diff --git a/include/bencode.h b/include/bencode.h
index 70eb1f4a1..583d905d6 100644
--- a/include/bencode.h
+++ b/include/bencode.h
@@ -4,24 +4,7 @@
 #include <sys/uio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-#if defined(SHM_MEM) || defined(PKG_MALLOC) || defined(pkg_malloc)
-/* kamailio */
-# include "../../mem/mem.h"
-# include "../../str.h"
-# ifndef BENCODE_MALLOC
-# define BENCODE_MALLOC pkg_malloc
-# define BENCODE_FREE pkg_free
-# endif
-# define INLINE static inline
-#else
-/* rtpengine */
-# include "compat.h"
-# include "str.h"
-# ifndef BENCODE_MALLOC
-# define BENCODE_MALLOC malloc
-# define BENCODE_FREE free
-# endif
-#endif
+#include "compat.h"
 
 struct bencode_buffer;
 enum bencode_type;
diff --git a/lib/compat.h b/lib/compat.h
index 54841e552..1c59b1e3e 100644
--- a/lib/compat.h
+++ b/lib/compat.h
@@ -7,4 +7,12 @@
 # define INLINE static inline __attribute__((always_inline))
 #endif
 
+
+#ifndef BENCODE_MALLOC
+#define BENCODE_MALLOC malloc
+#define BENCODE_FREE free
+#endif
+
+#include "str.h"
+
 #endif