diff --git a/src/core_io.h b/src/core_io.h
index 2d63be5fc..3f25faf0e 100644
--- a/src/core_io.h
+++ b/src/core_io.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #ifndef BITCOIN_CORE_IO_H
 #define BITCOIN_CORE_IO_H
 
+#include "amount.h"
+
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ uint256 ParseHashStr(const std::string&, const std::string& strName);
 std::vector<unsigned char> ParseHexUV(const UniValue& v, const std::string& strName);
 
 // core_write.cpp
+UniValue ValueFromAmount(const CAmount& amount);
 std::string FormatScript(const CScript& script);
 std::string EncodeHexTx(const CTransaction& tx, const int serializeFlags = 0);
 void ScriptPubKeyToUniv(const CScript& scriptPubKey, UniValue& out, bool fIncludeHex);
diff --git a/src/core_write.cpp b/src/core_write.cpp
index a366ef933..2bf28a150 100644
--- a/src/core_write.cpp
+++ b/src/core_write.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@
 #include "utilmoneystr.h"
 #include "utilstrencodings.h"
 
+UniValue ValueFromAmount(const CAmount& amount)
+{
+    bool sign = amount < 0;
+    int64_t n_abs = (sign ? -amount : amount);
+    int64_t quotient = n_abs / COIN;
+    int64_t remainder = n_abs % COIN;
+    return UniValue(UniValue::VNUM,
+            strprintf("%s%d.%08d", sign ? "-" : "", quotient, remainder));
+}
+
 std::string FormatScript(const CScript& script)
 {
     std::string ret;
diff --git a/src/rpc/misc.cpp b/src/rpc/misc.cpp
index f3c86038a..cd93919eb 100644
--- a/src/rpc/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/misc.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "base58.h"
 #include "chain.h"
 #include "clientversion.h"
+#include "core_io.h"
 #include "init.h"
 #include "validation.h"
 #include "httpserver.h"
diff --git a/src/rpc/net.cpp b/src/rpc/net.cpp
index b4d6795e6..6271e0cc8 100644
--- a/src/rpc/net.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/net.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "chainparams.h"
 #include "clientversion.h"
+#include "core_io.h"
 #include "validation.h"
 #include "net.h"
 #include "net_processing.h"
diff --git a/src/rpc/server.cpp b/src/rpc/server.cpp
index 63e4e9c63..58640d69d 100644
--- a/src/rpc/server.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/server.cpp
@@ -123,16 +123,6 @@ CAmount AmountFromValue(const UniValue& value)
     return amount;
 }
 
-UniValue ValueFromAmount(const CAmount& amount)
-{
-    bool sign = amount < 0;
-    int64_t n_abs = (sign ? -amount : amount);
-    int64_t quotient = n_abs / COIN;
-    int64_t remainder = n_abs % COIN;
-    return UniValue(UniValue::VNUM,
-            strprintf("%s%d.%08d", sign ? "-" : "", quotient, remainder));
-}
-
 uint256 ParseHashV(const UniValue& v, std::string strName)
 {
     std::string strHex;
diff --git a/src/rpc/server.h b/src/rpc/server.h
index b20c82772..dd6f76324 100644
--- a/src/rpc/server.h
+++ b/src/rpc/server.h
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ extern std::vector<unsigned char> ParseHexV(const UniValue& v, std::string strNa
 extern std::vector<unsigned char> ParseHexO(const UniValue& o, std::string strKey);
 
 extern CAmount AmountFromValue(const UniValue& value);
-extern UniValue ValueFromAmount(const CAmount& amount);
 extern std::string HelpExampleCli(const std::string& methodname, const std::string& args);
 extern std::string HelpExampleRpc(const std::string& methodname, const std::string& args);
 
diff --git a/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp b/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp
index 134bd7c60..c6643be7a 100644
--- a/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/rpc_tests.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "rpc/client.h"
 
 #include "base58.h"
+#include "core_io.h"
 #include "netbase.h"
 
 #include "test/test_bitcoin.h"