diff --git a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-device.cpp b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-device.cpp
index f3fc0b4e9..ce29671bd 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-device.cpp
+++ b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-device.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <spa/param/param.h>
 
 #include "libcamera.hpp"
-#include "libcamera-manager.hpp"
 
 #include <libcamera/camera.h>
 #include <libcamera/property_ids.h>
diff --git a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-manager.cpp b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-manager.cpp
index 277a680b3..9dc4ce49f 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-manager.cpp
+++ b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-manager.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ using namespace libcamera;
 #include <spa/monitor/utils.h>
 
 #include "libcamera.hpp"
-#include "libcamera-manager.hpp"
 
 namespace {
 
@@ -388,22 +387,3 @@ const struct spa_handle_factory spa_libcamera_manager_factory = {
 	impl_enum_interface_info,
 };
 }
-
-std::shared_ptr<CameraManager> libcamera_manager_acquire(int& res)
-{
-	static std::weak_ptr<CameraManager> global_manager;
-	static std::mutex lock;
-
-	std::lock_guard guard(lock);
-
-	if (auto manager = global_manager.lock())
-		return manager;
-
-	auto manager = std::make_shared<CameraManager>();
-	if ((res = manager->start()) < 0)
-		return {};
-
-	global_manager = manager;
-
-	return manager;
-}
diff --git a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-manager.hpp b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-manager.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 71ebd6f8d..000000000
--- a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-manager.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-/* Spa libcamera support */
-/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright © 2021 Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@gmail.com> */
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */
-
-#include <memory>
-
-#include <libcamera/camera_manager.h>
-
-std::shared_ptr<libcamera::CameraManager> libcamera_manager_acquire(int& res);
diff --git a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-source.cpp b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-source.cpp
index e4ed7f2ec..f027f661e 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-source.cpp
+++ b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera-source.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include <libcamera/framebuffer_allocator.h>
 
 #include "libcamera.hpp"
-#include "libcamera-manager.hpp"
 
 using namespace libcamera;
 
diff --git a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera.cpp b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera.cpp
index 3ea094e90..93671159a 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera.cpp
+++ b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 /* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright © 2020 collabora */
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */
 
+#include <memory>
+#include <mutex>
+
+#include <libcamera/camera_manager.h>
+
 #include <spa/support/plugin.h>
 #include <spa/support/log.h>
 
@@ -38,3 +43,22 @@ int spa_handle_factory_enum(const struct spa_handle_factory **factory,
 }
 
 }
+
+std::shared_ptr<libcamera::CameraManager> libcamera_manager_acquire(int& res)
+{
+	static std::weak_ptr<libcamera::CameraManager> global_manager;
+	static std::mutex lock;
+
+	std::lock_guard guard(lock);
+
+	if (auto manager = global_manager.lock())
+		return manager;
+
+	auto manager = std::make_shared<libcamera::CameraManager>();
+	if ((res = manager->start()) < 0)
+		return {};
+
+	global_manager = manager;
+
+	return manager;
+}
diff --git a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera.hpp b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera.hpp
index 0d74df21e..9b1089182 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera.hpp
+++ b/spa/plugins/libcamera/libcamera.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <libcamera/camera_manager.h>
+
 #include <spa/support/log.h>
 
 extern "C" {
@@ -22,3 +26,5 @@ static inline void libcamera_log_topic_init(struct spa_log *log)
 {
 	spa_log_topic_init(log, &libcamera_log_topic);
 }
+
+std::shared_ptr<libcamera::CameraManager> libcamera_manager_acquire(int& res);