diff --git a/include/crm/common/util.h b/include/crm/common/util.h
index 0cf13e1e5c..37a5b8843d 100644
--- a/include/crm/common/util.h
+++ b/include/crm/common/util.h
@@ -1,76 +1,61 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2004-2025 the Pacemaker project contributors
  *
  * The version control history for this file may have further details.
  *
  * This source code is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * version 2.1 or later (LGPLv2.1+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
  */
 
 #ifndef PCMK__CRM_COMMON_UTIL__H
 #define PCMK__CRM_COMMON_UTIL__H
 
 #include <sys/types.h>    // gid_t, mode_t, size_t, time_t, uid_t
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdint.h>       // uint32_t
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <glib.h>
 
 #include <crm/common/acl.h>
 #include <crm/common/actions.h>
 #include <crm/common/agents.h>
 #include <crm/common/results.h>
 #include <crm/common/scores.h>
 #include <crm/common/strings.h>
 #include <crm/common/nvpair.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 /**
  * \file
  * \brief Utility functions
  * \ingroup core
  */
 
 /* public node attribute functions (from attrs.c) */
 char *pcmk_promotion_score_name(const char *rsc_id);
 
 /* public Pacemaker Remote functions (from remote.c) */
 int crm_default_remote_port(void);
 
 int compare_version(const char *version1, const char *version2);
 
-/*!
- * \brief Check whether any of specified flags are set in a flag group
- *
- * \param[in] flag_group        The flag group being examined
- * \param[in] flags_to_check    Which flags in flag_group should be checked
- *
- * \return true if \p flags_to_check is nonzero and any of its flags are set in
- *         \p flag_group, or false otherwise
- */
-static inline bool
-pcmk_any_flags_set(uint64_t flag_group, uint64_t flags_to_check)
-{
-    return (flag_group & flags_to_check) != 0;
-}
-
 void pcmk_common_cleanup(void);
 char *crm_md5sum(const char *buffer);
 char *crm_generate_uuid(void);
 int crm_user_lookup(const char *name, uid_t * uid, gid_t * gid);
 int pcmk_daemon_user(uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(PCMK_ALLOW_DEPRECATED) || (PCMK_ALLOW_DEPRECATED == 1)
 #include <crm/common/util_compat.h>
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/crm/common/util_compat.h b/include/crm/common/util_compat.h
index 1f1ad03a80..f2994258ed 100644
--- a/include/crm/common/util_compat.h
+++ b/include/crm/common/util_compat.h
@@ -1,59 +1,66 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2004-2025 the Pacemaker project contributors
  *
  * The version control history for this file may have further details.
  *
  * This source code is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * version 2.1 or later (LGPLv2.1+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
  */
 
 #ifndef PCMK__CRM_COMMON_UTIL_COMPAT__H
 #define PCMK__CRM_COMMON_UTIL_COMPAT__H
 
 #include <stdbool.h>    // bool
 #include <stdint.h>     // uint64_t
 
 #include <glib.h>       // gboolean
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 /**
  * \file
  * \brief Deprecated Pacemaker utilities
  * \ingroup core
  * \deprecated Do not include this header directly. The utilities in this
  *             header, and the header itself, will be removed in a future
  *             release.
  */
 
 //! \deprecated Use gnutls_global_init() instead
 void crm_gnutls_global_init(void);
 
 //! \deprecated Do not use (will be dropped in a future release)
 bool crm_is_daemon_name(const char *name);
 
 // NOTE: sbd (as of at least 1.5.2) uses this
 //! \deprecated Do not use
 static inline gboolean
 is_set(long long word, long long bit)
 {
     return ((word & bit) == bit);
 }
 
+//! \deprecated Do not use
+static inline bool
+pcmk_any_flags_set(uint64_t flag_group, uint64_t flags_to_check)
+{
+    return (flag_group & flags_to_check) != 0;
+}
+
 //! \deprecated Do not use
 static inline bool
 pcmk_all_flags_set(uint64_t flag_group, uint64_t flags_to_check)
 {
     return (flag_group & flags_to_check) == flags_to_check;
 }
 
 //! \deprecated Do not use
 #define pcmk_is_set(g, f)   pcmk_all_flags_set((g), (f))
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
 
 #endif // PCMK__CRM_COMMON_UTIL_COMPAT__H