diff --git a/src/sbbs3/qwk.cpp b/src/sbbs3/qwk.cpp
index 7e875551f749cb16b6484e5f97065cbe57c54fe4..f116e6c700a01af7c355f1199af136539868e176 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/qwk.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/qwk.cpp
@@ -39,29 +39,6 @@
 #include "post.h"
 #include "qwk.h"
 
-/****************************************************************************/
-/* Removes ctrl-a codes from the string 'instr'                             */
-/****************************************************************************/
-char* remove_ctrl_a(char *instr, char *outstr)
-{
-	char str[512],*p;
-	uint i,j,k;
-
-	j=strlen(instr);
-	for(k=i=0;i<j;i++) {
-		if(instr[i]==1)
-			i++;
-		else str[k++]=instr[i]; }
-	str[k]=0;
-	if(outstr!=NULL)
-		p=outstr;
-	else
-		p=instr;
-	strcpy(p,str);
-	return(p);
-}
-
-
 /****************************************************************************/
 /* Converts a long to an msbin real number. required for QWK NDX file		*/
 /****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/str.cpp b/src/sbbs3/str.cpp
index e416869ac579c119acbb96d40db07487a2931270..2ab128bfd538ea327fa6a37651a8419223fc28e1 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/str.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/str.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,28 @@ const char *wday[]={"Sun","Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri","Sat"};
 const char *mon[]={"Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun"
             ,"Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"};
 
+/****************************************************************************/
+/* Removes ctrl-a codes from the string 'instr'                             */
+/****************************************************************************/
+char* DLLCALL remove_ctrl_a(char *instr, char *outstr)
+{
+	char str[1024],*p;
+	uint i,j,k;
+
+	j=strlen(instr);
+	for(k=i=0;i<j;i++) {
+		if(instr[i]==1)
+			i++;
+		else str[k++]=instr[i]; }
+	str[k]=0;
+	if(outstr!=NULL)
+		p=outstr;
+	else
+		p=instr;
+	strcpy(p,str);
+	return(p);
+}
+
 /****************************************************************************/
 /* Lists all users who have access to the current sub.                      */
 /****************************************************************************/