diff --git a/hw/event_notifier.c b/event_notifier.c
similarity index 98%
rename from hw/event_notifier.c
rename to event_notifier.c
index 13f3656460..2c735556a1 100644
--- a/hw/event_notifier.c
+++ b/event_notifier.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
  * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
  */
 
-#include "hw.h"
 #include "event_notifier.h"
 #ifdef CONFIG_EVENTFD
 #include <sys/eventfd.h>
diff --git a/hw/event_notifier.h b/event_notifier.h
similarity index 100%
rename from hw/event_notifier.h
rename to event_notifier.h