diff --git a/examples/virtio/client_vmm.c b/examples/virtio/client_vmm.c
index e4c9e754..7987c0e2 100644
--- a/examples/virtio/client_vmm.c
+++ b/examples/virtio/client_vmm.c
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ uintptr_t blk_storage_info;
 
 static struct virtio_blk_device virtio_blk;
 
+_Static_assert(BLK_DATA_REGION_SIZE_CLI0 >= BLK_TRANSFER_SIZE && BLK_DATA_REGION_SIZE_CLI0 % BLK_TRANSFER_SIZE == 0,
+               "Client0 data region size must be a multiple of the transfer size");
+_Static_assert(BLK_DATA_REGION_SIZE_CLI1 >= BLK_TRANSFER_SIZE && BLK_DATA_REGION_SIZE_CLI1 % BLK_TRANSFER_SIZE == 0,
+               "Client1 data region size must be a multiple of the transfer size");
+
 void init(void)
 {
     blk_storage_info_t *storage_info = (blk_storage_info_t *)blk_storage_info;
diff --git a/src/virtio/block.c b/src/virtio/block.c
index c468ddeb..b584c1c5 100644
--- a/src/virtio/block.c
+++ b/src/virtio/block.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <sddf/blk/queue.h>
 #include <sddf/util/fsmalloc.h>
 #include <sddf/util/ialloc.h>
-#include <blk_config.h>
 
 /* Uncomment this to enable debug logging */
 // #define DEBUG_BLOCK
@@ -29,11 +28,6 @@
 
 #define LOG_BLOCK_ERR(...) do{ printf("VIRTIO(BLOCK)|ERROR: "); printf(__VA_ARGS__); }while(0)
 
-_Static_assert(BLK_DATA_REGION_SIZE_CLI0 >= BLK_TRANSFER_SIZE && BLK_DATA_REGION_SIZE_CLI0 % BLK_TRANSFER_SIZE == 0,
-               "Client0 data region size must be a multiple of the transfer size");
-_Static_assert(BLK_DATA_REGION_SIZE_CLI1 >= BLK_TRANSFER_SIZE && BLK_DATA_REGION_SIZE_CLI1 % BLK_TRANSFER_SIZE == 0,
-               "Client1 data region size must be a multiple of the transfer size");
-
 static inline struct virtio_blk_device *device_state(struct virtio_device *dev)
 {
     return (struct virtio_blk_device *)dev->device_data;