5 files changed, 31 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/src/utils/cpuid.cpp b/src/utils/cpuid.cpp
index 924d29b1b..8d801b75f 100644
--- a/src/utils/cpuid.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/cpuid.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <botan/cpuid.h>
 #include <botan/types.h>
-#include <botan/loadstor.h>
+#include <botan/get_byte.h>
 #include <botan/mem_ops.h>
 
 #if defined(BOTAN_TARGET_OS_IS_DARWIN)
diff --git a/src/utils/get_byte.h b/src/utils/get_byte.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fce87af83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/get_byte.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+* Read out bytes
+* (C) 1999-2007 Jack Lloyd
+*
+* Distributed under the terms of the Botan license
+*/
+
+#ifndef BOTAN_GET_BYTE_H__
+#define BOTAN_GET_BYTE_H__
+
+#include <botan/types.h>
+
+namespace Botan {
+
+/*
+* Byte Extraction Function
+*/
+template<typename T> inline byte get_byte(u32bit byte_num, T input)
+   {
+   return static_cast<byte>(
+      input >> ((sizeof(T)-1-(byte_num&(sizeof(T)-1))) << 3)
+      );
+   }
+
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/utils/info.txt b/src/utils/info.txt
index 193d63a87..2fb3e79a5 100644
--- a/src/utils/info.txt
+++ b/src/utils/info.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ time.h
 types.h
 ui.h
 version.h
+get_byte.h
 </header:public>
 
 <libs>
diff --git a/src/utils/loadstor.h b/src/utils/loadstor.h
index bd2acc87d..ffd27540d 100644
--- a/src/utils/loadstor.h
+++ b/src/utils/loadstor.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 #include <botan/types.h>
 #include <botan/bswap.h>
+#include <botan/get_byte.h>
 #include <cstring>
 
 #if BOTAN_TARGET_UNALIGNED_MEMORY_ACCESS_OK
@@ -38,16 +39,6 @@
 namespace Botan {
 
 /*
-* Byte Extraction Function
-*/
-template<typename T> inline byte get_byte(u32bit byte_num, T input)
-   {
-   return static_cast<byte>(
-      input >> ((sizeof(T)-1-(byte_num&(sizeof(T)-1))) << 3)
-      );
-   }
-
-/*
 * Byte to Word Conversions
 */
 inline u16bit make_u16bit(byte i0, byte i1)
diff --git a/src/utils/parsing.cpp b/src/utils/parsing.cpp
index 4b99ac1ec..e8259ac52 100644
--- a/src/utils/parsing.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/parsing.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <botan/parsing.h>
 #include <botan/exceptn.h>
 #include <botan/charset.h>
-#include <botan/loadstor.h>
+#include <botan/get_byte.h>
 
 namespace Botan {