diff --git a/pathod/pathoc.py b/pathod/pathoc.py
index 910387b65..ebbd952ad 100644
--- a/pathod/pathoc.py
+++ b/pathod/pathoc.py
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ from netlib.tutils import treq
 logging.getLogger("hpack").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
 
+def xrepr(s):
+    return repr(s)[1:-1]
+
+
 class PathocError(Exception):
     pass
 
@@ -423,7 +427,7 @@ class Pathoc(tcp.TCPClient):
             finally:
                 if resp:
                     lg("<< %s %s: %s bytes" % (
-                        resp.status_code, utils.xrepr(resp.reason), len(resp.content)
+                        resp.status_code, xrepr(resp.reason), len(resp.content)
                     ))
                     if resp.status_code in self.ignorecodes:
                         lg.suppress()
diff --git a/pathod/utils.py b/pathod/utils.py
index 1b6ef3ef6..96b54ab8e 100644
--- a/pathod/utils.py
+++ b/pathod/utils.py
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ def parse_anchor_spec(s):
     return tuple(s.split("=", 1))
 
 
-def xrepr(s):
-    return repr(s)[1:-1]
-
-
 def escape_unprintables(s):
     """
         Like inner_repr, but preserves line breaks.