diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ea883b80..a2c69cf9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ endfunction()
 # Define the fmt library, its includes and the needed defines.
 # format.cc is added to FMT_HEADERS for the header-only configuration.
 add_headers(FMT_HEADERS core.h format.h format.cc locale.h ostream.h ostream.cc
-                        printf.h printf.cc string.h time.h)
+                        printf.h string.h time.h)
 if (HAVE_OPEN)
   add_headers(FMT_HEADERS posix.h)
   add_headers(FMT_SOURCES posix.cc)
diff --git a/include/fmt/printf.cc b/include/fmt/printf.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index bc43bbf9..00000000
--- a/include/fmt/printf.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#include "fmt/printf.h"
-
-namespace fmt {
-
-template <typename Char>
-void printf(basic_writer<Char> &w, basic_string_view<Char> format,
-            format_args args);
-
-FMT_FUNC int vfprintf(std::FILE *f, string_view format, printf_args args) {
-  memory_buffer buffer;
-  printf(buffer, format, args);
-  std::size_t size = buffer.size();
-  return std::fwrite(
-        buffer.data(), 1, size, f) < size ? -1 : static_cast<int>(size);
-}
-
-#ifndef FMT_HEADER_ONLY
-template void printf_context<char>::format(buffer &);
-template void printf_context<wchar_t>::format(wbuffer &);
-#endif
-}
diff --git a/include/fmt/printf.h b/include/fmt/printf.h
index 9a8d052c..540e2d7a 100644
--- a/include/fmt/printf.h
+++ b/include/fmt/printf.h
@@ -555,7 +555,13 @@ inline std::wstring sprintf(wstring_view format_str, const Args & ... args) {
   return vsprintf(format_str, vargs);
 }
 
-FMT_API int vfprintf(std::FILE *f, string_view format, printf_args args);
+inline int vfprintf(std::FILE *f, string_view format, printf_args args) {
+  memory_buffer buffer;
+  printf(buffer, format, args);
+  std::size_t size = buffer.size();
+  return std::fwrite(
+        buffer.data(), 1, size, f) < size ? -1 : static_cast<int>(size);
+}
 
 /**
   \rst
diff --git a/test/format-impl-test.cc b/test/format-impl-test.cc
index 11bdacc0..671858ae 100644
--- a/test/format-impl-test.cc
+++ b/test/format-impl-test.cc
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 // Include format.cc instead of format.h to test implementation-specific stuff.
 #include "fmt/format.cc"
-#include "fmt/printf.cc"
+#include "fmt/printf.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cstring>