diff --git a/monitor/hmp-target.c b/monitor/hmp-target.c
index 59c60d13b5..420969bd6e 100644
--- a/monitor/hmp-target.c
+++ b/monitor/hmp-target.c
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-control.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-misc.h"
 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-machine.h"
-#include "qapi/error.h"
-#include "qemu/cutils.h"
 
 #if defined(TARGET_S390X)
 #include "hw/s390x/storage-keys.h"
@@ -44,29 +42,6 @@
 /* Make devices configuration available for use in hmp-commands*.hx templates */
 #include CONFIG_DEVICES
 
-/**
- * Is @name in the '|' separated list of names @list?
- */
-int hmp_compare_cmd(const char *name, const char *list)
-{
-    const char *p, *pstart;
-    int len;
-    len = strlen(name);
-    p = list;
-    for (;;) {
-        pstart = p;
-        p = qemu_strchrnul(p, '|');
-        if ((p - pstart) == len && !memcmp(pstart, name, len)) {
-            return 1;
-        }
-        if (*p == '\0') {
-            break;
-        }
-        p++;
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
 /* Please update hmp-commands.hx when adding or changing commands */
 static HMPCommand hmp_info_cmds[] = {
 #include "hmp-commands-info.h"
@@ -147,35 +122,3 @@ static void __attribute__((__constructor__)) sortcmdlist(void)
           sizeof(*hmp_info_cmds),
           compare_mon_cmd);
 }
-
-void monitor_register_hmp(const char *name, bool info,
-                          void (*cmd)(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict))
-{
-    HMPCommand *table = hmp_cmds_for_target(info);
-
-    while (table->name != NULL) {
-        if (strcmp(table->name, name) == 0) {
-            g_assert(table->cmd == NULL && table->cmd_info_hrt == NULL);
-            table->cmd = cmd;
-            return;
-        }
-        table++;
-    }
-    g_assert_not_reached();
-}
-
-void monitor_register_hmp_info_hrt(const char *name,
-                                   HumanReadableText *(*handler)(Error **errp))
-{
-    HMPCommand *table = hmp_cmds_for_target(true);
-
-    while (table->name != NULL) {
-        if (strcmp(table->name, name) == 0) {
-            g_assert(table->cmd == NULL && table->cmd_info_hrt == NULL);
-            table->cmd_info_hrt = handler;
-            return;
-        }
-        table++;
-    }
-    g_assert_not_reached();
-}
diff --git a/monitor/hmp.c b/monitor/hmp.c
index 17e5756986..0a5bbf8219 100644
--- a/monitor/hmp.c
+++ b/monitor/hmp.c
@@ -1497,3 +1497,58 @@ void monitor_init_hmp(Chardev *chr, bool use_readline, Error **errp)
                              monitor_event, NULL, &mon->common, NULL, true);
     monitor_list_append(&mon->common);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Is @name in the '|' separated list of names @list?
+ */
+int hmp_compare_cmd(const char *name, const char *list)
+{
+    const char *p, *pstart;
+    int len;
+    len = strlen(name);
+    p = list;
+    for (;;) {
+        pstart = p;
+        p = qemu_strchrnul(p, '|');
+        if ((p - pstart) == len && !memcmp(pstart, name, len)) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+        if (*p == '\0') {
+            break;
+        }
+        p++;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void monitor_register_hmp(const char *name, bool info,
+                          void (*cmd)(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict))
+{
+    HMPCommand *table = hmp_cmds_for_target(info);
+
+    while (table->name != NULL) {
+        if (strcmp(table->name, name) == 0) {
+            g_assert(table->cmd == NULL && table->cmd_info_hrt == NULL);
+            table->cmd = cmd;
+            return;
+        }
+        table++;
+    }
+    g_assert_not_reached();
+}
+
+void monitor_register_hmp_info_hrt(const char *name,
+                                   HumanReadableText *(*handler)(Error **errp))
+{
+    HMPCommand *table = hmp_cmds_for_target(true);
+
+    while (table->name != NULL) {
+        if (strcmp(table->name, name) == 0) {
+            g_assert(table->cmd == NULL && table->cmd_info_hrt == NULL);
+            table->cmd_info_hrt = handler;
+            return;
+        }
+        table++;
+    }
+    g_assert_not_reached();
+}