diff --git a/include/vlc_common.h b/include/vlc_common.h
index 80c14742cc83bd55287d2affc2547f8671b3c5e8..bba8d47750dc5eff4e7dd1feef8028219e383529 100644
--- a/include/vlc_common.h
+++ b/include/vlc_common.h
@@ -276,19 +276,6 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
  * Basic types definitions
  *****************************************************************************/
-/**
- * High precision date or time interval
- *
- * Store a high precision date or time interval. The maximum precision is the
- * microsecond, and a 64 bits integer is used to avoid overflows (maximum
- * time interval is then 292271 years, which should be long enough for any
- * video). Dates are stored as microseconds since a common date (usually the
- * epoch). Note that date and time intervals can be manipulated using regular
- * arithmetic operators, and that no special functions are required.
- */
-typedef int64_t vlc_tick_t;
-typedef vlc_tick_t mtime_t; /* deprecated, use vlc_tick_t */
-
 /**
  * The vlc_fourcc_t type.
  *
diff --git a/include/vlc_mtime.h b/include/vlc_mtime.h
index 39f594680d739fbdd1907997cbf52d78ee2aa518..63649bc47fea8d5e0ee09ec826f9ee743079fab9 100644
--- a/include/vlc_mtime.h
+++ b/include/vlc_mtime.h
@@ -32,6 +32,19 @@
 #ifndef __VLC_MTIME_H
 # define __VLC_MTIME_H 1
 
+/**
+ * High precision date or time interval
+ *
+ * Store a high precision date or time interval. The maximum precision is the
+ * microsecond, and a 64 bits integer is used to avoid overflows (maximum
+ * time interval is then 292271 years, which should be long enough for any
+ * video). Dates are stored as microseconds since a common date (usually the
+ * epoch). Note that date and time intervals can be manipulated using regular
+ * arithmetic operators, and that no special functions are required.
+ */
+typedef int64_t vlc_tick_t;
+typedef vlc_tick_t mtime_t; /* deprecated, use vlc_tick_t */
+
 /*****************************************************************************
  * MSTRTIME_MAX_SIZE: maximum possible size of mstrtime
  *****************************************************************************