diff --git a/scan_engine.cc b/scan_engine.cc
index f9d894494..84a2b1a63 100644
--- a/scan_engine.cc
+++ b/scan_engine.cc
@@ -650,7 +650,14 @@ public:
   /* If ping_scan is true (unless ping_scan_arp is also true), this is the set
      of ping techniques to use (ICMP, raw ICMP, TCP connect, raw TCP, or raw
      UDP). */
-  struct pingtech ptech;
+  struct {
+    unsigned int rawicmpscan: 1,
+      connecttcpscan: 1,
+      rawtcpscan: 1,
+      rawudpscan: 1,
+      rawsctpscan: 1,
+      rawprotoscan: 1;
+  } ptech;
 
   bool isRawScan();
 
diff --git a/targets.h b/targets.h
index aed11893d..ef63863d6 100644
--- a/targets.h
+++ b/targets.h
@@ -121,16 +121,6 @@
 
 class HostGroupState;
 
-/**************************STRUCTURES******************************/
-struct pingtech {
-  unsigned int rawicmpscan: 1,
-    connecttcpscan: 1,
-    rawtcpscan: 1,
-    rawudpscan: 1,
-    rawsctpscan: 1,
-    rawprotoscan: 1;
-};
-
 /* Ports is the list of ports the user asked to be scanned (0 terminated),
    you can just pass NULL (it is only a stupid optimization that needs it) */
 Target *nexthost(HostGroupState *hs,const addrset *exclude_group,