diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 23ed9656..fcaf8327 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ extern crate libpulse_sys;
 
 extern crate librespot_protocol as protocol;
 
-// This doesn't play nice with syntex, so place it here
+// include!/include_bytes! don't play nice with syntex, so place these here
 pub mod version {
     include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/version.rs"));
 
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ pub mod version {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "static-appkey")]
+static APPKEY: Option<&'static [u8]> = Some(include_bytes!(concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/spotify_appkey.key")));
+#[cfg(not(feature = "static-appkey"))]
+static APPKEY: Option<&'static [u8]> = None;
+
 #[cfg(feature = "with-syntex")]
 include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/lib.rs"));
 
diff --git a/src/main_helper.rs b/src/main_helper.rs
index e4b4a622..fe11e72b 100644
--- a/src/main_helper.rs
+++ b/src/main_helper.rs
@@ -12,11 +12,7 @@ use cache::{Cache, DefaultCache, NoCache};
 use player::Player;
 use session::{Bitrate, Config, Session};
 use version;
-
-#[cfg(feature = "static-appkey")]
-static APPKEY: Option<&'static [u8]> = Some(include_bytes!(concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/spotify_appkey.key")));
-#[cfg(not(feature = "static-appkey"))]
-static APPKEY: Option<&'static [u8]> = None;
+use APPKEY;
 
 pub fn find_backend(name: Option<&str>) -> &'static (Fn() -> Box<Sink> + Send + Sync) {
     match name {