diff --git a/src/debug.cpp b/src/debug.cpp
index c8394f647..5ea7c63a6 100644
--- a/src/debug.cpp
+++ b/src/debug.cpp
@@ -207,14 +207,6 @@ void debug_dump(const void *lp, int len)
         }
 }
 
-namespace{
-
-bool sv_contains(std::string_view haystack, std::string_view needle){
-	return haystack.find(needle) != std::string_view::npos;
-}
-
-} //anon namespace
-
 bool parse_log_cfg(const char *conf_str,
                 int *log_lvl,
                 bool *logger_skip_repeats,
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 77998f2ea..681e5be1a 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 #include "utils/misc.h"
 #include "utils/nat.h"
 #include "utils/net.h"
-#include "utils/sv_parse_num.hpp"
+#include "utils/string_view_utils.hpp"
 #include "utils/thread.h"
 #include "utils/wait_obj.h"
 #include "utils/udp_holepunch.h"
diff --git a/src/utils/string_view_utils.hpp b/src/utils/string_view_utils.hpp
index 212b55792..0374c9637 100644
--- a/src/utils/string_view_utils.hpp
+++ b/src/utils/string_view_utils.hpp
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@
  */
 std::string_view tokenize(std::string_view& str, char delim, char quot = '\0');
 
+inline bool sv_contains(std::string_view haystack, std::string_view needle){
+	return haystack.find(needle) != std::string_view::npos;
+}
 
 /* std::from_chars is c++17, but on major compilers the feature was missing or 
  * partial (no floating point support). This header provides safe fallbacks