diff --git a/daemon/websocket.c b/daemon/websocket.c
index 81f359c91..1844f56c7 100644
--- a/daemon/websocket.c
+++ b/daemon/websocket.c
@@ -314,12 +314,6 @@ static const char *websocket_http_ping(struct websocket_message *wm) {
 }
 
 
-static void __g_string_free(GString **s) {
-	g_string_free(*s, TRUE);
-}
-static void __g_hash_table_destroy(GHashTable **s) {
-	g_hash_table_destroy(*s);
-}
 static const char *websocket_http_metrics(struct websocket_message *wm) {
 	ilogs(http, LOG_DEBUG, "Respoding to GET /metrics");
 
diff --git a/lib/auxlib.h b/lib/auxlib.h
index a4141cb05..bac6e33f5 100644
--- a/lib/auxlib.h
+++ b/lib/auxlib.h
@@ -291,6 +291,12 @@ INLINE void g_tree_clear(GTree *t) {
 		g_tree_remove(t, k);
 	}
 }
+INLINE void __g_string_free(GString **s) {
+	g_string_free(*s, TRUE);
+}
+INLINE void __g_hash_table_destroy(GHashTable **s) {
+	g_hash_table_destroy(*s);
+}
 
 
 #endif