diff --git a/gdb/cli/cli-utils.c b/gdb/cli/cli-utils.c
index a0ebc11..49cdf83 100644
--- a/gdb/cli/cli-utils.c
+++ b/gdb/cli/cli-utils.c
@@ -213,30 +213,6 @@ number_is_in_list (char *list, int number)
 
 /* See documentation in cli-utils.h.  */
 
-char *
-skip_spaces (char *chp)
-{
-  if (chp == NULL)
-    return NULL;
-  while (*chp && isspace (*chp))
-    chp++;
-  return chp;
-}
-
-/* A const-correct version of the above.  */
-
-const char *
-skip_spaces_const (const char *chp)
-{
-  if (chp == NULL)
-    return NULL;
-  while (*chp && isspace (*chp))
-    chp++;
-  return chp;
-}
-
-/* See documentation in cli-utils.h.  */
-
 const char *
 skip_to_space_const (const char *chp)
 {
diff --git a/gdb/cli/cli-utils.h b/gdb/cli/cli-utils.h
index fed876b..c7f27e2 100644
--- a/gdb/cli/cli-utils.h
+++ b/gdb/cli/cli-utils.h
@@ -89,15 +89,6 @@ extern int get_number_or_range (struct get_number_or_range_state *state);
 
 extern int number_is_in_list (char *list, int number);
 
-/* Skip leading whitespace characters in INP, returning an updated
-   pointer.  If INP is NULL, return NULL.  */
-
-extern char *skip_spaces (char *inp);
-
-/* A const-correct version of the above.  */
-
-extern const char *skip_spaces_const (const char *inp);
-
 /* Skip leading non-whitespace characters in INP, returning an updated
    pointer.  If INP is NULL, return NULL.  */
 
diff --git a/gdb/common/common-utils.c b/gdb/common/common-utils.c
index 29fe2c5..3e0c15e 100644
--- a/gdb/common/common-utils.c
+++ b/gdb/common/common-utils.c
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@
 #include "defs.h"
 #endif
 
+#include "host-defs.h"
 #include "gdb_assert.h"
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
 
 /* The xmalloc() (libiberty.h) family of memory management routines.
 
@@ -161,3 +163,126 @@ savestring (const char *ptr, size_t len)
   p[len] = 0;
   return p;
 }
+
+/* The bit offset of the highest byte in a ULONGEST, for overflow
+   checking.  */
+
+#define HIGH_BYTE_POSN ((sizeof (ULONGEST) - 1) * HOST_CHAR_BIT)
+
+/* True (non-zero) iff DIGIT is a valid digit in radix BASE,
+   where 2 <= BASE <= 36.  */
+
+static int
+is_digit_in_base (unsigned char digit, int base)
+{
+  if (!isalnum (digit))
+    return 0;
+  if (base <= 10)
+    return (isdigit (digit) && digit < base + '0');
+  else
+    return (isdigit (digit) || tolower (digit) < base - 10 + 'a');
+}
+
+static int
+digit_to_int (unsigned char c)
+{
+  if (isdigit (c))
+    return c - '0';
+  else
+    return tolower (c) - 'a' + 10;
+}
+
+/* As for strtoul, but for ULONGEST results.  */
+
+ULONGEST
+strtoulst (const char *num, const char **trailer, int base)
+{
+  unsigned int high_part;
+  ULONGEST result;
+  int minus = 0;
+  int i = 0;
+
+  /* Skip leading whitespace.  */
+  while (isspace (num[i]))
+    i++;
+
+  /* Handle prefixes.  */
+  if (num[i] == '+')
+    i++;
+  else if (num[i] == '-')
+    {
+      minus = 1;
+      i++;
+    }
+
+  if (base == 0 || base == 16)
+    {
+      if (num[i] == '0' && (num[i + 1] == 'x' || num[i + 1] == 'X'))
+	{
+	  i += 2;
+	  if (base == 0)
+	    base = 16;
+	}
+    }
+
+  if (base == 0 && num[i] == '0')
+    base = 8;
+
+  if (base == 0)
+    base = 10;
+
+  if (base < 2 || base > 36)
+    {
+      errno = EINVAL;
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+  result = high_part = 0;
+  for (; is_digit_in_base (num[i], base); i += 1)
+    {
+      result = result * base + digit_to_int (num[i]);
+      high_part = high_part * base + (unsigned int) (result >> HIGH_BYTE_POSN);
+      result &= ((ULONGEST) 1 << HIGH_BYTE_POSN) - 1;
+      if (high_part > 0xff)
+	{
+	  errno = ERANGE;
+	  result = ~ (ULONGEST) 0;
+	  high_part = 0;
+	  minus = 0;
+	  break;
+	}
+    }
+
+  if (trailer != NULL)
+    *trailer = &num[i];
+
+  result = result + ((ULONGEST) high_part << HIGH_BYTE_POSN);
+  if (minus)
+    return -result;
+  else
+    return result;
+}
+
+/* See documentation in cli-utils.h.  */
+
+char *
+skip_spaces (char *chp)
+{
+  if (chp == NULL)
+    return NULL;
+  while (*chp && isspace (*chp))
+    chp++;
+  return chp;
+}
+
+/* A const-correct version of the above.  */
+
+const char *
+skip_spaces_const (const char *chp)
+{
+  if (chp == NULL)
+    return NULL;
+  while (*chp && isspace (*chp))
+    chp++;
+  return chp;
+}
diff --git a/gdb/common/common-utils.h b/gdb/common/common-utils.h
index 063698d..97889d5 100644
--- a/gdb/common/common-utils.h
+++ b/gdb/common/common-utils.h
@@ -71,4 +71,15 @@ int xsnprintf (char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...)
 
