
+    /* convert UTF-8 to wide chars */
+    num_chars = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, MB_ERR_INVALID_CHARS, filename_utf8, -1, NULL, 0);
+    if (num_chars <= 0)
+        goto fallback;
+    filename_w = av_mallocz(sizeof(wchar_t) * num_chars);
+    if (!filename_w) {
+        errno = ENOMEM;
+        return -1;
+    }
+    MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, filename_utf8, -1, filename_w, num_chars);
+
+    fd = _wsopen(filename_w, oflag, SH_DENYNO, pmode);
+    av_freep(&filename_w);
+
+    if (fd != -1 || (oflag & O_CREAT))
+        return fd;
+
+fallback:
+    /* filename may be be in CP_ACP */
+    return _sopen(filename_utf8, oflag, SH_DENYNO, pmode);
+}
+#define open win32_open
+#endif
+
 int avpriv_open(const char *filename, int flags, ...)
 {
     int fd;