diff --git a/kitty/data-types.c b/kitty/data-types.c
index 247881ae0..341ff7cdd 100644
--- a/kitty/data-types.c
+++ b/kitty/data-types.c
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 
 #include "data-types.h"
 #include "modes.h"
-#include "sprites.h"
 #include <stddef.h>
+#include <termios.h>
 #ifdef WITH_PROFILER
 #include <gperftools/profiler.h>
 #endif
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ static PyMethodDef module_methods[] = {
     {"redirect_std_streams", (PyCFunction)redirect_std_streams, METH_VARARGS, ""},
     {"wcwidth", (PyCFunction)wcwidth_wrap, METH_O, ""},
     {"change_wcwidth", (PyCFunction)change_wcwidth_wrap, METH_O, ""},
-    SPRITE_FUNC_WRAPPERS
 #ifdef WITH_PROFILER
     {"start_profiler", (PyCFunction)start_profiler, METH_VARARGS, ""},
     {"stop_profiler", (PyCFunction)stop_profiler, METH_NOARGS, ""},
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@ static struct PyModuleDef module = {
    .m_methods = module_methods
 };
 
-#include <termios.h>
 
 extern bool add_module_gl_constants(PyObject*);
 extern int init_LineBuf(PyObject *);
@@ -100,6 +98,7 @@ extern int init_Window(PyObject *);
 extern bool init_freetype_library(PyObject*);
 extern bool init_fontconfig_library(PyObject*);
 extern bool init_glfw(PyObject *m);
+bool init_sprites(PyObject *module);
 #ifdef __APPLE__
 extern int init_CoreText(PyObject *);
 extern bool init_cocoa(PyObject *module);
@@ -124,6 +123,7 @@ PyInit_fast_data_types(void) {
         if (!init_Screen(m)) return NULL;
         if (!add_module_gl_constants(m)) return NULL;
         if (!init_glfw(m)) return NULL;
+        if (!init_sprites(m)) return NULL;
         if (!init_Window(m)) return NULL;
 #ifdef __APPLE__
         if (!init_CoreText(m)) return NULL;
diff --git a/kitty/sprites.c b/kitty/sprites.c
index 462ee30eb..3a3607484 100644
--- a/kitty/sprites.c
+++ b/kitty/sprites.c
@@ -6,9 +6,19 @@
  */
 
 #include "data-types.h"
-#include "sprites.h"
 #include <structmember.h>
 
+typedef struct SpritePosition SpritePosition;
+struct SpritePosition {
+    SpritePosition *next;
+    sprite_index x, y, z;
+    char_type ch;
+    combining_type cc;
+    bool is_second;
+    bool filled;
+    bool rendered;
+};
+
 typedef struct {
     size_t max_array_len, max_texture_size, max_y;
     unsigned int x, y, z, xnum, ynum;
@@ -195,3 +205,23 @@ render_dirty_sprites(PyObject UNUSED *s_) {
     sprite_map.dirty = false;
     return ans;
 }
+
+
+static PyMethodDef module_methods[] = {
+    {"sprite_map_set_limits", (PyCFunction)sprite_map_set_limits, METH_VARARGS, ""}, \
+    {"sprite_map_set_layout", (PyCFunction)sprite_map_set_layout, METH_VARARGS, ""}, \
+    {"sprite_map_current_layout", (PyCFunction)sprite_map_current_layout, METH_NOARGS, ""}, \
+    {"sprite_map_free", (PyCFunction)sprite_map_free, METH_NOARGS, ""}, \
+    {"sprite_map_increment", (PyCFunction)sprite_map_increment, METH_NOARGS, ""}, \
+    {"sprite_position_for", (PyCFunction)sprite_position_for, METH_VARARGS, ""}, \
+    {"render_dirty_sprites", (PyCFunction)render_dirty_sprites, METH_NOARGS, ""}, \
+
+    {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}        /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+
+bool 
+init_sprites(PyObject *module) {
+    if (PyModule_AddFunctions(module, module_methods) != 0) return false;
+    return true;
+}
diff --git a/kitty/sprites.h b/kitty/sprites.h
deleted file mode 100644
index ffae2e5a6..000000000
--- a/kitty/sprites.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2017 Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
- *
- * Distributed under terms of the GPL3 license.
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-typedef struct SpritePosition SpritePosition;
-struct SpritePosition {
-    SpritePosition *next;
-    sprite_index x, y, z;
-    char_type ch;
-    combining_type cc;
-    bool is_second;
-    bool filled;
-    bool rendered;
-};
-
-
-PyObject* sprite_map_set_limits(PyObject UNUSED *self, PyObject *args);
-PyObject* sprite_map_set_layout(PyObject UNUSED *s, PyObject *args);
-PyObject* sprite_map_current_layout(PyObject UNUSED *s);
-PyObject* sprite_map_free();
-PyObject* sprite_map_increment();
-SpritePosition* sprite_map_position_for(char_type ch, combining_type cc, bool is_second, int *error);
-PyObject* sprite_position_for(PyObject UNUSED *self, PyObject *args);
-bool update_cell_range_data(ScreenModes *modes, Line *line, unsigned int xstart, unsigned int xmax, unsigned int *data);
-PyObject* render_dirty_sprites(PyObject UNUSED *self);
-
-#define SPRITE_FUNC_WRAPPERS \
-    {"sprite_map_set_limits", (PyCFunction)sprite_map_set_limits, METH_VARARGS, ""}, \
-    {"sprite_map_set_layout", (PyCFunction)sprite_map_set_layout, METH_VARARGS, ""}, \
-    {"sprite_map_current_layout", (PyCFunction)sprite_map_current_layout, METH_NOARGS, ""}, \
-    {"sprite_map_free", (PyCFunction)sprite_map_free, METH_NOARGS, ""}, \
-    {"sprite_map_increment", (PyCFunction)sprite_map_increment, METH_NOARGS, ""}, \
-    {"sprite_position_for", (PyCFunction)sprite_position_for, METH_VARARGS, ""}, \
-    {"render_dirty_sprites", (PyCFunction)render_dirty_sprites, METH_NOARGS, ""}, \
-