diff --git a/src/wine-host/bridges/common.cpp b/src/wine-host/bridges/common.cpp
index 820f800e..2f5a7eb4 100644
--- a/src/wine-host/bridges/common.cpp
+++ b/src/wine-host/bridges/common.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@
 
 #include "../editor.h"
 
+/**
+ * The maximum number of Win32 messages to handle per message loop. This is
+ * needed because otherwise some plugins can run into an infinite loop. I've
+ * observed this with:
+ *
+ * - Waves plugins
+ * - Melda plugins when having multiple editor windows open within a single
+ *   plugin group
+ */
+constexpr int max_win32_messages = 20;
+
 HostBridge::HostBridge(MainContext& main_context,
                        boost::filesystem::path plugin_path,
                        pid_t parent_pid)
diff --git a/src/wine-host/editor.h b/src/wine-host/editor.h
index 0788e7d6..61dbe51e 100644
--- a/src/wine-host/editor.h
+++ b/src/wine-host/editor.h
@@ -34,17 +34,6 @@
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "xdnd-proxy.h"
 
-/**
- * The maximum number of Win32 messages to handle per message loop. This is
- * needed because otherwise some plugins can run into an infinite loop. I've
- * observed this with:
- *
- * - Waves plugins
- * - Melda plugins when having multiple editor windows open within a single
- *   plugin group
- */
-constexpr int max_win32_messages [[maybe_unused]] = 20;
-
 /**
  * The most significant bit in an X11 event's response type is used to indicate
  * the event source.