diff --git a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c
index baa91646e8..918964e785 100644
--- a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c
+++ b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c
@@ -527,6 +527,33 @@ out:
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
+GVariant *
+nm_utils_strdict_to_variant_asv (GHashTable *strdict)
+{
+	gs_free NMUtilsNamedValue *values_free = NULL;
+	NMUtilsNamedValue values_prepared[20];
+	const NMUtilsNamedValue *values;
+	GVariantBuilder builder;
+	guint i;
+	guint n;
+
+	values = nm_utils_named_values_from_strdict (strdict,
+	                                             &n,
+	                                             values_prepared,
+	                                             &values_free);
+
+	g_variant_builder_init (&builder, G_VARIANT_TYPE ("a{sv}"));
+	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+		g_variant_builder_add (&builder,
+		                       "{sv}",
+		                       values[i].name,
+		                       g_variant_new_string (values[i].value_str));
+	}
+	return g_variant_builder_end (&builder);
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
 /**
  * nm_strquote:
  * @buf: the output buffer of where to write the quoted @str argument.
diff --git a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
index a74422043a..67997e6b58 100644
--- a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
+++ b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ gboolean nm_utils_gbytes_equal_mem (GBytes *bytes,
 GVariant *nm_utils_gbytes_to_variant_ay (GBytes *bytes);
 
 GVariant *nm_utils_strdict_to_variant_ass (GHashTable *strdict);
+GVariant *nm_utils_strdict_to_variant_asv (GHashTable *strdict);
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
diff --git a/src/nm-core-utils.c b/src/nm-core-utils.c
index 2492fc10aa..bc80dabf35 100644
--- a/src/nm-core-utils.c
+++ b/src/nm-core-utils.c
@@ -4108,33 +4108,6 @@ nm_utils_parse_dns_domain (const char *domain, gboolean *is_routing)
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
-GVariant *
-nm_utils_strdict_to_variant (GHashTable *options)
-{
-	gs_free NMUtilsNamedValue *values_free = NULL;
-	NMUtilsNamedValue values_prepared[20];
-	const NMUtilsNamedValue *values;
-	GVariantBuilder builder;
-	guint i;
-	guint n;
-
-	values = nm_utils_named_values_from_strdict (options,
-	                                             &n,
-	                                             values_prepared,
-	                                             &values_free);
-
-	g_variant_builder_init (&builder, G_VARIANT_TYPE ("a{sv}"));
-	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-		g_variant_builder_add (&builder,
-		                       "{sv}",
-		                       values[i].name,
-		                       g_variant_new_string (values[i].value_str));
-	}
-	return g_variant_builder_end (&builder);
-}
-
-/*****************************************************************************/
-
 static guint32
 get_max_rate_ht_20 (int mcs)
 {
diff --git a/src/nm-core-utils.h b/src/nm-core-utils.h
index e30d7b3651..b36c9b581f 100644
--- a/src/nm-core-utils.h
+++ b/src/nm-core-utils.h
@@ -449,8 +449,6 @@ gboolean nm_utils_validate_plugin (const char *path, struct stat *stat, GError *
 char **nm_utils_read_plugin_paths (const char *dirname, const char *prefix);
 char *nm_utils_format_con_diff_for_audit (GHashTable *diff);
 
-GVariant *nm_utils_strdict_to_variant (GHashTable *options);
-
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
 /* this enum is compatible with ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_* (from <linux/icmpv6.h>,
diff --git a/src/nm-dhcp-config.c b/src/nm-dhcp-config.c
index 3b9211df99..fd55c3ff43 100644
--- a/src/nm-dhcp-config.c
+++ b/src/nm-dhcp-config.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ nm_dhcp_config_set_options (NMDhcpConfig *self,
 	priv = NM_DHCP_CONFIG_GET_PRIVATE (self);
 
 	nm_g_variant_unref (priv->options);
-	priv->options = g_variant_ref_sink (nm_utils_strdict_to_variant (options));
+	priv->options = g_variant_ref_sink (nm_utils_strdict_to_variant_asv (options));
 	_notify (self, PROP_OPTIONS);
 }