diff --git a/src/irc.cpp b/src/irc.cpp
index e79577269e..7a6f40cfad 100644
--- a/src/irc.cpp
+++ b/src/irc.cpp
@@ -76,57 +76,6 @@ static bool Send(SOCKET hSocket, const char* pszSend)
     return true;
 }
 
-bool RecvLine(SOCKET hSocket, string& strLine)
-{
-    strLine = "";
-    loop
-    {
-        char c;
-        int nBytes = recv(hSocket, &c, 1, 0);
-        if (nBytes > 0)
-        {
-            if (c == '\n')
-                continue;
-            if (c == '\r')
-                return true;
-            strLine += c;
-            if (strLine.size() >= 9000)
-                return true;
-        }
-        else if (nBytes <= 0)
-        {
-            if (fShutdown)
-                return false;
-            if (nBytes < 0)
-            {
-                int nErr = WSAGetLastError();
-                if (nErr == WSAEMSGSIZE)
-                    continue;
-                if (nErr == WSAEWOULDBLOCK || nErr == WSAEINTR || nErr == WSAEINPROGRESS)
-                {
-                    Sleep(10);
-                    continue;
-                }
-            }
-            if (!strLine.empty())
-                return true;
-            if (nBytes == 0)
-            {
-                // socket closed
-                printf("IRC socket closed\n");
-                return false;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                // socket error
-                int nErr = WSAGetLastError();
-                printf("IRC recv failed: %d\n", nErr);
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 bool RecvLineIRC(SOCKET hSocket, string& strLine)
 {
     loop
diff --git a/src/irc.h b/src/irc.h
index f5adaa1276..08d62b83d2 100644
--- a/src/irc.h
+++ b/src/irc.h
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #ifndef BITCOIN_IRC_H
 #define BITCOIN_IRC_H
 
-bool RecvLine(SOCKET hSocket, std::string& strLine);
 void ThreadIRCSeed(void* parg);
 
 extern int nGotIRCAddresses;
diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index fd488ce671..546bc6adc8 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -83,6 +83,57 @@ void CNode::PushGetBlocks(CBlockIndex* pindexBegin, uint256 hashEnd)
 
 
 
+bool RecvLine(SOCKET hSocket, string& strLine)
+{
+    strLine = "";
+    loop
+    {
+        char c;
+        int nBytes = recv(hSocket, &c, 1, 0);
+        if (nBytes > 0)
+        {
+            if (c == '\n')
+                continue;
+            if (c == '\r')
+                return true;
+            strLine += c;
+            if (strLine.size() >= 9000)
+                return true;
+        }
+        else if (nBytes <= 0)
+        {
+            if (fShutdown)
+                return false;
+            if (nBytes < 0)
+            {
+                int nErr = WSAGetLastError();
+                if (nErr == WSAEMSGSIZE)
+                    continue;
+                if (nErr == WSAEWOULDBLOCK || nErr == WSAEINTR || nErr == WSAEINPROGRESS)
+                {
+                    Sleep(10);
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+            if (!strLine.empty())
+                return true;
+            if (nBytes == 0)
+            {
+                // socket closed
+                printf("socket closed\n");
+                return false;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // socket error
+                int nErr = WSAGetLastError();
+                printf("recv failed: %d\n", nErr);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 
 
 bool GetMyExternalIP2(const CService& addrConnect, const char* pszGet, const char* pszKeyword, CNetAddr& ipRet)
diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index 0a3cf388ec..f4af93a495 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ inline unsigned int ReceiveBufferSize() { return 1000*GetArg("-maxreceivebuffer"
 inline unsigned int SendBufferSize() { return 1000*GetArg("-maxsendbuffer", 10*1000); }
 static const unsigned int PUBLISH_HOPS = 5;
 
+bool RecvLine(SOCKET hSocket, std::string& strLine);
 bool GetMyExternalIP(CNetAddr& ipRet);
 bool AddAddress(CAddress addr, int64 nTimePenalty=0, CAddrDB *pAddrDB=NULL);
 void AddressCurrentlyConnected(const CService& addr);