diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
--- a/src/config.h
+++ b/src/config.h
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@
     std::string rpcUserAndPassword;
     // CORS domain, the allowed Origin
     std::string rpcCORSDomain;
+
+    /** The largest block size this node will accept. */
+    uint64_t nMaxBlockSize;
+    uint64_t nBlockPriorityPercentage;
 };
 
 // Dummy for subclassing in unittests
diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 #include "chainparams.h"
-#include "consensus/consensus.h"
+#include "consensus/consensus.h" // DEFAULT_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE
 #include "globals.h"
+#include "policy/policy.h" // DEFAULT_BLOCK_PRIORITY_PERCENTAGE
 
-GlobalConfig::GlobalConfig() : useCashAddr(false) {}
+GlobalConfig::GlobalConfig()
+    : useCashAddr(false), nMaxBlockSize(DEFAULT_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE),
+      nBlockPriorityPercentage(DEFAULT_BLOCK_PRIORITY_PERCENTAGE) {}
 
 bool GlobalConfig::SetMaxBlockSize(uint64_t maxBlockSize) {
     // Do not allow maxBlockSize to be set below historic 1MB limit
diff --git a/src/globals.h b/src/globals.h
--- a/src/globals.h
+++ b/src/globals.h
@@ -8,8 +8,4 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <string>
 
-/** The largest block size this node will accept. */
-extern uint64_t nMaxBlockSize;
-extern uint64_t nBlockPriorityPercentage;
-
 #endif // BITCOIN_GLOBALS_H
diff --git a/src/globals.cpp b/src/globals.cpp
--- a/src/globals.cpp
+++ b/src/globals.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,3 @@
 
 #include "consensus/consensus.h"
 #include "policy/policy.h"
-
-uint64_t nMaxBlockSize = DEFAULT_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE;
-uint64_t nBlockPriorityPercentage = DEFAULT_BLOCK_PRIORITY_PERCENTAGE;
-