diff --git a/include/tins/detail/type_traits.h b/include/tins/detail/type_traits.h
index c2bfb38..23aebf8 100644
--- a/include/tins/detail/type_traits.h
+++ b/include/tins/detail/type_traits.h
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
 #define TINS_TYPE_TRAITS_H
 
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include "cxxstd.h"
+#if TINS_IS_CXX11
+    #include <type_traits>
+#endif
 
 namespace Tins {
 namespace Internals {
@@ -73,6 +77,40 @@ struct is_unsigned_integral<uint64_t> {
     static const bool value = true;
 };
 
+#if TINS_IS_CXX11 && !defined(_MSC_VER)
+
+// Template metaprogramming trait to determine if a functor can accept another parameter as an argument
+template <typename T, typename P, typename=void>
+struct accepts_type : std::false_type { };
+
+template <typename T, typename P>
+struct accepts_type<T, P,
+    typename std::enable_if<
+        std::is_same< decltype(  std::declval<T>()(std::declval<P>())  ), bool>::value
+    >::type
+> : std::true_type { };
+
+// use enable_if to invoke the Packet&& version of the sniff_loop handler if possible - otherwise fail to old behavior
+template <typename Functor, typename Packet>
+bool invoke_loop_cb(Functor& f, Packet& p,
+                    typename std::enable_if<accepts_type<Functor, Packet>::value, bool>::type* = 0) {
+    return f(std::move(p));
+}
+
+template <typename Functor, typename Packet>
+bool invoke_loop_cb(Functor& f, Packet& p,
+                    typename std::enable_if<!accepts_type<Functor, Packet>::value && accepts_type<Functor, Packet&>::value, bool>::type* = 0) {
+    return f(p);
+}
+
+template <typename Functor, typename Packet>
+bool invoke_loop_cb(Functor& f, Packet& p,
+                    typename std::enable_if<!accepts_type<Functor, Packet>::value && !accepts_type<Functor, Packet&>::value, bool>::type* = 0) {
+    return f(*p.pdu());
+}
+
+#endif
+
 /**
  * \endcond
  */
diff --git a/include/tins/internals.h b/include/tins/internals.h
index a4304e5..38c75ca 100644
--- a/include/tins/internals.h
+++ b/include/tins/internals.h
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@
 #ifndef TINS_INTERNALS_H
 #define TINS_INTERNALS_H
 
-#if TINS_IS_CXX11
-#include <type_traits>
-#endif
 #include <string>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include "constants.h"
@@ -190,36 +187,6 @@ inline bool is_dot3(const uint8_t* ptr, size_t sz) {
     return (sz >= 13 && ptr[12] < 8);
 }
 
-#if TINS_IS_CXX11 && !defined(_MSC_VER)
-
-// Template metaprogramming trait to determine if a functor can accept another parameter as an argument
-template <typename T, typename P, typename=void>
-struct accepts_type : std::false_type { };
-
-template <typename T, typename P>
-struct accepts_type<T, P,
-    typename std::enable_if<
-        std::is_same< decltype(  std::declval<T>()(std::declval<P>())  ), bool>::value
-    >::type
-> : std::true_type { };
-
-// use enable_if to invoke the Packet&& version of the sniff_loop handler if possible - otherwise fail to old behavior
-template <typename Functor, typename Packet>
-bool invoke_loop_cb(Functor& f, Packet& p, typename std::enable_if<accepts_type<Functor, Packet>::value, bool>::type* = 0) {
-    return f(std::move(p));
-}
-
-template <typename Functor, typename Packet>
-bool invoke_loop_cb(Functor& f, Packet& p, typename std::enable_if<!accepts_type<Functor, Packet>::value && accepts_type<Functor, Packet&>::value, bool>::type* = 0) {
-    return f(p);
-}
-
-template <typename Functor, typename Packet>
-bool invoke_loop_cb(Functor& f, Packet& p, typename std::enable_if<!accepts_type<Functor, Packet>::value && !accepts_type<Functor, Packet&>::value, bool>::type* = 0) {
-    return f(*p.pdu());
-}
-#endif
-
 } // namespace Internals
 } // namespace Tins
 /**
diff --git a/include/tins/sniffer.h b/include/tins/sniffer.h
index a3c7144..2cd2ec0 100644
--- a/include/tins/sniffer.h
+++ b/include/tins/sniffer.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #include "cxxstd.h"
 #include "macros.h"
 #include "exceptions.h"
-#include "internals.h"
+#include "detail/type_traits.h"
 
 #ifdef TINS_HAVE_PCAP
 
diff --git a/src/sniffer.cpp b/src/sniffer.cpp
index 68bbe44..2b95872 100644
--- a/src/sniffer.cpp
+++ b/src/sniffer.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include "pktap.h"
 #include "sll.h"
 #include "ppi.h"
+#include "internals.h"
 
 using std::string;
 using std::runtime_error;