diff --git a/include/llvm/DebugInfo.h b/include/llvm/DebugInfo.h
index 07bd832bde8..0ff7d856823 100644
--- a/include/llvm/DebugInfo.h
+++ b/include/llvm/DebugInfo.h
@@ -753,6 +753,12 @@ DIVariable cleanseInlinedVariable(MDNode *DV, LLVMContext &VMContext);
 /// Construct DITypeIdentifierMap by going through retained types of each CU.
 DITypeIdentifierMap generateDITypeIdentifierMap(const NamedMDNode *CU_Nodes);
 
+/// Strip debug info in the module if it exists.
+/// To do this, we remove all calls to the debugger intrinsics and any named
+/// metadata for debugging. We also remove debug locations for instructions.
+/// Return true if module is modified.
+bool StripDebugInfo(Module &M);
+
 /// DebugInfoFinder tries to list all debug info MDNodes used in a module. To
 /// list debug info MDNodes used by an instruction, DebugInfoFinder uses
 /// processDeclare, processValue and processLocation to handle DbgDeclareInst,
diff --git a/lib/IR/DebugInfo.cpp b/lib/IR/DebugInfo.cpp
index 692e236b931..5dcc6f6590b 100644
--- a/lib/IR/DebugInfo.cpp
+++ b/lib/IR/DebugInfo.cpp
@@ -1426,3 +1426,55 @@ DIScopeRef DIDescriptor::getFieldAs<DIScopeRef>(unsigned Elt) const {
 template <> DITypeRef DIDescriptor::getFieldAs<DITypeRef>(unsigned Elt) const {
   return DITypeRef(getField(DbgNode, Elt));
 }
+
+/// Strip debug info in the module if it exists.
+/// To do this, we remove all calls to the debugger intrinsics and any named
+/// metadata for debugging. We also remove debug locations for instructions.
+/// Return true if module is modified.
+bool llvm::StripDebugInfo(Module &M) {
+
+  bool Changed = false;
+
+  // Remove all of the calls to the debugger intrinsics, and remove them from
+  // the module.
+  if (Function *Declare = M.getFunction("llvm.dbg.declare")) {
+    while (!Declare->use_empty()) {
+      CallInst *CI = cast<CallInst>(Declare->use_back());
+      CI->eraseFromParent();
+    }
+    Declare->eraseFromParent();
+    Changed = true;
+  }
+
+  if (Function *DbgVal = M.getFunction("llvm.dbg.value")) {
+    while (!DbgVal->use_empty()) {
+      CallInst *CI = cast<CallInst>(DbgVal->use_back());
+      CI->eraseFromParent();
+    }
+    DbgVal->eraseFromParent();
+    Changed = true;
+  }
+
+  for (Module::named_metadata_iterator NMI = M.named_metadata_begin(),
+         NME = M.named_metadata_end(); NMI != NME;) {
+    NamedMDNode *NMD = NMI;
+    ++NMI;
+    if (NMD->getName().startswith("llvm.dbg.")) {
+      NMD->eraseFromParent();
+      Changed = true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (Module::iterator MI = M.begin(), ME = M.end(); MI != ME; ++MI)
+    for (Function::iterator FI = MI->begin(), FE = MI->end(); FI != FE;
+         ++FI)
+      for (BasicBlock::iterator BI = FI->begin(), BE = FI->end(); BI != BE;
+           ++BI) {
+        if (!BI->getDebugLoc().isUnknown()) {
+          Changed = true;
+          BI->setDebugLoc(DebugLoc());
+        }
+      }
+
+  return Changed;
+}
diff --git a/lib/Transforms/IPO/StripSymbols.cpp b/lib/Transforms/IPO/StripSymbols.cpp
index 1792aa866d2..c4f5cfc1b35 100644
--- a/lib/Transforms/IPO/StripSymbols.cpp
+++ b/lib/Transforms/IPO/StripSymbols.cpp
@@ -231,57 +231,6 @@ static bool StripSymbolNames(Module &M, bool PreserveDbgInfo) {
   return true;
 }
 
-// StripDebugInfo - Strip debug info in the module if it exists.
-// To do this, we remove llvm.dbg.func.start, llvm.dbg.stoppoint, and
-// llvm.dbg.region.end calls, and any globals they point to if now dead.
-static bool StripDebugInfo(Module &M) {
-
-  bool Changed = false;
-
-  // Remove all of the calls to the debugger intrinsics, and remove them from
-  // the module.
-  if (Function *Declare = M.getFunction("llvm.dbg.declare")) {
-    while (!Declare->use_empty()) {
-      CallInst *CI = cast<CallInst>(Declare->use_back());
-      CI->eraseFromParent();
-    }
-    Declare->eraseFromParent();
-    Changed = true;
-  }
-
-  if (Function *DbgVal = M.getFunction("llvm.dbg.value")) {
-    while (!DbgVal->use_empty()) {
-      CallInst *CI = cast<CallInst>(DbgVal->use_back());
-      CI->eraseFromParent();
-    }
-    DbgVal->eraseFromParent();
-    Changed = true;
-  }
-
-  for (Module::named_metadata_iterator NMI = M.named_metadata_begin(),
-         NME = M.named_metadata_end(); NMI != NME;) {
-    NamedMDNode *NMD = NMI;
-    ++NMI;
-    if (NMD->getName().startswith("llvm.dbg.")) {
-      NMD->eraseFromParent();
-      Changed = true;
-    }
-  }
-
-  for (Module::iterator MI = M.begin(), ME = M.end(); MI != ME; ++MI)
-    for (Function::iterator FI = MI->begin(), FE = MI->end(); FI != FE;
-         ++FI)
-      for (BasicBlock::iterator BI = FI->begin(), BE = FI->end(); BI != BE;
-           ++BI) {
-        if (!BI->getDebugLoc().isUnknown()) {
-          Changed = true;
-          BI->setDebugLoc(DebugLoc());
-        }
-      }
-
-  return Changed;
-}
-
 bool StripSymbols::runOnModule(Module &M) {
   bool Changed = false;
   Changed |= StripDebugInfo(M);