diff --git a/dbus/dbus-sysdeps-util-win.c b/dbus/dbus-sysdeps-util-win.c
index f10100b..9b3421e 100644
--- a/dbus/dbus-sysdeps-util-win.c
+++ b/dbus/dbus-sysdeps-util-win.c
@@ -682,23 +682,6 @@ _dbus_directory_close (DBusDirIter *iter)
   dbus_free (iter);
 }
 
-/**
- * Checks whether the filename is an absolute path
- *
- * @param filename the filename
- * @returns #TRUE if an absolute path
- */
-dbus_bool_t
-_dbus_path_is_absolute (const DBusString *filename)
-{
-  if (_dbus_string_get_length (filename) > 0)
-    return _dbus_string_get_byte (filename, 1) == ':'
-           || _dbus_string_get_byte (filename, 0) == '\\'
-           || _dbus_string_get_byte (filename, 0) == '/';
-  else
-    return FALSE;
-}
-
 /** @} */ /* End of DBusInternalsUtils functions */
 
 /**
diff --git a/dbus/dbus-sysdeps-win.c b/dbus/dbus-sysdeps-win.c
index b70ac6a..19f6fa0 100644
--- a/dbus/dbus-sysdeps-win.c
+++ b/dbus/dbus-sysdeps-win.c
@@ -3557,6 +3557,23 @@ _dbus_delete_directory (const DBusString *filename,
   return TRUE;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Checks whether the filename is an absolute path
+ *
+ * @param filename the filename
+ * @returns #TRUE if an absolute path
+ */
+dbus_bool_t
+_dbus_path_is_absolute (const DBusString *filename)
+{
+  if (_dbus_string_get_length (filename) > 0)
+    return _dbus_string_get_byte (filename, 1) == ':'
+           || _dbus_string_get_byte (filename, 0) == '\\'
+           || _dbus_string_get_byte (filename, 0) == '/';
+  else
+    return FALSE;
+}
+
 /** @} end of sysdeps-win */
 /* tests in dbus-sysdeps-util.c */