diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a3540088d..d46f6bd97 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -596,7 +596,6 @@ set(SOURCES
         util/slice.cc
         util/sst_file_manager_impl.cc
         util/status.cc
-        util/status_message.cc
         util/string_util.cc
         util/sync_point.cc
         util/sync_point_impl.cc
diff --git a/TARGETS b/TARGETS
index 308690c0b..8f2c27226 100644
--- a/TARGETS
+++ b/TARGETS
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ cpp_library(
         "util/slice.cc",
         "util/sst_file_manager_impl.cc",
         "util/status.cc",
-        "util/status_message.cc",
         "util/string_util.cc",
         "util/sync_point.cc",
         "util/sync_point_impl.cc",
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/status.h b/include/rocksdb/status.h
index ea0fb467a..db41c3efd 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/status.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/status.h
@@ -282,8 +282,6 @@ class Status {
   Severity sev_;
   const char* state_;
 
-  static const char* msgs[static_cast<int>(kMaxSubCode)];
-
   explicit Status(Code _code, SubCode _subcode = kNone)
       : code_(_code), subcode_(_subcode), sev_(kNoError), state_(nullptr) {}
 
diff --git a/src.mk b/src.mk
index e555c7df8..a3283ff1c 100644
--- a/src.mk
+++ b/src.mk
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ LIB_SOURCES =                                                   \
   util/slice.cc                                                 \
   util/sst_file_manager_impl.cc                                 \
   util/status.cc                                                \
-  util/status_message.cc                                        \
   util/string_util.cc                                           \
   util/sync_point.cc                                            \
   util/sync_point_impl.cc                                       \
diff --git a/util/status.cc b/util/status.cc
index c58e21f26..5b3dcf8e9 100644
--- a/util/status.cc
+++ b/util/status.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,18 @@ const char* Status::CopyState(const char* state) {
 #endif
 }
 
+static const char* msgs[static_cast<int>(Status::kMaxSubCode)] = {
+    "",                                                   // kNone
+    "Timeout Acquiring Mutex",                            // kMutexTimeout
+    "Timeout waiting to lock key",                        // kLockTimeout
+    "Failed to acquire lock due to max_num_locks limit",  // kLockLimit
+    "No space left on device",                            // kNoSpace
+    "Deadlock",                                           // kDeadlock
+    "Stale file handle",                                  // kStaleFile
+    "Memory limit reached",                               // kMemoryLimit
+    "Space limit reached"                                 // kSpaceLimit
+};
+
 Status::Status(Code _code, SubCode _subcode, const Slice& msg,
                const Slice& msg2)
     : code_(_code), subcode_(_subcode), sev_(kNoError) {
diff --git a/util/status_message.cc b/util/status_message.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 7150e817e..000000000
--- a/util/status_message.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2011-present, Facebook, Inc.  All rights reserved.
-//  This source code is licensed under both the GPLv2 (found in the
-//  COPYING file in the root directory) and Apache 2.0 License
-//  (found in the LICENSE.Apache file in the root directory).
-
-#include "rocksdb/status.h"
-
-namespace rocksdb {
-
-const char* Status::msgs[] = {
-    "",                                                   // kNone
-    "Timeout Acquiring Mutex",                            // kMutexTimeout
-    "Timeout waiting to lock key",                        // kLockTimeout
-    "Failed to acquire lock due to max_num_locks limit",  // kLockLimit
-    "No space left on device",                            // kNoSpace
-    "Deadlock",                                           // kDeadlock
-    "Stale file handle",                                  // kStaleFile
-    "Memory limit reached",                               // kMemoryLimit
-    "Space limit reached"                                 // kSpaceLimit
-};
-
-}  // namespace rocksdb