diff --git a/Include/ceval.h b/Include/ceval.h
index 32ab38972e548f..e9df8684996e23 100644
--- a/Include/ceval.h
+++ b/Include/ceval.h
@@ -133,13 +133,6 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyEval_ReleaseThread(PyThreadState *tstate);
 #define FVS_MASK      0x4
 #define FVS_HAVE_SPEC 0x4
 
-/* Special methods used by LOAD_SPECIAL */
-#define SPECIAL___ENTER__   0
-#define SPECIAL___EXIT__    1
-#define SPECIAL___AENTER__  2
-#define SPECIAL___AEXIT__   3
-#define SPECIAL_MAX   3
-
 #ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
 #  define Py_CPYTHON_CEVAL_H
 #  include "cpython/ceval.h"
diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_ceval.h b/Include/internal/pycore_ceval.h
index 18623cc8f1c945..cc2defbdf77821 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_ceval.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_ceval.h
@@ -366,6 +366,13 @@ extern int _PyRunRemoteDebugger(PyThreadState *tstate);
 PyAPI_FUNC(_PyStackRef)
 _PyForIter_VirtualIteratorNext(PyThreadState* tstate, struct _PyInterpreterFrame* frame, _PyStackRef iter, _PyStackRef *index_ptr);
 
+/* Special methods used by LOAD_SPECIAL */
+#define SPECIAL___ENTER__   0
+#define SPECIAL___EXIT__    1
+#define SPECIAL___AENTER__  2
+#define SPECIAL___AEXIT__   3
+#define SPECIAL_MAX   3
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/Modules/_opcode.c b/Modules/_opcode.c
index c295f7b3152577..ef271b6ef566b9 100644
--- a/Modules/_opcode.c
+++ b/Modules/_opcode.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include "Python.h"
 #include "compile.h"
 #include "opcode.h"
-#include "pycore_ceval.h"
+#include "pycore_ceval.h"           // SPECIAL_MAX
 #include "pycore_code.h"
 #include "pycore_compile.h"
 #include "pycore_intrinsics.h"
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index 3da6f61f5acde5..d1de4875656fd3 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "pycore_backoff.h"
 #include "pycore_call.h"          // _PyObject_CallNoArgs()
 #include "pycore_cell.h"          // PyCell_GetRef()
-#include "pycore_ceval.h"
+#include "pycore_ceval.h"         // SPECIAL___ENTER__
 #include "pycore_code.h"
 #include "pycore_dict.h"
 #include "pycore_emscripten_signal.h"  // _Py_CHECK_EMSCRIPTEN_SIGNALS
diff --git a/Python/codegen.c b/Python/codegen.c
index 0023d72cd5e91d..27fe8e1957b2fe 100644
--- a/Python/codegen.c
+++ b/Python/codegen.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "pycore_pystate.h"       // _Py_GetConfig()
 #include "pycore_symtable.h"      // PySTEntryObject
 #include "pycore_unicodeobject.h" // _PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString
+#include "pycore_ceval.h"         // SPECIAL___ENTER__
 
 #define NEED_OPCODE_METADATA
 #include "pycore_opcode_metadata.h" // _PyOpcode_opcode_metadata, _PyOpcode_num_popped/pushed