diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-core-internal.h b/libnm-core/nm-core-internal.h
index 769591065b..f4f4fe4c75 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-core-internal.h
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-core-internal.h
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ GPtrArray *_nm_utils_copy_object_array (const GPtrArray *array);
 gboolean    _nm_utils_string_in_list   (const char *str,
                                         const char **valid_strings);
 
+char **     _nm_utils_strsplit_set (const char *str,
+                                    const char *delimiters,
+                                    int max_tokens);
+
 void _nm_dbus_errors_init (void);
 
 extern gboolean _nm_utils_is_manager_process;
diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-utils-private.h b/libnm-core/nm-utils-private.h
index 4a4e82e0d9..3854d67951 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-utils-private.h
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-utils-private.h
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@ 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_strsplit_set (const char *str,
-                                    const char *delimiters,
-                                    int max_tokens);
-
 char *      _nm_utils_hwaddr_canonical_or_invalid (const char *mac, gssize length);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
index d293d741cb..8a35b9472a 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 #include <nm-setting-dcb.h>
 #include <nm-setting-generic.h>
 #include "nm-core-internal.h"
-#include "nm-utils-private.h"
 #include <nm-utils.h>
 
 #include "nm-platform.h"