diff --git a/include/os/osDef.h b/include/os/osDef.h
index 07cd197ad7..297d19e21a 100644
--- a/include/os/osDef.h
+++ b/include/os/osDef.h
@@ -244,16 +244,6 @@ void syslog(int unused, const char *format, ...);
 #define TD_CHARSET_LEN  64
 #define TD_TIMEZONE_LEN 96
 
-#ifdef WINDOWS
-#define TD_PATH_MAX 260
-#elif defined(PATH_MAX)
-#define TD_PATH_MAX PATH_MAX
-#elif defined(_XOPEN_PATH_MAX)
-#define TD_PATH_MAX _XOPEN_PATH_MAX
-#else
-#define TD_PATH_MAX _POSIX_PATH_MAX
-#endif
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/include/os/osFile.h b/include/os/osFile.h
index 21e3d2e6cf..f6759d19a7 100644
--- a/include/os/osFile.h
+++ b/include/os/osFile.h
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ extern "C" {
 #define PATH_MAX 256
 #endif
 
+#ifdef WINDOWS
+#define TD_PATH_MAX _MAX_PATH
+#elif defined(PATH_MAX)
+#define TD_PATH_MAX PATH_MAX
+#elif defined(_XOPEN_PATH_MAX)
+#define TD_PATH_MAX _XOPEN_PATH_MAX
+#else
+#define TD_PATH_MAX _POSIX_PATH_MAX
+#endif
+
 typedef struct TdFile *TdFilePtr;
 
 #define TD_FILE_CREATE   0x0001