 char *savestring (const char *ptr, size_t len);
 
+ULONGEST strtoulst (const char *num, const char **trailer, int base);
+
+/* Skip leading whitespace characters in INP, returning an updated
+   pointer.  If INP is NULL, return NULL.  */
+
+extern char *skip_spaces (char *inp);
+
+/* A const-correct version of the above.  */
+
+extern const char *skip_spaces_const (const char *inp);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/gdb/common/host-defs.h b/gdb/common/host-defs.h
index e4acef0..71a7029 100644
--- a/gdb/common/host-defs.h
+++ b/gdb/common/host-defs.h
@@ -19,6 +19,27 @@
 #ifndef HOST_DEFS_H
 #define HOST_DEFS_H
 
+#include <limits.h>
+
+/* Static host-system-dependent parameters for GDB.  */
+
+/* * Number of bits in a char or unsigned char for the target machine.
+   Just like CHAR_BIT in <limits.h> but describes the target machine.  */
+#if !defined (TARGET_CHAR_BIT)
+#define TARGET_CHAR_BIT 8
+#endif
+
+/* * If we picked up a copy of CHAR_BIT from a configuration file
+   (which may get it by including <limits.h>) then use it to set
+   the number of bits in a host char.  If not, use the same size
+   as the target.  */
+
+#if defined (CHAR_BIT)
+#define HOST_CHAR_BIT CHAR_BIT
+#else
+#define HOST_CHAR_BIT TARGET_CHAR_BIT
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __MSDOS__
 # define CANT_FORK
 # define GLOBAL_CURDIR
diff --git a/gdb/defs.h b/gdb/defs.h
index 47da43a..1aa7ad3 100644
--- a/gdb/defs.h
+++ b/gdb/defs.h
@@ -633,25 +633,6 @@ extern void *alloca ();
 
 enum { MAX_REGISTER_SIZE = 64 };
 
