diff --git a/test/server_search.cpp b/test/server_search.cpp
index 11f9c0001..5aed75c8a 100644
--- a/test/server_search.cpp
+++ b/test/server_search.cpp
@@ -546,11 +546,27 @@ const std::vector<SearchResult> LARGE_SEARCH_RESULTS = {
 //    - Non-overlapping snippets can be joined with a " ... " in between.
 //
 
+typedef std::vector<std::string> Snippets;
+
 std::string maskSnippetsInHtmlSearchResults(std::string s)
 {
   return replace(s, "<cite>.+</cite>", "<cite>SNIPPET TEXT WAS MASKED</cite>");
 }
 
+Snippets extractSearchResultSnippetsFromHtml(const std::string& html)
+{
+  Snippets snippets;
+  const std::regex snippetRegex("<cite>(.*)</cite>");
+  std::sregex_iterator snippetIt(html.begin(), html.end(), snippetRegex);
+  const std::sregex_iterator end;
+  for ( ; snippetIt != end; ++snippetIt)
+  {
+    const std::smatch snippetMatch = *snippetIt;
+    snippets.push_back(snippetMatch[1].str());
+  }
+  return snippets;
+}
+
 bool isValidSnippet(const std::string& s)
 {
   return s.size() >= 250
@@ -731,22 +747,6 @@ struct TestData
     checkSnippets(extractSearchResultSnippetsFromHtml(html));
   }
 
-  typedef std::vector<std::string> Snippets;
-
-  static Snippets extractSearchResultSnippetsFromHtml(const std::string& html)
-  {
-    Snippets snippets;
-    const std::regex snippetRegex("<cite>(.*)</cite>");
-    std::sregex_iterator snippetIt(html.begin(), html.end(), snippetRegex);
-    const std::sregex_iterator end;
-    for ( ; snippetIt != end; ++snippetIt)
-    {
-      const std::smatch snippetMatch = *snippetIt;
-      snippets.push_back(snippetMatch[1].str());
-    }
-    return snippets;
-  }
-
   void checkSnippets(const Snippets& snippets) const
   {
     ASSERT_EQ(snippets.size(), results.size());