diff --git a/i3status.c b/i3status.c
index 2108e04..7d9f4d5 100644
--- a/i3status.c
+++ b/i3status.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <confuse.h>
-#include <glob.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <time.h>
@@ -35,12 +34,6 @@
 
 #include "i3status.h"
 
-#define exit_if_null(pointer, ...) \
-    {                              \
-        if (pointer == NULL)       \
-            die(__VA_ARGS__);      \
-    }
-
 #define CFG_CUSTOM_ALIGN_OPT \
     CFG_STR_CB("align", NULL, CFGF_NONE, parse_align)
 
@@ -106,21 +99,6 @@ static bool path_exists(const char *path) {
     return (stat(path, &buf) == 0);
 }
 
-static void *scalloc(size_t size) {
-    void *result = calloc(size, 1);
-    exit_if_null(result, "Error: out of memory (calloc(%zu))\n", size);
-    return result;
-}
-
-char *sstrdup(const char *str) {
-    if (str == NULL) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    char *result = strdup(str);
-    exit_if_null(result, "Error: out of memory (strdup())\n");
-    return result;
-}
-
 /*
  * Parses the "align" module option (to validate input).
  */
@@ -205,39 +183,6 @@ static int valid_color(const char *value) {
     return 1;
 }
 
-/*
- * This function resolves ~ in pathnames.
- * It may resolve wildcards in the first part of the path, but if no match
- * or multiple matches are found, it just returns a copy of path as given.
- *
- */
-static char *resolve_tilde(const char *path) {
-    static glob_t globbuf;
-    char *head, *tail, *result = NULL;
-
-    tail = strchr(path, '/');
-    head = strndup(path, tail ? (size_t)(tail - path) : strlen(path));
-
-    int res = glob(head, GLOB_TILDE, NULL, &globbuf);
-    free(head);
-    /* no match, or many wildcard matches are bad */
-    if (res == GLOB_NOMATCH || globbuf.gl_pathc != 1)
-        result = sstrdup(path);
-    else if (res != 0) {
-        die("glob() failed");
-    } else {
-        head = globbuf.gl_pathv[0];
-        result = scalloc(strlen(head) + (tail ? strlen(tail) : 0) + 1);
-        strcpy(result, head);
-        if (tail) {
-            strcat(result, tail);
-        }
-    }
-    globfree(&globbuf);
-
-    return result;
-}
-
 static char *get_config_path(void) {
     char *xdg_config_home, *xdg_config_dirs, *config_path;
 
diff --git a/include/i3status.h b/include/i3status.h
index 6e5278f..575d2d9 100644
--- a/include/i3status.h
+++ b/include/i3status.h
@@ -183,13 +183,14 @@ struct min_width {
     const char *str;
 };
 
-char *sstrdup(const char *str);
-
 /* src/general.c */
 char *skip_character(char *input, char character, int amount);
 
 void die(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2), noreturn));
 bool slurp(const char *filename, char *destination, int size);
+char *resolve_tilde(const char *path);
+void *scalloc(size_t size);
+char *sstrdup(const char *str);
 
 /* src/output.c */
 void print_separator(const char *separator);
diff --git a/src/general.c b/src/general.c
index e3d4f96..c089126 100644
--- a/src/general.c
+++ b/src/general.c
@@ -6,11 +6,19 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <glob.h>
 #include <sys/fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
 #include "i3status.h"
 
+#define exit_if_null(pointer, ...) \
+    {                              \
+        if (pointer == NULL)       \
+            die(__VA_ARGS__);      \
+    }
+
+
 /*
  * Reads size bytes into the destination buffer from filename.
  *
@@ -33,6 +41,54 @@ bool slurp(const char *filename, char *destination, int size) {
     return n != -1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function resolves ~ in pathnames.
+ * It may resolve wildcards in the first part of the path, but if no match
+ * or multiple matches are found, it just returns a copy of path as given.
+ *
+ */
+char *resolve_tilde(const char *path) {
+    static glob_t globbuf;
+    char *head, *tail, *result = NULL;
+
+    tail = strchr(path, '/');
+    head = strndup(path, tail ? (size_t)(tail - path) : strlen(path));
+
+    int res = glob(head, GLOB_TILDE, NULL, &globbuf);
+    free(head);
+    /* no match, or many wildcard matches are bad */
+    if (res == GLOB_NOMATCH || globbuf.gl_pathc != 1)
+        result = sstrdup(path);
+    else if (res != 0) {
+        die("glob() failed");
+    } else {
+        head = globbuf.gl_pathv[0];
+        result = scalloc(strlen(head) + (tail ? strlen(tail) : 0) + 1);
+        strcpy(result, head);
+        if (tail) {
+            strcat(result, tail);
+        }
+    }
+    globfree(&globbuf);
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+char *sstrdup(const char *str) {
+    if (str == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    char *result = strdup(str);
+    exit_if_null(result, "Error: out of memory (strdup())\n");
+    return result;
+}
+
+void *scalloc(size_t size) {
+    void *result = calloc(size, 1);
+    exit_if_null(result, "Error: out of memory (calloc(%zu))\n", size);
+    return result;
+}
+
 /*
  * Skip the given character for exactly 'amount' times, returns
  * a pointer to the first non-'character' character in 'input'.
diff --git a/src/print_file_contents.c b/src/print_file_contents.c
index 65813f5..37701f1 100644
--- a/src/print_file_contents.c
+++ b/src/print_file_contents.c
@@ -14,14 +14,6 @@
 
 #define STRING_SIZE 10
 
-static void *scalloc(size_t size) {
-    void *result = calloc(size, 1);
-    if (result == NULL) {
-        die("Error: out of memory (calloc(%zu))\n", size);
-    }
-    return result;
-}
-
 void print_file_contents(yajl_gen json_gen, char *buffer, const char *title, const char *path, const char *format, const char *format_bad, const int max_chars) {
     const char *walk = format;
     char *outwalk = buffer;