diff --git a/src/basic/constants.h b/src/basic/constants.h
index 6bb5f3c281..ef3af88a9d 100644
--- a/src/basic/constants.h
+++ b/src/basic/constants.h
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@
 #define DEFAULT_START_LIMIT_INTERVAL (10*USEC_PER_SEC)
 #define DEFAULT_START_LIMIT_BURST 5
 
-/* Wait for 1.5 seconds at maximum for freeze operation */
-#define FREEZE_TIMEOUT (1500 * USEC_PER_MSEC)
-
 /* The default time after which exit-on-idle services exit. This
  * should be kept lower than the watchdog timeout, because otherwise
  * the watchdog pings will keep the loop busy. */
diff --git a/src/shared/bus-unit-util.c b/src/shared/bus-unit-util.c
index 2f485f810d..536acc874a 100644
--- a/src/shared/bus-unit-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/bus-unit-util.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include "cgroup-setup.h"
 #include "cgroup-util.h"
 #include "condition.h"
-#include "constants.h"
 #include "coredump-util.h"
 #include "cpu-set-util.h"
 #include "dissect-image.h"
@@ -2939,6 +2938,9 @@ int bus_service_manager_reload(sd_bus *bus) {
         return 0;
 }
 
+/* Wait for 1.5 seconds at maximum for freeze operation */
+#define FREEZE_BUS_CALL_TIMEOUT (1500 * USEC_PER_MSEC)
+
 int unit_freezer_new(const char *name, UnitFreezer *ret) {
         _cleanup_(sd_bus_flush_close_unrefp) sd_bus *bus = NULL;
         _cleanup_free_ char *namedup = NULL;
@@ -2955,7 +2957,7 @@ int unit_freezer_new(const char *name, UnitFreezer *ret) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to open connection to systemd: %m");
 
-        (void) sd_bus_set_method_call_timeout(bus, FREEZE_TIMEOUT);
+        (void) sd_bus_set_method_call_timeout(bus, FREEZE_BUS_CALL_TIMEOUT);
 
         *ret = (UnitFreezer) {
                 .name = TAKE_PTR(namedup),