diff --git a/fortran/src/H5Fff.F90 b/fortran/src/H5Fff.F90
index cfae7652e63..f674565c2ab 100644
--- a/fortran/src/H5Fff.F90
+++ b/fortran/src/H5Fff.F90
@@ -71,12 +71,6 @@ END FUNCTION h5fis_accessible
      INTEGER(HSIZE_T) :: tot_space !< Amount of free space in the file
   END TYPE H5F_info_free_t
 
-!> @brief H5_ih_info_t derived type.
-  TYPE, BIND(C) :: H5_ih_info_t
-     INTEGER(HSIZE_T) :: index_size !< btree and/or list
-     INTEGER(HSIZE_T) :: heap_size  !< Heap size
-  END TYPE H5_ih_info_t
-
 !> @brief H5F_info_t_sohm derived type.
   TYPE, BIND(C) :: H5F_info_sohm_t
         INTEGER(C_INT)     :: version  !< Version # of shared object header info
diff --git a/fortran/src/H5Off.F90 b/fortran/src/H5Off.F90
index 4a0a1632e78..b705ba324d7 100644
--- a/fortran/src/H5Off.F90
+++ b/fortran/src/H5Off.F90
@@ -110,12 +110,6 @@ MODULE H5O
      TYPE(mesg_t)   :: mesg
   END TYPE c_hdr_t
 
-!> @brief Extra metadata storage for obj & attributes
-  TYPE, BIND(C) :: H5_ih_info_t
-     INTEGER(hsize_t) :: index_size !<  btree and/or list
-     INTEGER(hsize_t) :: heap_size  !<  heap
-  END TYPE H5_ih_info_t
-
 !> @brief meta_size_t derived type
   TYPE, BIND(C) :: meta_size_t
      TYPE(H5_ih_info_t) :: obj  !<  v1/v2 B-tree & local/fractal heap for groups, B-tree for chunked datasets
diff --git a/fortran/src/H5f90global.F90 b/fortran/src/H5f90global.F90
index e60f1e83320..f6c06cbc056 100644
--- a/fortran/src/H5f90global.F90
+++ b/fortran/src/H5f90global.F90
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ MODULE H5GLOBAL
 
   IMPLICIT NONE
 
+!> @brief H5_ih_info_t derived type.
+  TYPE, BIND(C) :: H5_ih_info_t
+     INTEGER(HSIZE_T) :: index_size !< btree and/or list
+     INTEGER(HSIZE_T) :: heap_size  !< Heap size
+  END TYPE H5_ih_info_t
+
 !> \addtogroup FH5
 !> @{
   ! Parameters used in the function 'h5kind_to_type' located in H5_ff.F90.