diff --git a/libqpdf/CMakeLists.txt b/libqpdf/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e5a703..cae1526 100644
--- a/libqpdf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libqpdf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ set(libqpdf_SOURCES
   QPDFTokenizer.cc
   QPDFUsage.cc
   QPDFWriter.cc
-  QPDFXRefEntry.cc
   QPDF_Array.cc
   QPDF_Dictionary.cc
   QPDF_Stream.cc
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDFXRefEntry.cc b/libqpdf/QPDFXRefEntry.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index e8ad48a..0000000
--- a/libqpdf/QPDFXRefEntry.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-#include <qpdf/QPDFXRefEntry.hh>
-
-#include <qpdf/QIntC.hh>
-#include <qpdf/QPDFExc.hh>
-#include <qpdf/Util.hh>
-
-using namespace qpdf;
-
-QPDFXRefEntry::QPDFXRefEntry() = default;
-
-QPDFXRefEntry::QPDFXRefEntry(int type, qpdf_offset_t field1, int field2) :
-    type(type),
-    field1(field1),
-    field2(field2)
-{
-    util::assertion(type == 1 || type == 2, "invalid xref type " + std::to_string(type));
-}
-
-int
-QPDFXRefEntry::getType() const
-{
-    return type;
-}
-
-qpdf_offset_t
-QPDFXRefEntry::getOffset() const
-{
-    util::assertion(type == 1, "getOffset called for xref entry of type != 1");
-    return this->field1;
-}
-
-int
-QPDFXRefEntry::getObjStreamNumber() const
-{
-    util::assertion(type == 2, "getObjStreamNumber called for xref entry of type != 2");
-    return QIntC::to_int(field1);
-}
-
-int
-QPDFXRefEntry::getObjStreamIndex() const
-{
-    util::assertion(type == 2, "getObjStreamIndex called for xref entry of type != 2");
-    return field2;
-}
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDF_objects.cc b/libqpdf/QPDF_objects.cc
index 48de898..7467289 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDF_objects.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDF_objects.cc
@@ -26,6 +26,43 @@ using namespace std::literals;
 
 using Objects = QPDF::Doc::Objects;
 
+QPDFXRefEntry::QPDFXRefEntry() = default;
+
+QPDFXRefEntry::QPDFXRefEntry(int type, qpdf_offset_t field1, int field2) :
+    type(type),
+    field1(field1),
+    field2(field2)
+{
+    util::assertion(type == 1 || type == 2, "invalid xref type " + std::to_string(type));
+}
+
+int
+QPDFXRefEntry::getType() const
+{
+    return type;
+}
+
+qpdf_offset_t
+QPDFXRefEntry::getOffset() const
+{
+    util::assertion(type == 1, "getOffset called for xref entry of type != 1");
+    return this->field1;
+}
+
+int
+QPDFXRefEntry::getObjStreamNumber() const
+{
+    util::assertion(type == 2, "getObjStreamNumber called for xref entry of type != 2");
+    return QIntC::to_int(field1);
+}
+
+int
+QPDFXRefEntry::getObjStreamIndex() const
+{
+    util::assertion(type == 2, "getObjStreamIndex called for xref entry of type != 2");
+    return field2;
+}
+
 namespace
 {
     class InvalidInputSource: public InputSource