diff --git a/builtin/credential-store.c b/builtin/credential-store.c
index 8977604eb9..4776118331 100644
--- a/builtin/credential-store.c
+++ b/builtin/credential-store.c
@@ -73,6 +73,25 @@ static void rewrite_credential_file(const char *fn, struct credential *c,
 		die_errno("unable to write credential store");
 }
 
+static int is_rfc3986_unreserved(char ch)
+{
+	return isalnum(ch) ||
+		ch == '-' || ch == '_' || ch == '.' || ch == '~';
+}
+
+static int is_rfc3986_reserved_or_unreserved(char ch)
+{
+	if (is_rfc3986_unreserved(ch))
+		return 1;
+	switch (ch) {
+		case '!': case '*': case '\'': case '(': case ')': case ';':
+		case ':': case '@': case '&': case '=': case '+': case '$':
+		case ',': case '/': case '?': case '#': case '[': case ']':
+			return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void store_credential_file(const char *fn, struct credential *c)
 {
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index c3b6d48797..da2693b21f 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -809,25 +809,6 @@ void strbuf_addstr_xml_quoted(struct strbuf *buf, const char *s)
 	}
 }
 
-int is_rfc3986_reserved_or_unreserved(char ch)
-{
-	if (is_rfc3986_unreserved(ch))
-		return 1;
-	switch (ch) {
-		case '!': case '*': case '\'': case '(': case ')': case ';':
-		case ':': case '@': case '&': case '=': case '+': case '$':
-		case ',': case '/': case '?': case '#': case '[': case ']':
-			return 1;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int is_rfc3986_unreserved(char ch)
-{
-	return isalnum(ch) ||
-		ch == '-' || ch == '_' || ch == '.' || ch == '~';
-}
-
 static void strbuf_add_urlencode(struct strbuf *sb, const char *s, size_t len,
 				 char_predicate allow_unencoded_fn)
 {
diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h
index 207efb4f98..114ad0c024 100644
--- a/strbuf.h
+++ b/strbuf.h
@@ -690,9 +690,6 @@ int strbuf_check_branch_ref(struct strbuf *sb, const char *name);
 
 typedef int (*char_predicate)(char ch);
 
-int is_rfc3986_unreserved(char ch);
-int is_rfc3986_reserved_or_unreserved(char ch);
-
 void strbuf_addstr_urlencode(struct strbuf *sb, const char *name,
 			     char_predicate allow_unencoded_fn);