diff --git a/app/exiv2.cpp b/app/exiv2.cpp
index d5da161b..48bd1b82 100644
--- a/app/exiv2.cpp
+++ b/app/exiv2.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@
 // *****************************************************************************
 // local declarations
 namespace {
+    const Params::YodAdjust emptyYodAdjust_[] = {
+        { false, "-Y", 0 },
+        { false, "-O", 0 },
+        { false, "-D", 0 },
+    };
 
     //! List of all command identifiers and corresponding strings
     const CmdIdAndString cmdIdAndString[] = {
@@ -195,12 +200,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* const argv[])
 // *****************************************************************************
 // class Params
 
-const Params::YodAdjust Params::emptyYodAdjust_[] = {
-    { false, "-Y", 0 },
-    { false, "-O", 0 },
-    { false, "-D", 0 },
-};
-
 Params::Params() : optstring_(":hVvqfbuktTFa:Y:O:D:r:p:P:d:e:i:c:m:M:l:S:g:K:n:Q:"),
            help_(false),
            version_(false),
diff --git a/app/exiv2app.hpp b/app/exiv2app.hpp
index 5c04a4bc..84099644 100644
--- a/app/exiv2app.hpp
+++ b/app/exiv2app.hpp
@@ -241,9 +241,6 @@ public:
     Exiv2::DataBuf  stdinBuf;           //!< DataBuf with the binary bytes from stdin
 
 private:
-    //! Initializer for year, month and day adjustment info.
-    static const YodAdjust emptyYodAdjust_[];
-
     bool first_;
 
     Params();