diff --git a/Android.bp b/Android.bp
index bff97d3..7c1c1df 100644
--- a/Android.bp
+++ b/Android.bp
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 filegroup {
     name: "clatd_common",
     srcs: [
-        "config.c",
         "clatd.c",
         "dump.c",
         "getaddr.c",
diff --git a/clatd.c b/clatd.c
index d29b7ed..7063215 100644
--- a/clatd.c
+++ b/clatd.c
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
 #include "setif.h"
 #include "translate.h"
 
+struct clat_config Global_Clatd_Config;
+
 /* 40 bytes IPv6 header - 20 bytes IPv4 header + 8 bytes fragment header */
 #define MTU_DELTA 28
 
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
deleted file mode 100644
index d83b958..0000000
--- a/config.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2011 Daniel Drown
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- *
- * config.c - configuration settings
- */
-
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <limits.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#include <cutils/config_utils.h>
-#include <netutils/checksum.h>
-#include <netutils/ifc.h>
-
-#include "clatd.h"
-#include "config.h"
-#include "getaddr.h"
-#include "logging.h"
-
-struct clat_config Global_Clatd_Config;
-
-/* function: ipv6_prefix_equal
- * compares the prefixes two ipv6 addresses. assumes the prefix lengths are both /64.
- *   a1 - first address
- *   a2 - second address
- *   returns: 0 if the subnets are different, 1 if they are the same.
- */
-int ipv6_prefix_equal(struct in6_addr *a1, struct in6_addr *a2) { return !memcmp(a1, a2, 8); }
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 95cdefa..1ba6850 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@
 
 extern struct clat_config Global_Clatd_Config;
 
-int ipv6_prefix_equal(struct in6_addr *a1, struct in6_addr *a2);
+/* function: ipv6_prefix_equal
+ * compares the /64 prefixes of two ipv6 addresses.
+ *   a1 - first address
+ *   a2 - second address
+ *   returns: 0 if the subnets are different, 1 if they are the same.
+ */
+static inline int ipv6_prefix_equal(struct in6_addr *a1, struct in6_addr *a2) {
+  return !memcmp(a1, a2, 8);
+}
 
 #endif /* __CONFIG_H__ */