diff --git a/include/fmt/core.h b/include/fmt/core.h
index e76d01fd..ece6c479 100644
--- a/include/fmt/core.h
+++ b/include/fmt/core.h
@@ -2258,6 +2258,49 @@ void check_format_string(S format_str) {
   (void)invalid_format;
 }
 
+// Converts string literals to basic_string_view.
+template <typename Char, size_t N>
+FMT_CONSTEXPR basic_string_view<Char> compile_string_to_view(
+    const Char (&s)[N]) {
+  // Remove trailing null character if needed. Won't be present if this is used
+  // with raw character array (i.e. not defined as a string).
+  return {s,
+          N - ((std::char_traits<Char>::to_int_type(s[N - 1]) == 0) ? 1 : 0)};
+}
+
+// Converts string_view to basic_string_view.
+template <typename Char>
+FMT_CONSTEXPR basic_string_view<Char> compile_string_to_view(
+    const std_string_view<Char>& s) {
+  return {s.data(), s.size()};
+}
+
+#define FMT_STRING_IMPL(s, base)                                           \
+  [] {                                                                     \
+    /* Use the hidden visibility as a workaround for a GCC bug (#1973). */ \
+    /* Use a macro-like name to avoid shadowing warnings. */               \
+    struct FMT_GCC_VISIBILITY_HIDDEN FMT_COMPILE_STRING : base {           \
+      using char_type = fmt::remove_cvref_t<decltype(s[0])>;               \
+      FMT_MAYBE_UNUSED FMT_CONSTEXPR                                       \
+      operator fmt::basic_string_view<char_type>() const {                 \
+        return fmt::detail::compile_string_to_view<char_type>(s);          \
+      }                                                                    \
+    };                                                                     \
+    return FMT_COMPILE_STRING();                                           \
+  }()
+
+/**
+  \rst
+  Constructs a compile-time format string from a string literal *s*.
+
+  **Example**::
+
+    // A compile-time error because 'd' is an invalid specifier for strings.
+    std::string s = fmt::format(FMT_STRING("{:d}"), "foo");
+  \endrst
+ */
+#define FMT_STRING(s) FMT_STRING_IMPL(s, fmt::compile_string)
+
 template <typename Char, FMT_ENABLE_IF(!std::is_same<Char, char>::value)>
 std::basic_string<Char> vformat(
     basic_string_view<Char> format_str,
diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 3a74f41e..628d7caf 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -2704,49 +2704,6 @@ struct format_handler : detail::error_handler {
   }
 };
 
-// Converts string literals to basic_string_view.
-template <typename Char, size_t N>
-FMT_CONSTEXPR basic_string_view<Char> compile_string_to_view(
-    const Char (&s)[N]) {
-  // Remove trailing null character if needed. Won't be present if this is used
-  // with raw character array (i.e. not defined as a string).
-  return {s,
-          N - ((std::char_traits<Char>::to_int_type(s[N - 1]) == 0) ? 1 : 0)};
-}
-
-// Converts string_view to basic_string_view.
-template <typename Char>
-FMT_CONSTEXPR basic_string_view<Char> compile_string_to_view(
-    const std_string_view<Char>& s) {
-  return {s.data(), s.size()};
-}
-
-#define FMT_STRING_IMPL(s, base)                                           \
-  [] {                                                                     \
-    /* Use the hidden visibility as a workaround for a GCC bug (#1973). */ \
-    /* Use a macro-like name to avoid shadowing warnings. */               \
-    struct FMT_GCC_VISIBILITY_HIDDEN FMT_COMPILE_STRING : base {           \
-      using char_type = fmt::remove_cvref_t<decltype(s[0])>;               \
-      FMT_MAYBE_UNUSED FMT_CONSTEXPR                                       \
-      operator fmt::basic_string_view<char_type>() const {                 \
-        return fmt::detail::compile_string_to_view<char_type>(s);          \
-      }                                                                    \
-    };                                                                     \
-    return FMT_COMPILE_STRING();                                           \
-  }()
-
-/**
-  \rst
-  Constructs a compile-time format string from a string literal *s*.
-
-  **Example**::
-
-    // A compile-time error because 'd' is an invalid specifier for strings.
-    std::string s = fmt::format(FMT_STRING("{:d}"), "foo");
-  \endrst
- */
-#define FMT_STRING(s) FMT_STRING_IMPL(s, fmt::compile_string)
-
 template <template <typename> class Handler, typename Context>
 FMT_CONSTEXPR void handle_dynamic_spec(int& value,
                                        arg_ref<typename Context::char_type> ref,