diff --git a/src/devices/wifi/nm-wifi-utils.c b/src/devices/wifi/nm-wifi-utils.c
index 7cb5f85bdd..0903dc8bba 100644
--- a/src/devices/wifi/nm-wifi-utils.c
+++ b/src/devices/wifi/nm-wifi-utils.c
@@ -786,25 +786,6 @@ nm_wifi_utils_complete_connection (GBytes *ap_ssid,
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
-guint32
-nm_wifi_utils_level_to_quality (int val)
-{
-	if (val < 0) {
-		/* Assume dBm already; rough conversion: best = -40, worst = -100 */
-		val = abs (CLAMP (val, -100, -40) + 40);  /* normalize to 0 */
-		val = 100 - (int) ((100.0 * (double) val) / 60.0);
-	} else if (val > 110 && val < 256) {
-		/* assume old-style WEXT 8-bit unsigned signal level */
-		val -= 256;  /* subtract 256 to convert to dBm */
-		val = abs (CLAMP (val, -100, -40) + 40);  /* normalize to 0 */
-		val = 100 - (int) ((100.0 * (double) val) / 60.0);
-	} else {
-		/* Assume signal is a "quality" percentage */
-	}
-
-	return CLAMP (val, 0, 100);
-}
-
 gboolean
 nm_wifi_utils_is_manf_default_ssid (GBytes *ssid)
 {
diff --git a/src/devices/wifi/nm-wifi-utils.h b/src/devices/wifi/nm-wifi-utils.h
index 982080b903..505baa84b0 100644
--- a/src/devices/wifi/nm-wifi-utils.h
+++ b/src/devices/wifi/nm-wifi-utils.h
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ gboolean nm_wifi_utils_complete_connection (GBytes *ssid,
                                             gboolean lock_bssid,
                                             GError **error);
 
-guint32 nm_wifi_utils_level_to_quality (int val);
-
 gboolean nm_wifi_utils_is_manf_default_ssid (GBytes *ssid);
 
 NMIwdNetworkSecurity nm_wifi_connection_get_iwd_security (NMConnection *connection,
diff --git a/src/nm-core-utils.c b/src/nm-core-utils.c
index 54c3ee629a..eccb5f7b15 100644
--- a/src/nm-core-utils.c
+++ b/src/nm-core-utils.c
@@ -4073,6 +4073,27 @@ nm_utils_strdict_to_variant (GHashTable *options)
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
+guint8
+nm_wifi_utils_level_to_quality (int val)
+{
+	if (val < 0) {
+		/* Assume dBm already; rough conversion: best = -40, worst = -100 */
+		val = abs (CLAMP (val, -100, -40) + 40);  /* normalize to 0 */
+		val = 100 - (int) ((100.0 * (double) val) / 60.0);
+	} else if (val > 110 && val < 256) {
+		/* assume old-style WEXT 8-bit unsigned signal level */
+		val -= 256;  /* subtract 256 to convert to dBm */
+		val = abs (CLAMP (val, -100, -40) + 40);  /* normalize to 0 */
+		val = 100 - (int) ((100.0 * (double) val) / 60.0);
+	} else {
+		/* Assume signal is a "quality" percentage */
+	}
+
+	return CLAMP (val, 0, 100);
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
 NM_UTILS_ENUM2STR_DEFINE (nm_icmpv6_router_pref_to_string, NMIcmpv6RouterPref,
 	NM_UTILS_ENUM2STR (NM_ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_LOW,     "low"),
 	NM_UTILS_ENUM2STR (NM_ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_MEDIUM,  "medium"),
diff --git a/src/nm-core-utils.h b/src/nm-core-utils.h
index fbb7987573..ca3e7dbf3b 100644
--- a/src/nm-core-utils.h
+++ b/src/nm-core-utils.h
@@ -473,6 +473,10 @@ const char *nm_utils_parse_dns_domain (const char *domain, gboolean *is_routing)
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
+guint8 nm_wifi_utils_level_to_quality (int val);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
 #define NM_VPN_ROUTE_METRIC_DEFAULT     50
 
 #define NM_UTILS_ERROR_MSG_REQ_AUTH_FAILED   "Unable to authenticate the request"