diff --git a/src/engine/TransLog.c b/src/engine/TransLog.c
index c5cb570dbf..490c029557 100644
--- a/src/engine/TransLog.c
+++ b/src/engine/TransLog.c
@@ -274,6 +274,22 @@ xaccSplitAsString(Split *split, const char prefix[]) {
   return(result);
 }
 
+static char *
+xaccTransGetDateStr (Transaction *trans)
+{
+   char buf [MAX_DATE_LENGTH];
+   struct tm *date;
+   time_t secs;
+
+   secs = xaccTransGetDate (trans);
+
+   date = localtime (&secs);
+
+   printDate(buf, date->tm_mday, date->tm_mon+1, date->tm_year +1900);
+
+   return strdup (buf);
+}
+
 char *
 xaccTransAsString(Transaction *txn, const char prefix[]) {
   char *result = NULL;
diff --git a/src/engine/Transaction.c b/src/engine/Transaction.c
index 15ba0131f4..eebdd3971e 100644
--- a/src/engine/Transaction.c
+++ b/src/engine/Transaction.c
@@ -1928,22 +1928,6 @@ xaccTransSetDateTS (Transaction *trans, const Timespec *ts)
    trans->date_posted.tv_nsec = ts->tv_nsec;
 }
 
-char *
-xaccTransGetDateStr (Transaction *trans)
-{
-   char buf [MAX_DATE_LENGTH];
-   struct tm *date;
-   time_t secs;
-
-   secs = xaccTransGetDate (trans);
-
-   date = localtime (&secs);
-
-   printDate(buf, date->tm_mday, date->tm_mon+1, date->tm_year +1900);
-
-   return strdup (buf);
-}
-
 void
 xaccTransSetDateEnteredTS (Transaction *trans, const Timespec *ts)
 {
diff --git a/src/engine/Transaction.h b/src/engine/Transaction.h
index 69309869f7..fc0f9dde48 100644
--- a/src/engine/Transaction.h
+++ b/src/engine/Transaction.h
@@ -227,12 +227,6 @@ void          xaccTransGetDateTS (Transaction *trans, Timespec *ts);
 
 void          xaccTransGetDateEnteredTS (Transaction *trans, Timespec *ts);
 
-/* The xaccTransGetDateStr() method will return a malloc'ed string
- *    representing the posted date of the transaction, or NULL if
- *    the argument is NULL.
- */
-char *        xaccTransGetDateStr (Transaction *trans);
-
 /* The xaccTransCountSplits() method returns the number of splits
  * in a transaction.
  */