diff --git a/wled00/e131.cpp b/wled00/e131.cpp
index b6b04a1dc7..4e1eed366e 100644
--- a/wled00/e131.cpp
+++ b/wled00/e131.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ static void handleArtnetPollReply(IPAddress ipAddress);
 static void prepareArtnetPollReply(ArtPollReply *reply);
 static void sendArtnetPollReply(ArtPollReply *reply, IPAddress ipAddress, uint16_t portAddress);
 
+// Runtime state private to this file - previously WLED_GLOBAL, a leftover from
+// when all state lived in one big extern block regardless of who used it.
+static E131Priority highPriority(3);                              // E1.31 highest priority tracking, init = timeout in seconds
+static byte e131LastSequenceNumber[E131_MAX_UNIVERSE_COUNT];       // to detect packet loss
+static uint16_t pollReplyCount = 0;                                // count number of replies for ArtPoll node report
 
 /*
  * E1.31 handler
diff --git a/wled00/wled.h b/wled00/wled.h
index 9bafb49196..9b4bc8f5ba 100644
--- a/wled00/wled.h
+++ b/wled00/wled.h
@@ -466,14 +466,12 @@ WLED_GLOBAL bool arlsForceMaxBri _INIT(false);                    // enable to f
 WLED_GLOBAL uint16_t e131Universe _INIT(1);                       // settings for E1.31 (sACN) protocol (only DMX_MODE_MULTIPLE_* can span over consequtive universes)
 WLED_GLOBAL uint16_t e131Port _INIT(5568);                        // DMX in port. E1.31 default is 5568, Art-Net is 6454
 WLED_GLOBAL byte e131Priority _INIT(0);                           // E1.31 port priority (if != 0 priority handling is active)
-WLED_GLOBAL E131Priority highPriority _INIT(3);                   // E1.31 highest priority tracking, init = timeout in seconds
+// highPriority/e131LastSequenceNumber/pollReplyCount are private to e131.cpp - see there.
 WLED_GLOBAL byte DMXMode _INIT(DMX_MODE_MULTIPLE_RGB);            // DMX mode (s.a.)
 WLED_GLOBAL uint16_t DMXAddress _INIT(1);                         // DMX start address of fixture, a.k.a. first Channel [for E1.31 (sACN) protocol]
 WLED_GLOBAL uint16_t DMXSegmentSpacing _INIT(0);                  // Number of void/unused channels between each segments DMX channels
-WLED_GLOBAL byte e131LastSequenceNumber[E131_MAX_UNIVERSE_COUNT]; // to detect packet loss
 WLED_GLOBAL bool e131Multicast _INIT(false);                      // multicast or unicast
 WLED_GLOBAL bool e131SkipOutOfSequence _INIT(false);              // freeze instead of flickering
-WLED_GLOBAL uint16_t pollReplyCount _INIT(0);                     // count number of replies for ArtPoll node report
 
 // mqtt
 WLED_GLOBAL unsigned long lastMqttReconnectAttempt _INIT(0);  // used for other periodic tasks too