diff --git a/src/keystore.cpp b/src/keystore.cpp
index 8c149a925..0319c469f 100644
--- a/src/keystore.cpp
+++ b/src/keystore.cpp
@@ -196,10 +196,3 @@ CKeyID GetKeyForDestination(const CBasicKeyStore& store, const CTxDestination& d
     }
     return CKeyID();
 }
-
-bool HaveKey(const CBasicKeyStore& store, const CKey& key)
-{
-    CKey key2;
-    key2.Set(key.begin(), key.end(), !key.IsCompressed());
-    return store.HaveKey(key.GetPubKey().GetID()) || store.HaveKey(key2.GetPubKey().GetID());
-}
diff --git a/src/keystore.h b/src/keystore.h
index b8f5a430e..3e46acda1 100644
--- a/src/keystore.h
+++ b/src/keystore.h
@@ -54,7 +54,4 @@ public:
 /** Return the CKeyID of the key involved in a script (if there is a unique one). */
 CKeyID GetKeyForDestination(const CBasicKeyStore& store, const CTxDestination& dest);
 
-/** Checks if a CKey is in the given CBasicKeyStore compressed or otherwise*/
-bool HaveKey(const CBasicKeyStore& store, const CKey& key);
-
 #endif // BITCOIN_KEYSTORE_H
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index eae5f876e..bc8666578 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ static inline bool GetAvoidReuseFlag(CWallet * const pwallet, const UniValue& pa
     return avoid_reuse;
 }
 
+/** Checks if a CKey is in the given CWallet compressed or otherwise*/
+bool HaveKey(const CWallet& wallet, const CKey& key)
+{
+    CKey key2;
+    key2.Set(key.begin(), key.end(), !key.IsCompressed());
+    return wallet.HaveKey(key.GetPubKey().GetID()) || wallet.HaveKey(key2.GetPubKey().GetID());
+}
+
 bool GetWalletNameFromJSONRPCRequest(const JSONRPCRequest& request, std::string& wallet_name)
 {
     if (request.URI.substr(0, WALLET_ENDPOINT_BASE.size()) == WALLET_ENDPOINT_BASE) {