-/* Static target-system-dependent parameters for GDB.  */
-
-/* * Number of bits in a char or unsigned char for the target machine.
-   Just like CHAR_BIT in <limits.h> but describes the target machine.  */
-#if !defined (TARGET_CHAR_BIT)
-#define TARGET_CHAR_BIT 8
-#endif
-
-/* * If we picked up a copy of CHAR_BIT from a configuration file
-   (which may get it by including <limits.h>) then use it to set
-   the number of bits in a host char.  If not, use the same size
-   as the target.  */
-
-#if defined (CHAR_BIT)
-#define HOST_CHAR_BIT CHAR_BIT
-#else
-#define HOST_CHAR_BIT TARGET_CHAR_BIT
-#endif
-
 /* In findvar.c.  */
 
 extern LONGEST extract_signed_integer (const gdb_byte *, int,
diff --git a/gdb/utils.c b/gdb/utils.c
index 364470c..21186b8 100644
--- a/gdb/utils.c
+++ b/gdb/utils.c
@@ -3026,105 +3026,6 @@ dummy_obstack_deallocate (void *object, void *data)
   return;
 }
 
-/* The bit offset of the highest byte in a ULONGEST, for overflow
-   checking.  */
-
-#define HIGH_BYTE_POSN ((sizeof (ULONGEST) - 1) * HOST_CHAR_BIT)
-
-/* True (non-zero) iff DIGIT is a valid digit in radix BASE,
-   where 2 <= BASE <= 36.  */
-
-static int
-is_digit_in_base (unsigned char digit, int base)
-{
-  if (!isalnum (digit))
-    return 0;
-  if (base <= 10)
-    return (isdigit (digit) && digit < base + '0');
-  else
-    return (isdigit (digit) || tolower (digit) < base - 10 + 'a');
-}
-
-static int
-digit_to_int (unsigned char c)
-{
-  if (isdigit (c))
-    return c - '0';
-  else
-    return tolower (c) - 'a' + 10;
-}
-
-/* As for strtoul, but for ULONGEST results.  */
-
-ULONGEST
-strtoulst (const char *num, const char **trailer, int base)
-{
-  unsigned int high_part;
-  ULONGEST result;
-  int minus = 0;
-  int i = 0;
-
-  /* Skip leading whitespace.  */
-  while (isspace (num[i]))
-    i++;
-
-  /* Handle prefixes.  */
-  if (num[i] == '+')
-    i++;
-  else if (num[i] == '-')
-    {
-      minus = 1;
-      i++;
-    }
-
-  if (base == 0 || base == 16)
-    {
-      if (num[i] == '0' && (num[i + 1] == 'x' || num[i + 1] == 'X'))
-	{
-	  i += 2;
-	  if (base == 0)
-	    base = 16;
-	}
-    }
-
-  if (base == 0 && num[i] == '0')
-    base = 8;
-
-  if (base == 0)
-    base = 10;
-
-  if (base < 2 || base > 36)
-    {
-      errno = EINVAL;
-      return 0;
-    }
-
-  result = high_part = 0;
-  for (; is_digit_in_base (num[i], base); i += 1)
-    {
-      result = result * base + digit_to_int (num[i]);
-      high_part = high_part * base + (unsigned int) (result >> HIGH_BYTE_POSN);
-      result &= ((ULONGEST) 1 << HIGH_BYTE_POSN) - 1;
-      if (high_part > 0xff)
-	{
-	  errno = ERANGE;
-	  result = ~ (ULONGEST) 0;
-	  high_part = 0;
-	  minus = 0;
-	  break;
-	}
-    }
-
-  if (trailer != NULL)
-    *trailer = &num[i];
-
-  result = result + ((ULONGEST) high_part << HIGH_BYTE_POSN);
-  if (minus)
-    return -result;
-  else
-    return result;
-}
-
 /* Simple, portable version of dirname that does not modify its
    argument.  */
 
diff --git a/gdb/utils.h b/gdb/utils.h
index d6df2ee..a949cd7 100644
--- a/gdb/utils.h
+++ b/gdb/utils.h
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ extern int streq (const char *, const char *);
 
 extern int subset_compare (char *, char *);
 
-ULONGEST strtoulst (const char *num, const char **trailer, int base);
-
 int compare_positive_ints (const void *ap, const void *bp);
 int compare_strings (const void *ap, const void *bp);
 
