diff --git a/src/common/davcollectionsfetchjob.cpp b/src/common/davcollectionsfetchjob.cpp
--- a/src/common/davcollectionsfetchjob.cpp
+++ b/src/common/davcollectionsfetchjob.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "davprincipalhomesetsfetchjob.h"
 #include "davprotocolbase_p.h"
 #include "utils.h"
+#include "utils_p.h"
 #include "daverror.h"
 
 #include "libkdav_debug.h"
diff --git a/src/common/davitemsfetchjob.cpp b/src/common/davitemsfetchjob.cpp
--- a/src/common/davitemsfetchjob.cpp
+++ b/src/common/davitemsfetchjob.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "davmanager_p.h"
 #include "davmultigetprotocol_p.h"
 #include "utils.h"
+#include "utils_p.h"
 #include "daverror.h"
 
 #include <KIO/DavJob>
diff --git a/src/common/davitemslistjob.cpp b/src/common/davitemslistjob.cpp
--- a/src/common/davitemslistjob.cpp
+++ b/src/common/davitemslistjob.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "davprotocolbase_p.h"
 #include "davurl.h"
 #include "utils.h"
+#include "utils_p.h"
 #include "etagcache.h"
 
 #include <KIO/DavJob>
diff --git a/src/common/davprincipalhomesetsfetchjob.cpp b/src/common/davprincipalhomesetsfetchjob.cpp
--- a/src/common/davprincipalhomesetsfetchjob.cpp
+++ b/src/common/davprincipalhomesetsfetchjob.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "daverror.h"
 #include "protocolinfo.h"
 #include "utils.h"
+#include "utils_p.h"
 
 #include <KIO/DavJob>
 #include <KIO/Job>
diff --git a/src/common/utils.h b/src/common/utils.h
--- a/src/common/utils.h
+++ b/src/common/utils.h
@@ -46,21 +46,6 @@
  */
 Q_REQUIRED_RESULT QDomElement KPIMKDAV_EXPORT firstChildElementNS(const QDomElement &parent, const QString &namespaceUri, const QString &tagName);
 
-/**
- * Returns the next sibling element of @p element that has the given @p tagName and is part of the @p namespaceUri.
- */
-Q_REQUIRED_RESULT QDomElement KPIMKDAV_EXPORT nextSiblingElementNS(const QDomElement &element, const QString &namespaceUri, const QString &tagName);
-
-/**
- * Extracts privileges from @p element. The <privilege/> tags are expected to be first level children of @p element.
- */
-Q_REQUIRED_RESULT Privileges KPIMKDAV_EXPORT extractPrivileges(const QDomElement &element);
-
-/**
- * Parses a single <privilege/> tag and returns the final Privileges.
- */
-Q_REQUIRED_RESULT Privileges KPIMKDAV_EXPORT parsePrivilege(const QDomElement &element);
-
 /**
  * Creates a unique identifier that can be used as a file name to upload the dav item
  */
diff --git a/src/common/utils.cpp b/src/common/utils.cpp
--- a/src/common/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/common/utils.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 */
 
 #include "utils.h"
+#include "utils_p.h"
 
 #include "enums.h"
 
diff --git a/src/common/utils_p.h b/src/common/utils_p.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/utils_p.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+    Copyright (c) 2010 Tobias Koenig <tokoe@kde.org>
+
+    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+*/
+
+#ifndef KDAV_DAVUTILS_P_H
+#define KDAV_DAVUTILS_P_H
+
+#include <QDomElement>
+
+namespace KDAV {
+namespace Utils {
+/**
+ * Returns the next sibling element of @p element that has the given @p tagName and is part of the @p namespaceUri.
+ */
+Q_REQUIRED_RESULT QDomElement nextSiblingElementNS(const QDomElement &element, const QString &namespaceUri, const QString &tagName);
+
+/**
+ * Extracts privileges from @p element. The <privilege/> tags are expected to be first level children of @p element.
+ */
+Q_REQUIRED_RESULT Privileges extractPrivileges(const QDomElement &element);
+
+/**
+ * Parses a single <privilege/> tag and returns the final Privileges.
+ */
+Q_REQUIRED_RESULT Privileges parsePrivilege(const QDomElement &element);
+
+}
+}
+
+#endif
+
diff --git a/src/protocols/caldavprotocol.cpp b/src/protocols/caldavprotocol.cpp
--- a/src/protocols/caldavprotocol.cpp
+++ b/src/protocols/caldavprotocol.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "caldavprotocol_p.h"
 #include "common/utils.h"
+#include "common/utils_p.h"
 
 #include <QStringList>
 #include <QUrl>