diff --git a/desktop/save_complete.c b/desktop/save_complete.c
index 58c1d210a..635161dfb 100644
--- a/desktop/save_complete.c
+++ b/desktop/save_complete.c
@@ -1158,6 +1158,25 @@ static bool save_complete_inventory(save_complete_ctx *ctx)
 	return true;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Compile a regular expression, handling errors.
+ *
+ * Parameters as for regcomp(), see man regex.
+ */
+static nserror regcomp_wrapper(regex_t *preg, const char *regex, int cflags)
+{
+	int r;
+	r = regcomp(preg, regex, cflags);
+	if (r) {
+		char errbuf[200];
+		regerror(r, preg, errbuf, sizeof errbuf);
+		LOG("Failed to compile regexp '%s': %s\n", regex, errbuf);
+		return NSERROR_INIT_FAILED;
+	}
+	return NSERROR_OK;
+}
+
+
 /* Documented in save_complete.h */
 void save_complete_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/utils/utils.c b/utils/utils.c
index 37839dc48..19d5bf0d6 100644
--- a/utils/utils.c
+++ b/utils/utils.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <strings.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <regex.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <curl/curl.h>
@@ -217,21 +216,6 @@ nserror snstrjoin(char **str, size_t *size, char sep, size_t nelm, ...)
 }
 
 
-/* exported interface documented in utils/utils.h */
-nserror regcomp_wrapper(regex_t *preg, const char *regex, int cflags)
-{
-	int r;
-	r = regcomp(preg, regex, cflags);
-	if (r) {
-		char errbuf[200];
-		regerror(r, preg, errbuf, sizeof errbuf);
-		LOG("Failed to compile regexp '%s': %s\n", regex, errbuf);
-		return NSERROR_INIT_FAILED;
-	}
-	return NSERROR_OK;
-}
-
-
 /**
  * The size of buffers within human_friendly_bytesize.
  *
diff --git a/utils/utils.h b/utils/utils.h
index 5fa521c01..6121ebe44 100644
--- a/utils/utils.h
+++ b/utils/utils.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <regex.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
@@ -152,13 +151,6 @@ char *cnv_space2nbsp(const char *s);
  */
 bool is_dir(const char *path);
 
-/**
- * Compile a regular expression, handling errors.
- *
- * Parameters as for regcomp(), see man regex.
- */
-nserror regcomp_wrapper(regex_t *preg, const char *regex, int cflags);
-
 /**
  * Create a human redable representation of a size in bytes.
  *