diff --git a/gtk/gtkfilechooserentry.c b/gtk/gtkfilechooserentry.c
index 901d3e67c7..c491e65e32 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkfilechooserentry.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkfilechooserentry.c
@@ -418,6 +418,144 @@ beep (GtkFileChooserEntry *chooser_entry)
   gtk_widget_error_bell (GTK_WIDGET (chooser_entry));
 }
 
+static gboolean
+is_valid_scheme_character (char c)
+{
+  return g_ascii_isalnum (c) || c == '+' || c == '-' || c == '.';
+}
+
+static gboolean
+has_uri_scheme (const char *str)
+{
+  const char *p;
+
+  p = str;
+
+  if (!is_valid_scheme_character (*p))
+    return FALSE;
+
+  do
+    p++;
+  while (is_valid_scheme_character (*p));
+
+  return (strncmp (p, "://", 3) == 0);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+_gtk_file_system_parse (GtkFileSystem     *file_system,
+		        GFile             *base_file,
+		        const gchar       *str,
+		        GFile            **folder,
+		        gchar            **file_part,
+		        GError           **error)
+{
+  GFile *file;
+  gboolean result = FALSE;
+  gboolean is_dir = FALSE;
+  gchar *last_slash = NULL;
+  gboolean is_uri;
+
+  if (str && *str)
+    is_dir = (str [strlen (str) - 1] == G_DIR_SEPARATOR);
+
+  last_slash = strrchr (str, G_DIR_SEPARATOR);
+
+  is_uri = has_uri_scheme (str);
+
+  if (is_uri)
+    {
+      const char *colon;
+      const char *slash_after_hostname;
+
+      colon = strchr (str, ':');
+      g_assert (colon != NULL);
+      g_assert (strncmp (colon, "://", 3) == 0);
+
+      slash_after_hostname = strchr (colon + 3, '/');
+
+      if (slash_after_hostname == NULL)
+	{
+	  /* We don't have a full hostname yet.  So, don't switch the folder
+	   * until we have seen a full hostname.  Otherwise, completion will
+	   * happen for every character the user types for the hostname.
+	   */
+
+	  *folder = NULL;
+	  *file_part = NULL;
+	  g_set_error (error,
+		       GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ERROR,
+		       GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ERROR_INCOMPLETE_HOSTNAME,
+		       "Incomplete hostname");
+	  return FALSE;
+	}
+    }
+
+  if (str[0] == '~' || g_path_is_absolute (str) || is_uri)
+    file = g_file_parse_name (str);
+  else
+    {
+      if (base_file)
+	file = g_file_resolve_relative_path (base_file, str);
+      else
+	{
+	  *folder = NULL;
+	  *file_part = NULL;
+	  g_set_error (error,
+		       GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ERROR,
+		       GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ERROR_BAD_FILENAME,
+		       _("Invalid path"));
+	  return FALSE;
+	}
+    }
+
+  if (base_file && g_file_equal (base_file, file))
+    {
+      /* this is when user types '.', could be the
+       * beginning of a hidden file, ./ or ../
+       */
+      *folder = g_object_ref (file);
+      *file_part = g_strdup (str);
+      result = TRUE;
+    }
+  else if (is_dir)
+    {
+      /* it's a dir, or at least it ends with the dir separator */
+      *folder = g_object_ref (file);
+      *file_part = g_strdup ("");
+      result = TRUE;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      GFile *parent_file;
+
+      parent_file = g_file_get_parent (file);
+
+      if (!parent_file)
+	{
+	  g_set_error (error,
+		       GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ERROR,
+		       GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ERROR_NONEXISTENT,
+		       "Could not get parent file");
+	  *folder = NULL;
+	  *file_part = NULL;
+	}
+      else
+	{
+	  *folder = parent_file;
+	  result = TRUE;
+
+	  if (last_slash)
+	    *file_part = g_strdup (last_slash + 1);
+	  else
+	    *file_part = g_strdup (str);
+	}
+    }
+
+  g_object_unref (file);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
 /* Determines if the completion model has entries with a common prefix relative
  * to the current contents of the entry.  Also, if there's one and only one such
  * path, stores it in unique_path_ret.
diff --git a/gtk/gtkfilesystem.c b/gtk/gtkfilesystem.c
index 15c31bde98..4a6791e9aa 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkfilesystem.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkfilesystem.c
@@ -613,146 +613,6 @@ _gtk_file_system_list_bookmarks (GtkFileSystem *file_system)
   return g_slist_reverse (files);
 }
 
