diff --git a/src/common/stringTools.cpp b/src/common/stringTools.cpp
index 5b2d28872..a83f853ee 100644
--- a/src/common/stringTools.cpp
+++ b/src/common/stringTools.cpp
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ std::string kiwix::urlEncode(const std::string &c) {
   return escaped;
 }
 
+#endif
+
 static char charFromHex(std::string a) {
   std::istringstream Blat(a);
   int Z;
@@ -137,8 +139,6 @@ std::string kiwix::urlDecode(const std::string &originalUrl) {
   return url;
 }
 
-#endif
-
 /* Split string in a token array */
 std::vector<std::string> kiwix::split(const std::string & str,
                                       const std::string & delims=" *-")
diff --git a/src/common/stringTools.h b/src/common/stringTools.h
index a3f6da718..ed4d8a42e 100644
--- a/src/common/stringTools.h
+++ b/src/common/stringTools.h
@@ -42,13 +42,14 @@ namespace kiwix {
   std::string removeAccents(const std::string &text);
   std::string beautifyInteger(const unsigned int number);
   std::string urlEncode(const std::string &c);
-  std::string urlDecode(const std::string &c);
   void printStringInHexadecimal(const char *s);
   void printStringInHexadecimal(UnicodeString s);
   void stringReplacement(std::string& str, const std::string& oldStr, const std::string& newStr);
 
 #endif
 
+  std::string urlDecode(const std::string &c);
+
   std::vector<std::string> split(const std::string&, const std::string&);
   std::vector<std::string> split(const char*, const char*);
   std::vector<std::string> split(const std::string&, const char*);