diff --git a/accel/tcg/cpu-exec.c b/accel/tcg/cpu-exec.c
index a4aa9ec9ca..1a5bc90220 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/cpu-exec.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/cpu-exec.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "tb-jmp-cache.h"
 #include "tb-hash.h"
 #include "tb-context.h"
+#include "internal-common.h"
 #include "internal-target.h"
 
 /* -icount align implementation. */
diff --git a/accel/tcg/internal-common.h b/accel/tcg/internal-common.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d5247442e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accel/tcg/internal-common.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Internal execution defines for qemu (target agnostic)
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) 2003 Fabrice Bellard
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+ */
+
+#ifndef ACCEL_TCG_INTERNAL_COMMON_H
+#define ACCEL_TCG_INTERNAL_COMMON_H
+
+extern int64_t max_delay;
+extern int64_t max_advance;
+
+void dump_exec_info(GString *buf);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/accel/tcg/internal-target.h b/accel/tcg/internal-target.h
index ed583e0efd..17e3ad7054 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/internal-target.h
+++ b/accel/tcg/internal-target.h
@@ -102,11 +102,6 @@ static inline bool cpu_in_serial_context(CPUState *cs)
     return !(cs->tcg_cflags & CF_PARALLEL) || cpu_in_exclusive_context(cs);
 }
 
-extern int64_t max_delay;
-extern int64_t max_advance;
-
-void dump_exec_info(GString *buf);
-
 extern bool one_insn_per_tb;
 
 /**
diff --git a/accel/tcg/meson.build b/accel/tcg/meson.build
index 8ace783707..0fb03bd7d3 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/meson.build
+++ b/accel/tcg/meson.build
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ specific_ss.add_all(when: 'CONFIG_TCG', if_true: tcg_ss)
 
 specific_ss.add(when: ['CONFIG_SYSTEM_ONLY', 'CONFIG_TCG'], if_true: files(
   'cputlb.c',
+))
+
+system_ss.add(when: ['CONFIG_TCG'], if_true: files(
   'monitor.c',
 ))
 
diff --git a/accel/tcg/monitor.c b/accel/tcg/monitor.c
index 30724fdb98..caf1189e0b 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/monitor.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/monitor.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/cpu-timers.h"
 #include "sysemu/tcg.h"
 #include "tcg/tcg.h"
-#include "internal-target.h"
+#include "internal-common.h"
 
 
 static void dump_drift_info(GString *buf)
diff --git a/accel/tcg/translate-all.c b/accel/tcg/translate-all.c
index 6c09b7f50d..8cb6ad3511 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/translate-all.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/translate-all.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 #include "tb-jmp-cache.h"
 #include "tb-hash.h"
 #include "tb-context.h"
+#include "internal-common.h"
 #include "internal-target.h"
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "tcg/insn-start-words.h"