diff --git a/common/Makefile b/common/Makefile
index 3781738e1..47f6a71e2 100644
--- a/common/Makefile
+++ b/common/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ AOBJS	=
 
 # core
 COBJS-y += main.o
-COBJS-y += circbuf.o
 COBJS-y += console.o
 COBJS-y += command.o
 COBJS-y += dlmalloc.o
diff --git a/lib_generic/Makefile b/lib_generic/Makefile
index 686601cc1..2ec261af4 100644
--- a/lib_generic/Makefile
+++ b/lib_generic/Makefile
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ COBJS-$(CONFIG_BZIP2) += bzlib_crctable.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_BZIP2) += bzlib_decompress.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_BZIP2) += bzlib_randtable.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_BZIP2) += bzlib_huffman.o
+COBJS-$(CONFIG_USB_TTY) += circbuf.o
 COBJS-y += crc16.o
 COBJS-y += crc32.o
 COBJS-y += ctype.o
diff --git a/common/circbuf.c b/lib_generic/circbuf.c
similarity index 100%
rename from common/circbuf.c
rename to lib_generic/circbuf.c