diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index de32c0ad7..41c066aff 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -520,7 +520,8 @@ void SetupServerArgs(NodeContext& node)
     gArgs.AddArg("-limitdescendantsize=<n>", strprintf("Do not accept transactions if any ancestor would have more than <n> kilobytes of in-mempool descendants (default: %u).", DEFAULT_DESCENDANT_SIZE_LIMIT), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::DEBUG_ONLY, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
     gArgs.AddArg("-addrmantest", "Allows to test address relay on localhost", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::DEBUG_ONLY, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
     gArgs.AddArg("-debug=<category>", "Output debugging information (default: -nodebug, supplying <category> is optional). "
-        "If <category> is not supplied or if <category> = 1, output all debugging information. <category> can be: " + ListLogCategories() + ".", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
+        "If <category> is not supplied or if <category> = 1, output all debugging information. <category> can be: " + LogInstance().LogCategoriesString() + ".",
+        ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
     gArgs.AddArg("-debugexclude=<category>", strprintf("Exclude debugging information for a category. Can be used in conjunction with -debug=1 to output debug logs for all categories except one or more specified categories."), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
     gArgs.AddArg("-logips", strprintf("Include IP addresses in debug output (default: %u)", DEFAULT_LOGIPS), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
     gArgs.AddArg("-logtimestamps", strprintf("Prepend debug output with timestamp (default: %u)", DEFAULT_LOGTIMESTAMPS), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
diff --git a/src/logging.cpp b/src/logging.cpp
index 6fd916b60..eb9da06d9 100644
--- a/src/logging.cpp
+++ b/src/logging.cpp
@@ -182,30 +182,15 @@ bool GetLogCategory(BCLog::LogFlags& flag, const std::string& str)
     return false;
 }
 
-std::string ListLogCategories()
+std::vector<LogCategory> BCLog::Logger::LogCategoriesList()
 {
-    std::string ret;
-    int outcount = 0;
+    std::vector<LogCategory> ret;
     for (const CLogCategoryDesc& category_desc : LogCategories) {
         // Omit the special cases.
         if (category_desc.flag != BCLog::NONE && category_desc.flag != BCLog::ALL) {
-            if (outcount != 0) ret += ", ";
-            ret += category_desc.category;
-            outcount++;
-        }
-    }
-    return ret;
-}
-
-std::vector<CLogCategoryActive> ListActiveLogCategories()
-{
-    std::vector<CLogCategoryActive> ret;
-    for (const CLogCategoryDesc& category_desc : LogCategories) {
-        // Omit the special cases.
-        if (category_desc.flag != BCLog::NONE && category_desc.flag != BCLog::ALL) {
-            CLogCategoryActive catActive;
+            LogCategory catActive;
             catActive.category = category_desc.category;
-            catActive.active = LogAcceptCategory(category_desc.flag);
+            catActive.active = WillLogCategory(category_desc.flag);
             ret.push_back(catActive);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/logging.h b/src/logging.h
index b2fde1b9e..ab0701031 100644
--- a/src/logging.h
+++ b/src/logging.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <fs.h>
 #include <tinyformat.h>
+#include <util/string.h>
 
 #include <atomic>
 #include <cstdint>
@@ -24,8 +25,7 @@ extern const char * const DEFAULT_DEBUGLOGFILE;
 
 extern bool fLogIPs;
 
-struct CLogCategoryActive
-{
+struct LogCategory {
     std::string category;
     bool active;
 };
@@ -132,6 +132,13 @@ namespace BCLog {
         bool DisableCategory(const std::string& str);
 
         bool WillLogCategory(LogFlags category) const;
+        /** Returns a vector of the log categories */
+        std::vector<LogCategory> LogCategoriesList();
+        /** Returns a string with the log categories */
+        std::string LogCategoriesString()
+        {
+            return Join(LogCategoriesList(), ", ", [&](const LogCategory& i) { return i.category; });
+        };
 
         bool DefaultShrinkDebugFile() const;
     };
@@ -146,12 +153,6 @@ static inline bool LogAcceptCategory(BCLog::LogFlags category)
     return LogInstance().WillLogCategory(category);
 }
 
-/** Returns a string with the log categories. */
-std::string ListLogCategories();
-
-/** Returns a vector of the active log categories. */
-std::vector<CLogCategoryActive> ListActiveLogCategories();
-
 /** Return true if str parses as a log category and set the flag */
 bool GetLogCategory(BCLog::LogFlags& flag, const std::string& str);
 
diff --git a/src/rpc/misc.cpp b/src/rpc/misc.cpp
index 0525bec6f..721bee40d 100644
--- a/src/rpc/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/misc.cpp
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ UniValue logging(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
             "When called with arguments, adds or removes categories from debug logging and return the lists above.\n"
             "The arguments are evaluated in order \"include\", \"exclude\".\n"
             "If an item is both included and excluded, it will thus end up being excluded.\n"
-            "The valid logging categories are: " + ListLogCategories() + "\n"
+            "The valid logging categories are: " + LogInstance().LogCategoriesString() + "\n"
             "In addition, the following are available as category names with special meanings:\n"
             "  - \"all\",  \"1\" : represent all logging categories.\n"
             "  - \"none\", \"0\" : even if other logging categories are specified, ignore all of them.\n"
@@ -568,8 +568,7 @@ UniValue logging(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     }
 
     UniValue result(UniValue::VOBJ);
-    std::vector<CLogCategoryActive> vLogCatActive = ListActiveLogCategories();
-    for (const auto& logCatActive : vLogCatActive) {
+    for (const auto& logCatActive : LogInstance().LogCategoriesList()) {
         result.pushKV(logCatActive.category, logCatActive.active);
     }