diff --git a/include/jemalloc/internal/thread_event.h b/include/jemalloc/internal/thread_event.h
index 229136b6..60fbfcba 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/internal/thread_event.h
+++ b/include/jemalloc/internal/thread_event.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ typedef struct te_ctx_s {
 
 void te_assert_invariants_debug(tsd_t *tsd);
 void te_event_trigger(tsd_t *tsd, te_ctx_t *ctx, bool delay_event);
-void te_event_update(tsd_t *tsd, bool alloc_event);
 void te_recompute_fast_threshold(tsd_t *tsd);
 void tsd_te_init(tsd_t *tsd);
 
@@ -251,27 +250,4 @@ thread_alloc_event(tsd_t *tsd, size_t usize) {
 	te_event_advance(tsd, usize, true);
 }
 
-#define E(event, condition, is_alloc)					\
-JEMALLOC_ALWAYS_INLINE void						\
-te_##event##_event_update(tsd_t *tsd, uint64_t event_wait) {		\
-	te_assert_invariants(tsd);					\
-	assert(condition);						\
-	assert(tsd_nominal(tsd));					\
-	assert(tsd_reentrancy_level_get(tsd) == 0);			\
-	assert(event_wait > 0U);					\
-	if (TE_MIN_START_WAIT > 1U &&					\
-	    unlikely(event_wait < TE_MIN_START_WAIT)) {			\
-		event_wait = TE_MIN_START_WAIT;				\
-	}								\
-	if (TE_MAX_START_WAIT < UINT64_MAX &&				\
-	    unlikely(event_wait > TE_MAX_START_WAIT)) {			\
-		event_wait = TE_MAX_START_WAIT;				\
-	}								\
-	event##_event_wait_set(tsd, event_wait);			\
-	te_event_update(tsd, is_alloc);					\
-}
-
-ITERATE_OVER_ALL_EVENTS
-#undef E
-
 #endif /* JEMALLOC_INTERNAL_THREAD_EVENT_H */
diff --git a/src/thread_event.c b/src/thread_event.c
index 99467ee3..8f718ddc 100644
--- a/src/thread_event.c
+++ b/src/thread_event.c
@@ -4,6 +4,31 @@
 
 #include "jemalloc/internal/thread_event.h"
 
+static void te_event_update(tsd_t *tsd, bool alloc_event);
+
+#define E(event, condition, is_alloc)					\
+static void								\
+te_##event##_event_update(tsd_t *tsd, uint64_t event_wait) {		\
+	te_assert_invariants(tsd);					\
+	assert(condition);						\
+	assert(tsd_nominal(tsd));					\
+	assert(tsd_reentrancy_level_get(tsd) == 0);			\
+	assert(event_wait > 0U);					\
+	if (TE_MIN_START_WAIT > 1U &&					\
+	    unlikely(event_wait < TE_MIN_START_WAIT)) {			\
+		event_wait = TE_MIN_START_WAIT;				\
+	}								\
+	if (TE_MAX_START_WAIT < UINT64_MAX &&				\
+	    unlikely(event_wait > TE_MAX_START_WAIT)) {			\
+		event_wait = TE_MAX_START_WAIT;				\
+	}								\
+	event##_event_wait_set(tsd, event_wait);			\
+	te_event_update(tsd, is_alloc);					\
+}
+
+ITERATE_OVER_ALL_EVENTS
+#undef E
+
 /*
  * Signatures for functions computing new event wait time.  The functions
  * should be defined by the modules owning each event.  The signatures here are