diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-core-internal.h b/libnm-core/nm-core-internal.h
index c363016bf9..021f870a07 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-core-internal.h
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-core-internal.h
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ char **     _nm_utils_strsplit_set (const char *str,
                                     const char *delimiters,
                                     int max_tokens);
 
+GSList *    _nm_utils_strv_to_slist (char **strv);
+char **     _nm_utils_slist_to_strv (GSList *slist);
+
+GPtrArray * _nm_utils_strv_to_ptrarray (char **strv);
+char **     _nm_utils_ptrarray_to_strv (GPtrArray *ptrarray);
+
 #define NM_UTILS_UUID_TYPE_LEGACY            0
 #define NM_UTILS_UUID_TYPE_VARIANT3          1
 
diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-utils-private.h b/libnm-core/nm-utils-private.h
index 3854d67951..ffdc631566 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-utils-private.h
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-utils-private.h
@@ -40,12 +40,6 @@ GVariant *  _nm_utils_bytes_to_dbus     (const GValue *prop_value);
 void        _nm_utils_bytes_from_dbus   (GVariant *dbus_value,
                                          GValue *prop_value);
 
-GSList *    _nm_utils_strv_to_slist (char **strv);
-char **     _nm_utils_slist_to_strv (GSList *slist);
-
-GPtrArray * _nm_utils_strv_to_ptrarray (char **strv);
-char **     _nm_utils_ptrarray_to_strv (GPtrArray *ptrarray);
-
 char *      _nm_utils_hwaddr_canonical_or_invalid (const char *mac, gssize length);
 
 #endif