diff --git a/src/internal.c b/src/internal.c
index 5796570c..6387a756 100644
--- a/src/internal.c
+++ b/src/internal.c
@@ -2706,6 +2706,54 @@ static int DoKexInit(WOLFSSH* ssh, byte* buf, word32 len, word32* idx)
     return ret;
 }
 
+
+/* create mpint type
+ *
+ * can decrease size of buf by 1 or more if leading bytes are 0's and not needed
+ * the input argument "sz" gets reset if that is the case. Buffer size is never
+ * increased.
+ *
+ * An example of this would be a buffer of 0053 changed to 53.
+ * If a padding value is needed then "pad" is set to 1
+ *
+ */
+static int CreateMpint(byte* buf, word32* sz, byte* pad)
+{
+    word32 i;
+
+    if (buf == NULL || sz == NULL || pad == NULL) {
+        WLOG(WS_LOG_ERROR, "Internal argument error with CreateMpint");
+        return WS_BAD_ARGUMENT;
+    }
+
+    if (*sz == 0)
+        return WS_SUCCESS;
+
+    /* check for leading 0's */
+    for (i = 0; i < *sz; i++) {
+        if (buf[i] != 0x00)
+            break;
+    }
+    *pad = (buf[i] & 0x80) ? 1 : 0;
+
+    /* if padding would be needed and have leading 0's already then do not add
+     * extra 0's */
+    if (i > 0 && *pad == 1) {
+        i = i - 1;
+        *pad = 0;
+    }
+
+    /* if i is still greater than 0 then the buffer needs shifted to remove
+     * leading 0's */
+    if (i > 0) {
+        WMEMMOVE(buf, buf + i, *sz - i);
+        *sz = *sz - i;
+    }
+
+    return WS_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
 #if !defined(WOLFSSH_NO_DH_GROUP1_SHA1) || \
     !defined(WOLFSSH_NO_DH_GROUP14_SHA1) || \
     !defined(WOLFSSH_NO_DH_GEX_SHA256)
@@ -2839,6 +2887,7 @@ static int DoKexDhInit(WOLFSSH* ssh, byte* buf, word32 len, word32* idx)
     return ret;
 }
 
+
 struct wolfSSH_sigKeyBlock {
     byte useRsa;
     word32 keySz;
diff --git a/src/misc.c b/src/misc.c
index f6db6eaf..69a47378 100644
--- a/src/misc.c
+++ b/src/misc.c
@@ -112,51 +112,6 @@ STATIC INLINE int ConstantCompare(const byte* a, const byte* b,
 }
 
 
-/* create mpint type
- *
- * can decrease size of buf by 1 or more if leading bytes are 0's and not needed
- * the input argument "sz" gets reset if that is the case. Buffer size is never
- * increased.
- *
- * An example of this would be a buffer of 0053 changed to 53.
- * If a padding value is needed then "pad" is set to 1
- *
- */
-STATIC INLINE int CreateMpint(byte* buf, word32* sz, byte* pad)
-{
-    word32 i;
-
-    if (buf == NULL || sz == NULL || pad == NULL) {
-        WLOG(WS_LOG_ERROR, "Internal argument error with CreateMpint");
-        return WS_BAD_ARGUMENT;
-    }
-
-    if (*sz == 0)
-        return WS_SUCCESS;
-
-    /* check for leading 0's */
-    for (i = 0; i < *sz; i++) {
-        if (buf[i] != 0x00)
-            break;
-    }
-    *pad = (buf[i] & 0x80) ? 1 : 0;
-
-    /* if padding would be needed and have leading 0's already then do not add
-     * extra 0's */
-    if (i > 0 && *pad == 1) {
-        i = i - 1;
-        *pad = 0;
-    }
-
-    /* if i is still greater than 0 then the buffer needs shifted to remove
-     * leading 0's */
-    if (i > 0) {
-        WMEMMOVE(buf, buf + i, *sz - i);
-        *sz = *sz - i;
-    }
-
-    return WS_SUCCESS;
-}
 #undef STATIC
 
 
diff --git a/wolfssh/misc.h b/wolfssh/misc.h
index 6b089472..04fa68e6 100644
--- a/wolfssh/misc.h
+++ b/wolfssh/misc.h
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ WOLFSSH_LOCAL void ato32(const byte*, word32*);
 WOLFSSH_LOCAL void c32toa(word32, byte*);
 WOLFSSH_LOCAL void ForceZero(const void*, word32);
 WOLFSSH_LOCAL int ConstantCompare(const byte*, const byte*, word32);
-WOLFSSH_LOCAL int CreateMpint(byte*, word32*, byte*);
 
 
 #endif /* NO_INLINE */