diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
--- a/src/config.h
+++ b/src/config.h
@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@
     bool useCashAddr;
     Amount excessUTXOCharge;
     CFeeRate feePerKB;
+
+    /** RPC authentication configs */
+
+    // Pre-base64-encoded authentication token, with user and password separated
+    // by a colon.
+    std::string rpcUserAndPassword;
+    // CORS domain, the allowed Origin
+    std::string rpcCORSDomain;
 };
 
 // Dummy for subclassing in unittests
diff --git a/src/globals.h b/src/globals.h
--- a/src/globals.h
+++ b/src/globals.h
@@ -12,12 +12,4 @@
 extern uint64_t nMaxBlockSize;
 extern uint64_t nBlockPriorityPercentage;
 
-/** RPC authentication configs */
-
-// Pre-base64-encoded authentication token, with user and password separated
-// by a colon.
-extern std::string rpcUserAndPassword;
-// CORS domain, the allowed Origin
-extern std::string rpcCORSDomain;
-
 #endif // BITCOIN_GLOBALS_H
diff --git a/src/globals.cpp b/src/globals.cpp
--- a/src/globals.cpp
+++ b/src/globals.cpp
@@ -10,5 +10,3 @@
 uint64_t nMaxBlockSize = DEFAULT_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE;
 uint64_t nBlockPriorityPercentage = DEFAULT_BLOCK_PRIORITY_PERCENTAGE;
 
-std::string rpcUserAndPassword;
-std::string rpcCORSDomain;