diff --git a/src/PerfCounters.cc b/src/PerfCounters.cc
index a46cec4df74..74675d965f6 100644
--- a/src/PerfCounters.cc
+++ b/src/PerfCounters.cc
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ Ticks PerfCounters::read_ticks(Task* t, Error* error) {
   return ret;
 }
 
-
+#ifdef BPF
 class BpfAccelerator {
 public:
   static std::shared_ptr<BpfAccelerator> get_or_create();
@@ -1161,7 +1161,6 @@ class BpfAccelerator {
 
 std::shared_ptr<BpfAccelerator> BpfAccelerator::singleton;
 
-#ifdef BPF
 /* static */ std::shared_ptr<BpfAccelerator> BpfAccelerator::get_or_create() {
   static int initialized;
   if (BpfAccelerator::singleton) {