diff --git a/met/src/libcode/vx_data2d_nc_met/met_file.cc b/met/src/libcode/vx_data2d_nc_met/met_file.cc
index 6f922b80e6..83c56a5e8e 100644
--- a/met/src/libcode/vx_data2d_nc_met/met_file.cc
+++ b/met/src/libcode/vx_data2d_nc_met/met_file.cc
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ static const string valid_time_ut_att_name  = "valid_time_ut";
 static const string  init_time_ut_att_name  = "init_time_ut";
 static const string accum_time_att_name  = "accum_time_sec";
 
-static const string name_att_name        = "name";
-static const string long_name_att_name   = "long_name";
-static const string level_att_name       = "level";
-static const string units_att_name       = "units";
-
 static const int  max_met_args           = 30;
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/met/src/libcode/vx_data2d_nc_pinterp/pinterp_file.cc b/met/src/libcode/vx_data2d_nc_pinterp/pinterp_file.cc
index 4f9f24ca16..84cec1cf06 100644
--- a/met/src/libcode/vx_data2d_nc_pinterp/pinterp_file.cc
+++ b/met/src/libcode/vx_data2d_nc_pinterp/pinterp_file.cc
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ static const char hpa_units_str        [] = "hPa";
 
 static const string init_time_att_name   = "START_DATE";
 
-static const string description_att_name  = "description";
-static const string units_att_name        = "units";
-
 static const int max_pinterp_args         = 30;
 
 static const double pinterp_missing       = 1.0e35;
diff --git a/met/src/libcode/vx_nc_util/nc_utils.cc b/met/src/libcode/vx_nc_util/nc_utils.cc
index a0c302b96c..62b64e233b 100644
--- a/met/src/libcode/vx_nc_util/nc_utils.cc
+++ b/met/src/libcode/vx_nc_util/nc_utils.cc
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ using namespace netCDF::exceptions;
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-static const string  level_att_name         = "level";
-static const string  units_att_name         = "units";
-static const string  missing_value_att_name = "missing_value";
-static const string  fill_value_att_name    = "_FillValue";
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 void patch_nc_name(string *var_name) {
diff --git a/met/src/libcode/vx_nc_util/nc_utils.h b/met/src/libcode/vx_nc_util/nc_utils.h
index 9945afc563..79cc241f07 100644
--- a/met/src/libcode/vx_nc_util/nc_utils.h
+++ b/met/src/libcode/vx_nc_util/nc_utils.h
@@ -128,6 +128,15 @@ static const string nc_att_use_var_id   = "use_var_id";
 static const char nc_att_obs_version[]  = "MET_Obs_version";
 static const char nc_att_met_point_nccf[] = "MET_point_NCCF";
 
+static const string description_att_name   = "description";
+static const string fill_value_att_name    = "_FillValue";
+static const string level_att_name         = "level";
+static const string long_name_att_name     = "long_name";
+static const string missing_value_att_name = "missing_value";
+static const string name_att_name          = "name";
+static const string units_att_name         = "units";
+
+
 static const char nc_time_unit_exp[]    = "^[a-z|A-Z]* since [0-9]\\{1,4\\}-[0-9]\\{1,2\\}-[0-9]\\{1,2\\}";
 
 static const char MET_NC_Obs_ver_1_2[]  = "1.02";