diff --git a/src/columns/ColString.cpp b/src/columns/ColString.cpp
index 5befb51e5..5313b0ad0 100644
--- a/src/columns/ColString.cpp
+++ b/src/columns/ColString.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include <Context.h>
 #include <format.h>
 #include <shared.h>
-#include <text.h>
+#include <util.h>
 #include <i18n.h>
 
 extern Context context;
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdCalendar.cpp b/src/commands/CmdCalendar.cpp
index 6bc259051..cd7ff484c 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdCalendar.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdCalendar.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <i18n.h>
 #include <shared.h>
 #include <format.h>
-#include <text.h>
+#include <util.h>
 #include <utf8.h>
 #include <main.h>
 
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdColumns.cpp b/src/commands/CmdColumns.cpp
index 8772a9e85..6f2c94f4f 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdColumns.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdColumns.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <ViewText.h>
 #include <Color.h>
 #include <shared.h>
-#include <text.h>
+#include <util.h>
 #include <i18n.h>
 #include <main.h>
 
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdCommands.cpp b/src/commands/CmdCommands.cpp
index 728b9c50c..f11a147f2 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdCommands.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdCommands.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include <ViewText.h>
 #include <Command.h>
 #include <ColString.h>
-#include <text.h>
+#include <util.h>
 #include <i18n.h>
 
 extern Context context;
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdContext.cpp b/src/commands/CmdContext.cpp
index 057b8d6f8..c4de69c88 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdContext.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdContext.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <i18n.h>
 #include <format.h>
 #include <shared.h>
-#include <text.h>
+#include <util.h>
 
 extern Context context;
 
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdCustom.cpp b/src/commands/CmdCustom.cpp
index 27a8eeb11..cadf326c5 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdCustom.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdCustom.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #include <i18n.h>
 #include <format.h>
 #include <shared.h>
-#include <text.h>
+#include <util.h>
 #include <main.h>
 
 extern Context context;
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdHistory.cpp b/src/commands/CmdHistory.cpp
index 2d7e5b4c7..a8d71eb7f 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdHistory.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdHistory.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include <ViewText.h>
 #include <main.h>
 #include <format.h>
-#include <text.h>
+#include <util.h>
 #include <i18n.h>
 #include <ISO8601.h>
 
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdInfo.cpp b/src/commands/CmdInfo.cpp
index 4134413ae..9aa8b9b6c 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdInfo.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdInfo.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <main.h>
 #include <shared.h>
 #include <format.h>
-#include <text.h>
+#include <util.h>
 #include <i18n.h>
 
 extern Context context;
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdLogo.cpp b/src/commands/CmdLogo.cpp
index 1c25fbc06..a55b457fa 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdLogo.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdLogo.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include <cmake.h>
 #include <CmdLogo.h>
 #include <Context.h>
-#include <text.h>
+#include <util.h>
 #include <i18n.h>
 
 extern Context context;
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdReports.cpp b/src/commands/CmdReports.cpp
index 0fa52cb0c..75dd585b4 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdReports.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdReports.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <Context.h>
 #include <ViewText.h>
 #include <format.h>
-#include <text.h>
+#include <util.h>
 #include <i18n.h>
 
 extern Context context;
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdTags.cpp b/src/commands/CmdTags.cpp
index 5f75b85b3..4187a03dc 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdTags.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdTags.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include <Filter.h>
 #include <ViewText.h>
 #include <format.h>
-#include <text.h>
+#include <util.h>
 #include <i18n.h>
 
 extern Context context;
diff --git a/src/text.cpp b/src/text.cpp
index 214412026..85290a073 100644
--- a/src/text.cpp
+++ b/src/text.cpp
@@ -43,13 +43,4 @@
 
 extern Context context;
 
-static const char* newline = "\n";
-static const char* noline  = "";
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-const char* optionalBlankLine ()
-{
-  return context.verbose ("blank") ? newline : noline;
-}
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/text.h b/src/text.h
index 683cd825d..16b91c3c1 100644
--- a/src/text.h
+++ b/src/text.h
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 // text.cpp, Non-UTF-8 aware.
-const char* optionalBlankLine ();
-int strippedLength (const std::string&);
 
 #endif
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 66dfefe5c..e001c2e4c 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@
 
 extern Context context;
 
+static const char* newline = "\n";
+static const char* noline  = "";
+
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 
 static void signal_handler (int s)
 {
@@ -355,3 +358,9 @@ int strippedLength (const std::string& input)
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+const char* optionalBlankLine ()
+{
+  return context.verbose ("blank") ? newline : noline;
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 845e0668d..c1ed270ef 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ std::string osName ();
 const std::string obfuscateText (const std::string&);
 bool nontrivial (const std::string&);
 int strippedLength (const std::string&);
+const char* optionalBlankLine ();
 
 #endif
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////