diff --git a/accel/tcg/translator.c b/accel/tcg/translator.c
index fda4e7f637..918a455e73 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/translator.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/translator.c
@@ -285,6 +285,27 @@ static void *translator_access(CPUArchState *env, DisasContextBase *db,
     return host + (pc - base);
 }
 
+static void plugin_insn_append(abi_ptr pc, const void *from, size_t size)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_PLUGIN
+    struct qemu_plugin_insn *insn = tcg_ctx->plugin_insn;
+    abi_ptr off;
+
+    if (insn == NULL) {
+        return;
+    }
+    off = pc - insn->vaddr;
+    if (off < insn->data->len) {
+        g_byte_array_set_size(insn->data, off);
+    } else if (off > insn->data->len) {
+        /* we have an unexpected gap */
+        g_assert_not_reached();
+    }
+
+    insn->data = g_byte_array_append(insn->data, from, size);
+#endif
+}
+
 uint8_t translator_ldub(CPUArchState *env, DisasContextBase *db, abi_ptr pc)
 {
     uint8_t ret;
diff --git a/include/exec/plugin-gen.h b/include/exec/plugin-gen.h
index 3af0168e65..e9a976f815 100644
--- a/include/exec/plugin-gen.h
+++ b/include/exec/plugin-gen.h
@@ -29,25 +29,6 @@ void plugin_gen_insn_end(void);
 void plugin_gen_disable_mem_helpers(void);
 void plugin_gen_empty_mem_callback(TCGv_i64 addr, uint32_t info);
 
-static inline void plugin_insn_append(abi_ptr pc, const void *from, size_t size)
-{
-    struct qemu_plugin_insn *insn = tcg_ctx->plugin_insn;
-    abi_ptr off;
-
-    if (insn == NULL) {
-        return;
-    }
-    off = pc - insn->vaddr;
-    if (off < insn->data->len) {
-        g_byte_array_set_size(insn->data, off);
-    } else if (off > insn->data->len) {
-        /* we have an unexpected gap */
-        g_assert_not_reached();
-    }
-
-    insn->data = g_byte_array_append(insn->data, from, size);
-}
-
 #else /* !CONFIG_PLUGIN */
 
 static inline bool
@@ -72,9 +53,6 @@ static inline void plugin_gen_disable_mem_helpers(void)
 static inline void plugin_gen_empty_mem_callback(TCGv_i64 addr, uint32_t info)
 { }
 
-static inline void plugin_insn_append(abi_ptr pc, const void *from, size_t size)
-{ }
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_PLUGIN */
 
 #endif /* QEMU_PLUGIN_GEN_H */