diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/util/appendinfo.c b/src/backend/optimizer/util/appendinfo.c
index d48e3a09b3..2f23e7bf49 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/util/appendinfo.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/util/appendinfo.c
@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@
 #include "postgres.h"
 
 #include "access/htup_details.h"
-#include "access/sysattr.h"
 #include "nodes/makefuncs.h"
 #include "nodes/nodeFuncs.h"
 #include "optimizer/appendinfo.h"
 #include "parser/parsetree.h"
-#include "utils/rel.h"
 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
+#include "utils/rel.h"
 #include "utils/syscache.h"
 
 
@@ -167,58 +166,6 @@ make_inh_translation_list(Relation oldrelation, Relation newrelation,
 }
 
 /*
- * translate_col_privs
- *	  Translate a bitmapset representing per-column privileges from the
- *	  parent rel's attribute numbering to the child's.
- *
- * The only surprise here is that we don't translate a parent whole-row
- * reference into a child whole-row reference.  That would mean requiring
- * permissions on all child columns, which is overly strict, since the
- * query is really only going to reference the inherited columns.  Instead
- * we set the per-column bits for all inherited columns.
- */
-Bitmapset *
-translate_col_privs(const Bitmapset *parent_privs,
-					List *translated_vars)
-{
-	Bitmapset  *child_privs = NULL;
-	bool		whole_row;
-	int			attno;
-	ListCell   *lc;
-
-	/* System attributes have the same numbers in all tables */
-	for (attno = FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber + 1; attno < 0; attno++)
-	{
-		if (bms_is_member(attno - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber,
-						  parent_privs))
-			child_privs = bms_add_member(child_privs,
-										 attno - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
-	}
-
-	/* Check if parent has whole-row reference */
-	whole_row = bms_is_member(InvalidAttrNumber - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber,
-							  parent_privs);
-
-	/* And now translate the regular user attributes, using the vars list */
-	attno = InvalidAttrNumber;
-	foreach(lc, translated_vars)
-	{
-		Var		   *var = lfirst_node(Var, lc);
-
-		attno++;
-		if (var == NULL)		/* ignore dropped columns */
-			continue;
-		if (whole_row ||
-			bms_is_member(attno - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber,
-						  parent_privs))
-			child_privs = bms_add_member(child_privs,
-										 var->varattno - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
-	}
-
-	return child_privs;
-}
-
-/*
  * adjust_appendrel_attrs
  *	  Copy the specified query or expression and translate Vars referring to a
  *	  parent rel to refer to the corresponding child rel instead.  We also
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/util/inherit.c b/src/backend/optimizer/util/inherit.c
index 350e6afe27..db474acbc5 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/util/inherit.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/util/inherit.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "postgres.h"
 
 #include "access/heapam.h"
+#include "access/sysattr.h"
 #include "catalog/partition.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_inherits.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ static void expand_single_inheritance_child(PlannerInfo *root,
 								PlanRowMark *top_parentrc, Relation childrel,
 								List **appinfos, RangeTblEntry **childrte_p,
 								Index *childRTindex_p);
+static Bitmapset *translate_col_privs(const Bitmapset *parent_privs,
+					List *translated_vars);
 
 
 /*
@@ -437,3 +440,55 @@ expand_single_inheritance_child(PlannerInfo *root, RangeTblEntry *parentrte,
 		root->rowMarks = lappend(root->rowMarks, childrc);
 	}
 }
+
+/*
+ * translate_col_privs
+ *	  Translate a bitmapset representing per-column privileges from the
+ *	  parent rel's attribute numbering to the child's.
+ *
+ * The only surprise here is that we don't translate a parent whole-row
+ * reference into a child whole-row reference.  That would mean requiring
+ * permissions on all child columns, which is overly strict, since the
+ * query is really only going to reference the inherited columns.  Instead
+ * we set the per-column bits for all inherited columns.
+ */
+static Bitmapset *
+translate_col_privs(const Bitmapset *parent_privs,
+					List *translated_vars)
+{
+	Bitmapset  *child_privs = NULL;
+	bool		whole_row;
+	int			attno;
+	ListCell   *lc;
+
+	/* System attributes have the same numbers in all tables */
+	for (attno = FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber + 1; attno < 0; attno++)
+	{
+		if (bms_is_member(attno - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber,
+						  parent_privs))
+			child_privs = bms_add_member(child_privs,
+										 attno - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+	}
+
+	/* Check if parent has whole-row reference */
+	whole_row = bms_is_member(InvalidAttrNumber - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber,
+							  parent_privs);
+
+	/* And now translate the regular user attributes, using the vars list */
+	attno = InvalidAttrNumber;
+	foreach(lc, translated_vars)
+	{
+		Var		   *var = lfirst_node(Var, lc);
+
+		attno++;
+		if (var == NULL)		/* ignore dropped columns */
+			continue;
+		if (whole_row ||
+			bms_is_member(attno - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber,
+						  parent_privs))
+			child_privs = bms_add_member(child_privs,
+										 var->varattno - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+	}
+
+	return child_privs;
+}
diff --git a/src/include/optimizer/appendinfo.h b/src/include/optimizer/appendinfo.h
index 16705da780..56f7192d71 100644
--- a/src/include/optimizer/appendinfo.h
+++ b/src/include/optimizer/appendinfo.h
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 extern AppendRelInfo *make_append_rel_info(Relation parentrel,
 					 Relation childrel,
 					 Index parentRTindex, Index childRTindex);
-extern Bitmapset *translate_col_privs(const Bitmapset *parent_privs,
-					List *translated_vars);
 extern Node *adjust_appendrel_attrs(PlannerInfo *root, Node *node,
 					   int nappinfos, AppendRelInfo **appinfos);