diff --git a/src/kits/locale/Jamfile b/src/kits/locale/Jamfile
index d6fad85790..3880624547 100644
--- a/src/kits/locale/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kits/locale/Jamfile
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ UsePrivateHeaders locale shared ;
 UsePublicHeaders locale storage ;
 
 local sources =
-	cat.cpp
 	Catalog.cpp
 	CatalogData.cpp
 	Collator.cpp
diff --git a/src/system/libroot/posix/Jamfile b/src/system/libroot/posix/Jamfile
index 90446f4ef2..d91c0d1a04 100644
--- a/src/system/libroot/posix/Jamfile
+++ b/src/system/libroot/posix/Jamfile
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ for architectureObject in [ MultiArchSubDirSetup ] {
 
 		MergeObject <$(architecture)>posix_main.o :
 			assert.cpp
+			cat.cpp
 			dlfcn.c
 			dirent.c
 			errno.c
diff --git a/src/kits/locale/cat.cpp b/src/system/libroot/posix/cat.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/kits/locale/cat.cpp
rename to src/system/libroot/posix/cat.cpp