diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index d7b9b0638b..809ff93e75 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -9204,3 +9204,9 @@ David  Jan 14 2004
 		net_xfer.C
 	win_build/
 		boinc_cli.vcproj
+
+David  Jan 15 2004
+    - factored base64 declarations
+
+    lib/
+        base64.h (new)
diff --git a/lib/base64.h b/lib/base64.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..486f1b6ee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/base64.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class InvalidBase64Exception
+{
+};
+
+string r_base64_encode (const char* from, size_t length) throw(InvalidBase64Exception);
+string r_base64_decode (const char* from, size_t length) throw(InvalidBase64Exception);
+inline string r_base64_decode (string const& from) throw(InvalidBase64Exception)
+{
+    return r_base64_decode(from.c_str(), from.length());
+}
+
diff --git a/lib/parse.h b/lib/parse.h
index aa18146f34..019fc544d2 100644
--- a/lib/parse.h
+++ b/lib/parse.h
@@ -41,17 +41,3 @@ extern void replace_element(char* buf, char* start, char* end, char* replacement
 //extern void extract_venue(const char* in, const char* venue_name, char* out);
 extern char* sgets(char* buf, int len, char* &in);
 extern bool extract_xml_record(const std::string &field, const char *tag, std::string &record);
-
-#if 0
-class InvalidBase64Exception
-{
-};
-
-string r_base64_encode (const char* from, size_t length) throw(InvalidBase64Exception);
-string r_base64_decode (const char* from, size_t length) throw(InvalidBase64Exception);
-inline string r_base64_decode (string const& from) throw(InvalidBase64Exception)
-{
-    return r_base64_decode(from.c_str(), from.length());
-}
-
-#endif