diff --git a/src/base64-inl.h b/src/base64-inl.h
index 5546951df9b464..6c9280d1ff1c75 100644
--- a/src/base64-inl.h
+++ b/src/base64-inl.h
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 
 namespace node {
 
+static constexpr char base64_table_url[] = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+                                           "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+                                           "0123456789-_";
+
 extern const int8_t unbase64_table[256];
 
 
@@ -144,7 +148,7 @@ inline size_t base64_encode(const char* src,
   unsigned k;
   unsigned n;
 
-  const char* table = base64_select_table(mode);
+  const char* table = base64_table_url;
 
   i = 0;
   k = 0;
diff --git a/src/base64.h b/src/base64.h
index 0db096810cd4a8..d93291f101bb94 100644
--- a/src/base64.h
+++ b/src/base64.h
@@ -17,22 +17,6 @@ enum class Base64Mode {
   URL
 };
 
-static constexpr char base64_table[] = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
-                                       "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
-                                       "0123456789+/";
-
-static constexpr char base64_table_url[] = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
-                                           "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
-                                           "0123456789-_";
-
-static inline const char* base64_select_table(Base64Mode mode) {
-  switch (mode) {
-    case Base64Mode::NORMAL: return base64_table;
-    case Base64Mode::URL: return base64_table_url;
-    default: UNREACHABLE();
-  }
-}
-
 static inline constexpr size_t base64_encoded_size(
     size_t size,
     Base64Mode mode = Base64Mode::NORMAL) {