diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qpalette.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qpalette.cpp
index c1cd7948b6..256ea52f01 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qpalette.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qpalette.cpp
@@ -11,22 +11,6 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
-constexpr QPalette::ResolveMask QPalettePrivate::colorRoleOffset(QPalette::ColorGroup colorGroup)
-{
-    // Exclude NoRole; that bit is used for Accent
-    return (qToUnderlying(QPalette::NColorRoles) - 1) * qToUnderlying(colorGroup);
-}
-
-constexpr QPalette::ResolveMask QPalettePrivate::bitPosition(QPalette::ColorGroup colorGroup,
-                                                             QPalette::ColorRole colorRole)
-{
-    // Map Accent into NoRole for resolving purposes
-    if (colorRole == QPalette::Accent)
-        colorRole = QPalette::NoRole;
-
-    return colorRole + colorRoleOffset(colorGroup);
-}
-
 static_assert(QPalettePrivate::bitPosition(QPalette::ColorGroup(QPalette::NColorGroups - 1),
                               QPalette::ColorRole(QPalette::NColorRoles - 1))
                   < sizeof(QPalette::ResolveMask) * CHAR_BIT,
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qpalette_p.h b/src/gui/kernel/qpalette_p.h
index 6b24abf9a4..ce7c30d66d 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qpalette_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qpalette_p.h
@@ -48,9 +48,22 @@ public:
         : QPalettePrivate(QExplicitlySharedDataPointer<Data>(new Data))
     { }
 
-    static constexpr QPalette::ResolveMask colorRoleOffset(QPalette::ColorGroup colorGroup);
+    static constexpr QPalette::ResolveMask colorRoleOffset(QPalette::ColorGroup colorGroup)
+    {
+        // Exclude NoRole; that bit is used for Accent
+        return (qToUnderlying(QPalette::NColorRoles) - 1) * qToUnderlying(colorGroup);
+    }
+
     static constexpr QPalette::ResolveMask bitPosition(QPalette::ColorGroup colorGroup,
-                                                       QPalette::ColorRole colorRole);
+                                                       QPalette::ColorRole colorRole)
+    {
+        // Map Accent into NoRole for resolving purposes
+        if (colorRole == QPalette::Accent)
+            colorRole = QPalette::NoRole;
+
+        return colorRole + colorRoleOffset(colorGroup);
+    }
+
     QAtomicInt ref;
     QPalette::ResolveMask resolveMask = {0};
     static inline int qt_palette_count = 0;