diff --git a/include/netcdf.h b/include/netcdf.h
index 2cd29b5ac..4fd0d6bf2 100644
--- a/include/netcdf.h
+++ b/include/netcdf.h
@@ -1919,6 +1919,17 @@ ncrecput(int ncid, long recnum, void *const *datap);
 #define END_OF_MAIN()
 #endif
 
+/* Define two hard-coded functionality-related
+   macros, but this is not going to be
+   standard practice. */
+#ifndef NC_HAVE_RENAME_GRP
+#define NC_HAVE_RENAME_GRP /*!< rename_grp() support. */
+#endif
+
+#ifndef NC_HAVE_INQ_FORMAT_EXTENDED
+#define NC_HAVE_INQ_FORMAT_EXTENDED /*!< inq_format_extended() support. */
+#endif
+
 #define NC_HAVE_META_H
 
 #endif /* _NETCDF_ */
diff --git a/include/netcdf_meta.h.in b/include/netcdf_meta.h.in
index e28a8b000..0901e9391 100644
--- a/include/netcdf_meta.h.in
+++ b/include/netcdf_meta.h.in
@@ -49,15 +49,6 @@
 #define NC_HAS_PNETCDF   @NC_HAS_PNETCDF@   /*!< pnetcdf support. */
 #define NC_HAS_PARALLEL  @NC_HAS_PARALLEL@  /*!< parallel IO support via hdf5. */
 
-/* Define two hard-coded functionality-related
-   macros, but this is not going to be
-   standard practice. */
-#ifndef NC_HAVE_RENAME_GRP
-#define NC_HAVE_RENAME_GRP /*!< rename_grp() support. */
-#endif
 
-#ifndef NC_HAVE_INQ_FORMAT_EXTENDED
-#define NC_HAVE_INQ_FORMAT_EXTENDED /*!< inq_format_extended() support. */
-#endif
 
 #endif