diff --git a/src/position.h b/src/position.h
index b006cff2..2c294f54 100644
--- a/src/position.h
+++ b/src/position.h
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@
 //// Constants
 ////
 
-/// FEN string for the initial position
-const std::string StartPositionFEN = "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1";
-
 /// Maximum number of plies per game (220 should be enough, because the
 /// maximum search depth is 100, and during position setup we reset the
 /// move counter for every non-reversible move).
diff --git a/src/uci.cpp b/src/uci.cpp
index 9fd35e97..a8ae266e 100644
--- a/src/uci.cpp
+++ b/src/uci.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ using namespace std;
 
 namespace {
 
+  // FEN string for the initial position
+  const string StartPositionFEN = "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1";
+
   // UCIInputParser is a class for parsing UCI input. The class
   // is actually a string stream built on a given input string.