-static gboolean
-is_valid_scheme_character (char c)
-{
-  return g_ascii_isalnum (c) || c == '+' || c == '-' || c == '.';
-}
-
-static gboolean
-has_uri_scheme (const char *str)
-{
-  const char *p;
-
-  p = str;
-
-  if (!is_valid_scheme_character (*p))
-    return FALSE;
-
-  do
-    p++;
-  while (is_valid_scheme_character (*p));
-
-  return (strncmp (p, "://", 3) == 0);
-}
-
-gboolean
-_gtk_file_system_parse (GtkFileSystem     *file_system,
-		        GFile             *base_file,
-		        const gchar       *str,
-		        GFile            **folder,
-		        gchar            **file_part,
-		        GError           **error)
-{
-  GFile *file;
-  gboolean result = FALSE;
-  gboolean is_dir = FALSE;
-  gchar *last_slash = NULL;
-  gboolean is_uri;
-
-  DEBUG ("parse");
-
-  if (str && *str)
-    is_dir = (str [strlen (str) - 1] == G_DIR_SEPARATOR);
-
-  last_slash = strrchr (str, G_DIR_SEPARATOR);
-
-  is_uri = has_uri_scheme (str);
-
-  if (is_uri)
-    {
-      const char *colon;
-      const char *slash_after_hostname;
-
-      colon = strchr (str, ':');
-      g_assert (colon != NULL);
-      g_assert (strncmp (colon, "://", 3) == 0);
-
-      slash_after_hostname = strchr (colon + 3, '/');
-
-      if (slash_after_hostname == NULL)
-	{
-	  /* We don't have a full hostname yet.  So, don't switch the folder
-	   * until we have seen a full hostname.  Otherwise, completion will
-	   * happen for every character the user types for the hostname.
-	   */
-
-	  *folder = NULL;
-	  *file_part = NULL;
-	  g_set_error (error,
-		       GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ERROR,
-		       GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ERROR_INCOMPLETE_HOSTNAME,
-		       "Incomplete hostname");
-	  return FALSE;
-	}
-    }
-
-  if (str[0] == '~' || g_path_is_absolute (str) || is_uri)
-    file = g_file_parse_name (str);
-  else
-    {
-      if (base_file)
-	file = g_file_resolve_relative_path (base_file, str);
-      else
-	{
-	  *folder = NULL;
-	  *file_part = NULL;
-	  g_set_error (error,
-		       GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ERROR,
-		       GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ERROR_BAD_FILENAME,
-		       _("Invalid path"));
-	  return FALSE;
-	}
-    }
-
-  if (base_file && g_file_equal (base_file, file))
-    {
-      /* this is when user types '.', could be the
-       * beginning of a hidden file, ./ or ../
-       */
-      *folder = g_object_ref (file);
-      *file_part = g_strdup (str);
-      result = TRUE;
-    }
-  else if (is_dir)
-    {
-      /* it's a dir, or at least it ends with the dir separator */
-      *folder = g_object_ref (file);
-      *file_part = g_strdup ("");
-      result = TRUE;
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      GFile *parent_file;
-
-      parent_file = g_file_get_parent (file);
-
-      if (!parent_file)
-	{
-	  g_set_error (error,
-		       GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ERROR,
-		       GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ERROR_NONEXISTENT,
-		       "Could not get parent file");
-	  *folder = NULL;
-	  *file_part = NULL;
-	}
-      else
-	{
-	  *folder = parent_file;
-	  result = TRUE;
-
-	  if (last_slash)
-	    *file_part = g_strdup (last_slash + 1);
-	  else
-	    *file_part = g_strdup (str);
-	}
-    }
-
-  g_object_unref (file);
-
-  return result;
-}
-
 static void
 free_async_data (AsyncFuncData *async_data)
 {
diff --git a/gtk/gtkfilesystem.h b/gtk/gtkfilesystem.h
index 5ea11268d8..ff0cdddffe 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkfilesystem.h
+++ b/gtk/gtkfilesystem.h
@@ -75,13 +75,6 @@ GtkFileSystem * _gtk_file_system_new          (void);
 GSList *        _gtk_file_system_list_volumes   (GtkFileSystem *file_system);
 GSList *        _gtk_file_system_list_bookmarks (GtkFileSystem *file_system);
 
-gboolean        _gtk_file_system_parse          (GtkFileSystem     *file_system,
-						 GFile             *base_file,
-						 const gchar       *str,
-						 GFile            **folder,
-						 gchar            **file_part,
-						 GError           **error);
-
 GCancellable *  _gtk_file_system_get_info               (GtkFileSystem                     *file_system,
 							 GFile                             *file,
 							 const gchar                       *attributes,