diff --git a/src/audio/heap.c b/src/audio/heap.c
index 4b518fc29..424df28ea 100644
--- a/src/audio/heap.c
+++ b/src/audio/heap.c
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@
 #include "effects.h"
 #include "game/game_init.h"
 #include "game/puppyprint.h"
+#include "game/vc_check.h"
 
 #define ALIGN16(val) (((val) + 0xF) & ~0xF)
 
-extern u8 gIsVC;
-
 struct PoolSplit {
     u32 wantSeq;
     u32 wantBank;
diff --git a/src/game/game_init.c b/src/game/game_init.c
index 854b7bdab..87c2fa067 100644
--- a/src/game/game_init.c
+++ b/src/game/game_init.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ OSContStatus gControllerStatuses[4];
 OSContPad gControllerPads[4];
 u8 gControllerBits;
 u8 gIsConsole = TRUE; // Needs to be initialized before audio_reset_session is called
-u8 gIsVC = FALSE;
 u8 gBorderHeight;
 #ifdef CUSTOM_DEBUG
 u8 gCustomDebugMode;
diff --git a/src/game/vc_check.c b/src/game/vc_check.c
index d5965bec7..4029bd497 100644
--- a/src/game/vc_check.c
+++ b/src/game/vc_check.c
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "vc_check.h"
 
+u8 gIsVC = FALSE;
+
 // literally return what was passed
 f32 round_double_to_float(f64 v)
 {
diff --git a/src/game/vc_check.h b/src/game/vc_check.h
index 97a913e8a..c39ac722d 100644
--- a/src/game/vc_check.h
+++ b/src/game/vc_check.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 #include "sm64.h"
 
+extern u8 gIsVC;
+
 // This function must not be inlined by the compiler so I move it to a different C file
 f32 round_double_to_float(f64);