diff --git a/numpy/core/include/numpy/npy_math.h b/numpy/core/include/numpy/npy_math.h
index 3089f302abe3..82e93b765655 100644
--- a/numpy/core/include/numpy/npy_math.h
+++ b/numpy/core/include/numpy/npy_math.h
@@ -184,29 +184,21 @@ NPY_INPLACE double npy_atan2(double x, double y);
 #define npy_fmod fmod
 #define npy_floor floor
 #define npy_expm1 expm1
+#define npy_log1p log1p
 #define npy_acosh acosh
+#define npy_asinh asinh
 #define npy_atanh atanh
 #define npy_rint rint
 #define npy_trunc trunc
 #define npy_exp2 exp2
 #define npy_frexp frexp
 #define npy_ldexp ldexp
+#define npy_copysign copysign
 #define npy_exp exp
 #define npy_sqrt sqrt
 #define npy_pow pow
 #define npy_modf modf
 
-#if defined(__arm64__) && defined(__APPLE__)
-/* due to a build problem with scipy, export these as functions */
-NPY_INPLACE double npy_asinh(double x);
-NPY_INPLACE double npy_copysign(double y, double x);
-NPY_INPLACE double npy_log1p(double x);
-#else
-#define npy_asinh asinh
-#define npy_copysign copysign
-#define npy_log1p log1p
-#endif
-double npy_nextafter(double x, double y);
 double npy_spacing(double x);
 
 /*
diff --git a/numpy/core/setup.py b/numpy/core/setup.py
index 1a7b8ea706a7..927defa0625d 100644
--- a/numpy/core/setup.py
+++ b/numpy/core/setup.py
@@ -771,10 +771,6 @@ def get_mathlib_info(*args):
                        join('src', 'npymath', 'ieee754.c.src'),
                        join('src', 'npymath', 'npy_math_complex.c.src'),
                        join('src', 'npymath', 'halffloat.c'),
-                       # Remove this once scipy macos arm64 build correctly
-                       # links to the arm64 npymath library,
-                       # see gh-22673
-                       join('src', 'npymath', 'arm64_exports.c'),
                        ]
 
     config.add_installed_library('npymath',
@@ -1006,6 +1002,10 @@ def get_mathlib_info(*args):
             join('src', 'multiarray', 'textreading', 'stream_pyobject.c'),
             join('src', 'multiarray', 'textreading', 'str_to_int.c'),
             join('src', 'multiarray', 'textreading', 'tokenize.cpp'),
+            # Remove this once scipy macos arm64 build correctly
+            # links to the arm64 npymath library,
+            # see gh-22673
+            join('src', 'npymath', 'arm64_exports.c'),
             ]
 
     #######################################################################
diff --git a/numpy/core/src/npymath/arm64_exports.c b/numpy/core/src/npymath/arm64_exports.c
index d65bb4f6d3e2..dfa8054d7e9d 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/npymath/arm64_exports.c
+++ b/numpy/core/src/npymath/arm64_exports.c
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 #if defined(__arm64__) && defined(__APPLE__)
 
 #include <math.h>
-/* 
+/*
  * Export these for scipy, since the SciPy build for macos arm64
  * downloads the macos x86_64 NumPy, and does not error when the
  * linker fails to use npymathlib.a. Importing numpy will expose
  * these external functions
  * See https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/22673#issuecomment-1327520055
+ *
+ * This file is actually compiled as part of the main module.
  */
 
 double npy_asinh(double x) {
@@ -20,4 +22,9 @@ double npy_copysign(double y, double x) {
 double npy_log1p(double x) {
     return log1p(x);
 }
+
+double npy_nextafter(double x, double y) {
+    return nextafter(x, y);
+}
+
 #endif