diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h
index 864e3b1d87..1808d01389 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h
@@ -68,6 +68,35 @@
 #include <QtCore/qtcore-config.h>
 #endif
 
+/*
+   The Qt modules' export macros.
+   The options are:
+    - defined(QT_STATIC): Qt was built or is being built in static mode
+    - defined(QT_SHARED): Qt was built or is being built in shared/dynamic mode
+   If neither was defined, then QT_SHARED is implied. If Qt was compiled in static
+   mode, QT_STATIC is defined in qconfig.h. In shared mode, QT_STATIC is implied
+   for the bootstrapped tools.
+*/
+
+#ifdef QT_BOOTSTRAPPED
+#  ifdef QT_SHARED
+#    error "QT_SHARED and QT_BOOTSTRAPPED together don't make sense. Please fix the build"
+#  elif !defined(QT_STATIC)
+#    define QT_STATIC
+#  endif
+#endif
+
+#if defined(QT_SHARED) || !defined(QT_STATIC)
+#  ifdef QT_STATIC
+#    error "Both QT_SHARED and QT_STATIC defined, please make up your mind"
+#  endif
+#  ifndef QT_SHARED
+#    define QT_SHARED
+#  endif
+#endif
+
+#include <QtCore/qtcoreexports.h>
+
 /*
     The QT_CONFIG macro implements a safe compile time check for features of Qt.
     Features can be in three states:
@@ -455,37 +484,6 @@ constexpr inline Deprecated_t Deprecated = {};
 }
 #endif
 
-/*
-   The Qt modules' export macros.
-   The options are:
-    - defined(QT_STATIC): Qt was built or is being built in static mode
-    - defined(QT_SHARED): Qt was built or is being built in shared/dynamic mode
-   If neither was defined, then QT_SHARED is implied. If Qt was compiled in static
-   mode, QT_STATIC is defined in qconfig.h. In shared mode, QT_STATIC is implied
-   for the bootstrapped tools.
-*/
-
-#ifdef QT_BOOTSTRAPPED
-#  ifdef QT_SHARED
-#    error "QT_SHARED and QT_BOOTSTRAPPED together don't make sense. Please fix the build"
-#  elif !defined(QT_STATIC)
-#    define QT_STATIC
-#  endif
-#endif
-
-#if defined(QT_SHARED) || !defined(QT_STATIC)
-#  ifdef QT_STATIC
-#    error "Both QT_SHARED and QT_STATIC defined, please make up your mind"
-#  endif
-#  ifndef QT_SHARED
-#    define QT_SHARED
-#  endif
-#endif
-
-QT_BEGIN_INCLUDE_NAMESPACE
-#include <QtCore/qtcoreexports.h>
-QT_END_INCLUDE_NAMESPACE
-
 /*
    Some classes do not permit copies to be made of an object. These
    classes contains a private copy constructor and assignment