diff --git a/libavcodec/h263.h b/libavcodec/h263.h
index dbbe7cead8..c5e30205bf 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h263.h
+++ b/libavcodec/h263.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #if !FF_API_ASPECT_EXTENDED
 #define FF_ASPECT_EXTENDED 15
 #endif
+#define INT_BIT (CHAR_BIT * sizeof(int))
 
 // The defines below define the number of bits that are read at once for
 // reading vlc values. Changing these may improve speed and data cache needs
diff --git a/libavcodec/h264_cabac.c b/libavcodec/h264_cabac.c
index 5a7cdf0adf..1e9162621c 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264_cabac.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264_cabac.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
  */
 
 #define CABAC(h) 1
+#define INT_BIT (CHAR_BIT * sizeof(int))
 
 #include "libavutil/attributes.h"
 #include "libavutil/timer.h"
diff --git a/libavutil/internal.h b/libavutil/internal.h
index aed9925e7c..800680a7f2 100644
--- a/libavutil/internal.h
+++ b/libavutil/internal.h
@@ -77,10 +77,6 @@
 #    define FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
 #endif
 
-#ifndef INT_BIT
-#    define INT_BIT (CHAR_BIT * sizeof(int))
-#endif
-
 // Some broken preprocessors need a second expansion
 // to be forced to tokenize __VA_ARGS__
 #define E1(x) x