diff --git a/app/actions.cpp b/app/actions.cpp
index b75c74af..a58d467f 100644
--- a/app/actions.cpp
+++ b/app/actions.cpp
@@ -1958,13 +1958,23 @@ namespace {
         }
     };
 
+    void replace(std::string& text, const std::string& searchText, const std::string& replaceText)
+    {
+        std::string::size_type index = 0;
+        while ((index = text.find(searchText, index)) != std::string::npos)
+        {
+            text.replace(index, searchText.length(), replaceText.c_str(), replaceText.length());
+            index++;
+        }
+    }
+
     int renameFile(std::string& newPath, const struct tm* tm)
     {
         std::string path = newPath;
         std::string format = Params::instance().format_;
-        Util::replace(format, ":basename:",   Util::basename(path, true));
-        Util::replace(format, ":dirname:",    Util::basename(Util::dirname(path)));
-        Util::replace(format, ":parentname:", Util::basename(Util::dirname(Util::dirname(path))));
+        replace(format, ":basename:",   Util::basename(path, true));
+        replace(format, ":dirname:",    Util::basename(Util::dirname(path)));
+        replace(format, ":parentname:", Util::basename(Util::dirname(Util::dirname(path))));
 
         const size_t max = 1024;
         char basename[max];
diff --git a/src/utils.cpp b/src/utils.cpp
index 20f05bbd..0ef0f203 100644
--- a/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils.cpp
@@ -109,13 +109,4 @@ namespace Util {
         return true;
     }
 
-    void replace(std::string& text, const std::string& searchText, const std::string& replaceText)
-    {
-        std::string::size_type index = 0;
-        while ((index = text.find(searchText, index)) != std::string::npos)
-        {
-            text.replace(index, searchText.length(), replaceText.c_str(), replaceText.length());
-            index++;
-        }
-    }
 }                                       // namespace Util
diff --git a/src/utils.hpp b/src/utils.hpp
index 3a23099a..5f63b7d5 100644
--- a/src/utils.hpp
+++ b/src/utils.hpp
@@ -70,13 +70,6 @@ namespace Util {
              n is not modified if the conversion is unsuccessful. See strtol(2).
      */
     bool strtol(const char* nptr, long& n);
-
-    /*!
-      @brief Replaces all occurrences of \em searchText in the \em text string
-             by \em replaceText.
-     */
-    void replace(std::string& text, const std::string& searchText, const std::string& replaceText);
-
 }                                       // namespace Util
 
 #endif                                  // #ifndef UTILS_HPP_