diff --git a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c
index 874d4bd54c..c27fc2e33e 100644
--- a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c
+++ b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c
@@ -133,20 +133,6 @@ nm_print_device_capabilities (NMDevice *dev)
 	}
 }
 
-
-struct nl_addr *
-nm_utils_ip4_addr_to_nl_addr (guint32 ip4_addr)
-{
-	struct nl_addr * nla = NULL;
-
-	if (!(nla = nl_addr_alloc (sizeof (in_addr_t))))
-		return NULL;
-	nl_addr_set_family (nla, AF_INET);
-	nl_addr_set_binary_addr (nla, &ip4_addr, sizeof (guint32));
-
-	return nla;
-}
-
 /*
  * nm_utils_ip4_netmask_to_prefix
  *
diff --git a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h
index f408c69bd4..147a972a78 100644
--- a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h
+++ b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ int nm_spawn_process (const char *args);
 
 void nm_print_device_capabilities (NMDevice *dev);
 
-struct nl_addr *nm_utils_ip4_addr_to_nl_addr (guint32 ip4_addr);
-
 char *nm_utils_hexstr2bin (const char *hex, size_t len);
 
 char *nm_ether_ntop (const struct ether_addr *mac);
diff --git a/src/nm-ip4-config.c b/src/nm-ip4-config.c
index b9c2df7e4b..1c14ccb647 100644
--- a/src/nm-ip4-config.c
+++ b/src/nm-ip4-config.c
@@ -74,6 +74,20 @@ enum {
 };
 
 
+static struct nl_addr *
+nm_utils_ip4_addr_to_nl_addr (guint32 ip4_addr)
+{
+	struct nl_addr * nla = NULL;
+
+	if (!(nla = nl_addr_alloc (sizeof (in_addr_t))))
+		return NULL;
+	nl_addr_set_family (nla, AF_INET);
+	nl_addr_set_binary_addr (nla, &ip4_addr, sizeof (guint32));
+
+	return nla;
+}
+
+
 NMIP4Config *
 nm_ip4_config_new (void)
 {