diff --git a/src/daemon/main.c b/src/daemon/main.c
index 558bc2aa9ff423..652f05f61d067f 100644
--- a/src/daemon/main.c
+++ b/src/daemon/main.c
@@ -734,21 +734,25 @@ void cancel_main_threads() {
     freez(static_threads);
 }
 
-struct option_def option_definitions[] = {
-    // opt description                                    arg name       default value
-    { 'c', "Configuration file to load.",                 "filename",    CONFIG_DIR "/" CONFIG_FILENAME},
-    { 'D', "Do not fork. Run in the foreground.",         NULL,          "run in the background"},
-    { 'd', "Fork. Run in the background.",                NULL,          "run in the background"},
-    { 'h', "Display this help message.",                  NULL,          NULL},
-    { 'P', "File to save a pid while running.",           "filename",    "do not save pid to a file"},
-    { 'i', "The IP address to listen to.",                "IP",          "all IP addresses IPv4 and IPv6"},
-    { 'p', "API/Web port to use.",                        "port",        "19999"},
-    { 's', "Prefix for /proc and /sys (for containers).", "path",        "no prefix"},
-    { 't', "The internal clock of netdata.",              "seconds",     "1"},
-    { 'u', "Run as user.",                                "username",    "netdata"},
-    { 'v', "Print netdata version and exit.",             NULL,          NULL},
-    { 'V', "Print netdata version and exit.",             NULL,          NULL},
-    { 'W', "See Advanced options below.",                 "options",     NULL},
+static const struct option_def {
+    const char val;
+    const char *description;
+    const char *arg_name;
+    const char *default_value;
+} option_definitions[] = {
+    {'c', "Configuration file to load.", "filename", CONFIG_DIR "/" CONFIG_FILENAME},
+    {'D', "Do not fork. Run in the foreground.", NULL, "run in the background"},
+    {'d', "Fork. Run in the background.", NULL, "run in the background"},
+    {'h', "Display this help message.", NULL, NULL},
+    {'P', "File to save a pid while running.", "filename", "do not save pid to a file"},
+    {'i', "The IP address to listen to.", "IP", "all IP addresses IPv4 and IPv6"},
+    {'p', "API/Web port to use.", "port", "19999"},
+    {'s', "Prefix for /proc and /sys (for containers).", "path", "no prefix"},
+    {'t', "The internal clock of netdata.", "seconds", "1"},
+    {'u', "Run as user.", "username", "netdata"},
+    {'v', "Print netdata version and exit.", NULL, NULL},
+    {'V', "Print netdata version and exit.", NULL, NULL},
+    {'W', "See Advanced options below.", "options", NULL},
 };
 
 int help(int exitcode) {
diff --git a/src/daemon/main.h b/src/daemon/main.h
index 970f0ef4754d6a..faf7d5b69d8fd4 100644
--- a/src/daemon/main.h
+++ b/src/daemon/main.h
@@ -7,21 +7,6 @@
 
 extern struct config netdata_config;
 
-/**
- * This struct contains information about command line options.
- */
-struct option_def {
-    /** The option character */
-    const char val;
-    /** The name of the long option. */
-    const char *description;
-    /** Short description what the option does */
-    /** Name of the argument displayed in SYNOPSIS */
-    const char *arg_name;
-    /** Default value if not set */
-    const char *default_value;
-};
-
 void cancel_main_threads(void);
 int killpid(pid_t pid);