diff --git a/src/shared/help-util.c b/src/shared/help-util.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 268f51bb74..0000000000
--- a/src/shared/help-util.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-#include "ansi-color.h"
-#include "help-util.h"
-#include "path-util.h"
-
-/* These are helpers for putting together --help texts in a uniform way with a common output style:
- * help_cmdline() outputs a brief summary of the command line syntax, and help_section() formats the
- * headings of the individual sections of the --help text. */
-
-void help_cmdline(const char *arguments) {
-        const char *progname =
-                last_path_component(secure_getenv("SYSTEMD_INVOKED_AS"))
-                ?: program_invocation_short_name;
-
-        assert(arguments);
-
-        printf("%s>%s %s %s\n",
-               ansi_grey(),
-               ansi_normal(),
-               progname,
-               arguments);
-}
-
-void help_section(const char *title) {
-        assert(title);
-
-        printf("\n%s%s:%s\n",
-               ansi_underline(),
-               title,
-               ansi_normal());
-}
diff --git a/src/shared/help-util.h b/src/shared/help-util.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b1072c720..0000000000
--- a/src/shared/help-util.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
-#pragma once
-
-void help_cmdline(const char *arguments);
-
-void help_section(const char *title);
diff --git a/src/shared/meson.build b/src/shared/meson.build
index ee395ffbe1..a8cea5b931 100644
--- a/src/shared/meson.build
+++ b/src/shared/meson.build
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ shared_sources = files(
         'gnutls-util.c',
         'gpt.c',
         'group-record.c',
-        'help-util.c',
         'hibernate-util.c',
         'hostname-setup.c',
         'hwdb-util.c',
diff --git a/src/shared/verbs.c b/src/shared/verbs.c
index d63e069bae..1a1a2d9e59 100644
--- a/src/shared/verbs.c
+++ b/src/shared/verbs.c
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 #include "env-util.h"
 #include "extract-word.h"
 #include "format-table.h"
-#include "help-util.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "nulstr-util.h"
 #include "options.h"
 #include "pager.h"
+#include "path-util.h"
 #include "pretty-print.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "strv.h"
@@ -513,6 +513,29 @@ static const Verb* verbs_find_cmd_verbs(const Verb *cmdverb, const Verb verbs_en
         return actual;
 }
 
+static void help_cmdline(const char *arguments) {
+        const char *progname =
+                last_path_component(secure_getenv("SYSTEMD_INVOKED_AS"))
+                ?: program_invocation_short_name;
+
+        assert(arguments);
+
+        printf("%s>%s %s %s\n",
+               ansi_grey(),
+               ansi_normal(),
+               progname,
+               arguments);
+}
+
+void help_section(const char *title) {
+        assert(title);
+
+        printf("\n%s%s:%s\n",
+               ansi_underline(),
+               title,
+               ansi_normal());
+}
+
 int _command_print_help_full(
                 const Verb verbs[],
                 const Verb verbs_end[],
diff --git a/src/shared/verbs.h b/src/shared/verbs.h
index ccfc403bab..a1eb671490 100644
--- a/src/shared/verbs.h
+++ b/src/shared/verbs.h
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ int _dispatch_verb(char **args, const Verb verbs[], const Verb verbs_end[], void
 #define dispatch_verb(args, userdata) \
         _dispatch_verb(args, __start_SYSTEMD_VERBS, __stop_SYSTEMD_VERBS, userdata)
 
+void help_section(const char *title);
+
 #define VERB_COMMON_HELP_AUTO_FULL(program, help)                       \
         VERB_FULL(verb_help_auto, "help", NULL, VERB_ANY, VERB_ANY, 0, /* dat= */ (uintptr_t) program, /* help= */ help)
 #define VERB_COMMON_HELP_AUTO_PROGRAM(program) VERB_COMMON_HELP_AUTO_FULL(program, "Show this help")
diff --git a/src/udev/udevadm-test-builtin.c b/src/udev/udevadm-test-builtin.c
index cd8985cae7..384c53a8b7 100644
--- a/src/udev/udevadm-test-builtin.c
+++ b/src/udev/udevadm-test-builtin.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 #include "device-private.h"
 #include "device-util.h"
-#include "help-util.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "options.h"
 #include "udev-builtin.h"