diff --git a/src/file/basicindexingjob.h b/src/file/basicindexingjob.h
--- a/src/file/basicindexingjob.h
+++ b/src/file/basicindexingjob.h
@@ -44,14 +44,6 @@
 
     Document document() { return m_doc; }
 
-    /**
-     * Adds the data for all the extended attributes of \p url
-     * in the document \p doc
-     *
-     * \return Returns true if the \p doc was modified
-     */
-    static bool indexXAttr(const QString& url, Document& doc);
-
 private:
     static QVector<KFileMetaData::Type::Type> typesForMimeType(const QString& mimeType);
 
diff --git a/src/file/basicindexingjob.cpp b/src/file/basicindexingjob.cpp
--- a/src/file/basicindexingjob.cpp
+++ b/src/file/basicindexingjob.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,31 @@
 {
 }
 
+namespace {
+
+void indexXAttr(const QString& url, Document& doc)
+{
+    KFileMetaData::UserMetaData userMetaData(url);
+    TermGenerator tg(doc);
+
+    QStringList tags = userMetaData.tags();
+    for (const QString& tag : tags) {
+        tg.indexXattrText(tag, QByteArray("TA"));
+        doc.addXattrTerm(QByteArray("TAG-") + tag.toUtf8());
+    }
+
+    int rating = userMetaData.rating();
+    if (rating) {
+        doc.addXattrTerm(QByteArray("R") + QByteArray::number(rating));
+    }
+
+    QString comment = userMetaData.userComment();
+    if (!comment.isEmpty()) {
+        tg.indexXattrText(comment, QByteArray("C"));
+    }
+}
+} // namespace
+
 BasicIndexingJob::~BasicIndexingJob()
 {
 }
@@ -91,29 +116,6 @@
     return true;
 }
 
-bool BasicIndexingJob::indexXAttr(const QString& url, Document& doc)
-{
-    KFileMetaData::UserMetaData userMetaData(url);
-    TermGenerator tg(doc);
-
-    QStringList tags = userMetaData.tags();
-    for (const QString& tag : tags) {
-        tg.indexXattrText(tag, QByteArray("TA"));
-        doc.addXattrTerm(QByteArray("TAG-") + tag.toUtf8());
-    }
-
-    int rating = userMetaData.rating();
-    if (rating) {
-        doc.addXattrTerm(QByteArray("R") + QByteArray::number(rating));
-    }
-
-    QString comment = userMetaData.userComment();
-    if (!comment.isEmpty()) {
-        tg.indexXattrText(comment, QByteArray("C"));
-    }
-
-    return (!tags.isEmpty() || rating || !comment.isEmpty());
-}
 
 QVector<KFileMetaData::Type::Type> BasicIndexingJob::typesForMimeType(const QString& mimeType)
 {