diff --git a/src/esx/esx_vi.c b/src/esx/esx_vi.c
index c6854f155e..e405c8038f 100644
--- a/src/esx/esx_vi.c
+++ b/src/esx/esx_vi.c
@@ -38,38 +38,13 @@
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_ESX
 
-#define ESX_VI__SOAP__REQUEST_HEADER                                          \
-    "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n"                            \
-    "<soapenv:Envelope "                                                      \
-      "xmlns:soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\" "          \
-      "xmlns:soapenc=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/\" "          \
-      "xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" "              \
-      "xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\">"                       \
-    "<soapenv:Body>"
 
-#define ESX_VI__SOAP__REQUEST_FOOTER                                          \
-    "</soapenv:Body>"                                                         \
-    "</soapenv:Envelope>"
 
 #define ESX_VI__SOAP__RESPONSE_XPATH(_type)                                   \
     ((char *)"/soapenv:Envelope/soapenv:Body/"                                \
                "vim:"_type"Response/vim:returnval")
 
-#define ESV_VI__XML_TAG__OPEN(_buffer, _element, _type)                       \
-    do {                                                                      \
-        virBufferAddLit(_buffer, "<");                                        \
-        virBufferAdd(_buffer, _element, -1);                                  \
-        virBufferAddLit(_buffer, " xmlns=\"urn:vim25\" xsi:type=\"");         \
-        virBufferAdd(_buffer, _type, -1);                                     \
-        virBufferAddLit(_buffer, "\">");                                      \
-    } while (0)
 
-#define ESV_VI__XML_TAG__CLOSE(_buffer, _element)                             \
-    do {                                                                      \
-        virBufferAddLit(_buffer, "</");                                       \
-        virBufferAdd(_buffer, _element, -1);                                  \
-        virBufferAddLit(_buffer, ">");                                        \
-    } while (0)
 
 #define ESX_VI__TEMPLATE__ALLOC(_type)                                        \
     int                                                                       \
@@ -78,6 +53,8 @@
         return esxVI_Alloc((void **)ptrptr, sizeof(esxVI_##_type));           \
     }
 
+
+
 #define ESX_VI__TEMPLATE__FREE(_type, _body)                                  \
     void                                                                      \
     esxVI_##_type##_Free(esxVI_##_type **ptrptr)                              \
diff --git a/src/esx/esx_vi.h b/src/esx/esx_vi.h
index a3d9363ce5..e0d731e79c 100644
--- a/src/esx/esx_vi.h
+++ b/src/esx/esx_vi.h
@@ -40,6 +40,43 @@
 
 
 
+#define ESX_VI__SOAP__REQUEST_HEADER                                          \
+    "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n"                            \
+    "<soapenv:Envelope\n"                                                     \
+    " xmlns:soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\"\n"          \
+    " xmlns:soapenc=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/\"\n"          \
+    " xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"\n"              \
+    " xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\">\n"                      \
+    "<soapenv:Body>\n"
+
+
+
+#define ESX_VI__SOAP__REQUEST_FOOTER                                          \
+    "</soapenv:Body>\n"                                                       \
+    "</soapenv:Envelope>"
+
+
+
+#define ESV_VI__XML_TAG__OPEN(_buffer, _element, _type)                       \
+    do {                                                                      \
+        virBufferAddLit(_buffer, "<");                                        \
+        virBufferAdd(_buffer, _element, -1);                                  \
+        virBufferAddLit(_buffer, " xmlns=\"urn:vim25\" xsi:type=\"");         \
+        virBufferAdd(_buffer, _type, -1);                                     \
+        virBufferAddLit(_buffer, "\">");                                      \
+    } while (0)
+
+
+
+#define ESV_VI__XML_TAG__CLOSE(_buffer, _element)                             \
+    do {                                                                      \
+        virBufferAddLit(_buffer, "</");                                       \
+        virBufferAdd(_buffer, _element, -1);                                  \
+        virBufferAddLit(_buffer, ">");                                        \
+    } while (0)
+
+
+
 typedef enum _esxVI_APIVersion esxVI_APIVersion;
 typedef enum _esxVI_ProductVersion esxVI_ProductVersion;
 typedef enum _esxVI_Occurrence esxVI_Occurrence;
diff --git a/src/esx/esx_vi_methods.c b/src/esx/esx_vi_methods.c
index 5c52167b99..8f841e3eb6 100644
--- a/src/esx/esx_vi_methods.c
+++ b/src/esx/esx_vi_methods.c
@@ -34,23 +34,6 @@
 
 
 
-#define ESX_VI__SOAP__REQUEST_HEADER                                          \
-    "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n"                            \
-    "<soapenv:Envelope "                                                      \
-      "xmlns:soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\" "          \
-      "xmlns:soapenc=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/\" "          \
-      "xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" "              \
-      "xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\">"                       \
-    "<soapenv:Body>"
-
-
-
-#define ESX_VI__SOAP__REQUEST_FOOTER                                          \
-    "</soapenv:Body>"                                                         \
-    "</soapenv:Envelope>"
-
-
-
 #define ESX_VI__METHOD__CHECK_OUTPUT__None                                    \
     /* nothing */
 
diff --git a/src/esx/esx_vi_types.c b/src/esx/esx_vi_types.c
index ed4674b3b2..7d2c02cda9 100644
--- a/src/esx/esx_vi_types.c
+++ b/src/esx/esx_vi_types.c
@@ -39,26 +39,6 @@
 
 
 
-#define ESV_VI__XML_TAG__OPEN(_buffer, _element, _type)                       \
-    do {                                                                      \
-        virBufferAddLit(_buffer, "<");                                        \
-        virBufferAdd(_buffer, _element, -1);                                  \
-        virBufferAddLit(_buffer, " xmlns=\"urn:vim25\" xsi:type=\"");         \
-        virBufferAdd(_buffer, _type, -1);                                     \
-        virBufferAddLit(_buffer, "\">");                                      \
-    } while (0)
-
-
-
-#define ESV_VI__XML_TAG__CLOSE(_buffer, _element)                             \
-    do {                                                                      \
-        virBufferAddLit(_buffer, "</");                                       \
-        virBufferAdd(_buffer, _element, -1);                                  \
-        virBufferAddLit(_buffer, ">");                                        \
-    } while (0)
-
-
-
 #define ESX_VI__TEMPLATE__ALLOC(__type)                                       \
     int                                                                       \
     esxVI_##__type##_Alloc(esxVI_##__type **ptrptr)                           \