diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qrandom.cpp b/src/corelib/global/qrandom.cpp
index 6db8121028..c978228094 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qrandom.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qrandom.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ enum {
     FillBufferNoexcept = true
 };
 
+#if defined(QT_BUILD_INTERNAL)
+QBasicAtomicInteger<uint> qt_randomdevice_control = Q_BASIC_ATOMIC_INITIALIZER(0U);
+#endif
+
 struct QRandomGenerator::SystemGenerator
 {
 #if QT_CONFIG(getentropy)
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qrandom_p.h b/src/corelib/global/qrandom_p.h
index 052aef262e..7e228b3fde 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qrandom_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qrandom_p.h
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ enum RNGType {
     MersenneTwister = 1
 };
 
-#if defined(QT_BUILD_INTERNAL) && defined(QT_BUILD_CORE_LIB)
-Q_CORE_EXPORT QBasicAtomicInteger<uint> qt_randomdevice_control = Q_BASIC_ATOMIC_INITIALIZER(0U);
-#elif defined(QT_BUILD_INTERNAL)
+#if defined(QT_BUILD_INTERNAL)
 extern Q_CORE_EXPORT QBasicAtomicInteger<uint> qt_randomdevice_control;
 #else
 static const struct