diff --git a/src/compiler/glsl/ir_print_visitor.cpp b/src/compiler/glsl/ir_print_visitor.cpp
index 0b510519e4c..45988bb34ab 100644
--- a/src/compiler/glsl/ir_print_visitor.cpp
+++ b/src/compiler/glsl/ir_print_visitor.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,20 @@ ir_instruction::fprint(FILE *f) const
    deconsted->accept(&v);
 }
 
+static void
+glsl_print_type(FILE *f, const glsl_type *t)
+{
+   if (t->is_array()) {
+      fprintf(f, "(array ");
+      glsl_print_type(f, t->fields.array);
+      fprintf(f, " %u)", t->length);
+   } else if (t->is_struct() && !is_gl_identifier(t->name)) {
+      fprintf(f, "%s@%p", t->name, (void *) t);
+   } else {
+      fprintf(f, "%s", t->name);
+   }
+}
+
 extern "C" {
 void
 _mesa_print_ir(FILE *f, exec_list *instructions,
diff --git a/src/compiler/glsl_types.cpp b/src/compiler/glsl_types.cpp
index 9e15305ede4..cb5ebad7e75 100644
--- a/src/compiler/glsl_types.cpp
+++ b/src/compiler/glsl_types.cpp
@@ -3382,24 +3382,4 @@ glsl_get_sampler_dim_coordinate_components(enum glsl_sampler_dim dim)
    }
 }
 
-static inline bool
-is_gl_identifier(const char *s)
-{
-   return s && s[0] == 'g' && s[1] == 'l' && s[2] == '_';
-}
-
-void
-glsl_print_type(FILE *f, const glsl_type *t)
-{
-   if (t->is_array()) {
-      fprintf(f, "(array ");
-      glsl_print_type(f, t->fields.array);
-      fprintf(f, " %u)", t->length);
-   } else if (t->is_struct() && !is_gl_identifier(t->name)) {
-      fprintf(f, "%s@%p", t->name, (void *) t);
-   } else {
-      fprintf(f, "%s", t->name);
-   }
-}
-
 }
diff --git a/src/compiler/glsl_types.h b/src/compiler/glsl_types.h
index d5c0721f0c7..51e233c8a88 100644
--- a/src/compiler/glsl_types.h
+++ b/src/compiler/glsl_types.h
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ glsl_type_singleton_decref();
 extern void
 _mesa_glsl_initialize_types(struct _mesa_glsl_parse_state *state);
 
-void
-glsl_print_type(FILE *f, const struct glsl_type *t);
-
 void encode_type_to_blob(struct blob *blob, const struct glsl_type *type);
 
 const struct glsl_type *decode_type_from_blob(struct blob_reader *blob);