diff --git a/wled00/set.cpp b/wled00/set.cpp
index dee8d00378..f693ad04cf 100644
--- a/wled00/set.cpp
+++ b/wled00/set.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
  * Receives client input
  */
 
+// 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 byte presetCycMin = 1;
+static byte presetCycMax = 5;
+
 //called upon POST settings form submit
 void handleSettingsSet(AsyncWebServerRequest *request, byte subPage)
 {
diff --git a/wled00/wled.h b/wled00/wled.h
index 9bafb49196..daf62204cd 100644
--- a/wled00/wled.h
+++ b/wled00/wled.h
@@ -718,8 +718,7 @@ WLED_GLOBAL byte improvError _INIT(0);
 WLED_GLOBAL int16_t currentPlaylist _INIT(-1);
 //still used for "PL=~" HTTP API command
 WLED_GLOBAL byte presetCycCurr _INIT(0);
-WLED_GLOBAL byte presetCycMin _INIT(1);
-WLED_GLOBAL byte presetCycMax _INIT(5);
+// presetCycMin/presetCycMax are private to set.cpp - see there.
 
 // realtime
 WLED_GLOBAL byte realtimeMode _INIT(REALTIME_MODE_INACTIVE);