diff --git a/include/ircd/db/database/column.h b/include/ircd/db/database/column.h
index f4e8961db..5224cf401 100644
--- a/include/ircd/db/database/column.h
+++ b/include/ircd/db/database/column.h
@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@
 /// points to an internally managed database::column.
 namespace ircd::db
 {
-	std::shared_ptr<const database::column> shared_from(const database::column &);
-	std::shared_ptr<database::column> shared_from(database::column &);
 	const database::descriptor &describe(const database::column &);
 	const std::string &name(const database::column &);
 	uint32_t id(const database::column &);
+
 	void drop(database::column &);                   // Request to erase column from db
 }
 
@@ -57,4 +56,7 @@ struct ircd::db::database::column final
 	column &operator=(column &&) = delete;
 	column &operator=(const column &) = delete;
 	~column() noexcept;
+
+	friend std::shared_ptr<const column> shared_from(const column &);
+	friend std::shared_ptr<column> shared_from(column &);
 };
diff --git a/ircd/db.cc b/ircd/db.cc
index 7f54f58fb..6008977a6 100644
--- a/ircd/db.cc
+++ b/ircd/db.cc
@@ -4313,7 +4313,6 @@ const
 	return c->descriptor;
 }
 
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 // column::const_iterator
 //