diff --git a/src/hb-dsalgs.hh b/src/hb-dsalgs.hh
index e8fa9b3..4eceeb2 100644
--- a/src/hb-dsalgs.hh
+++ b/src/hb-dsalgs.hh
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 }
 
 
-
 /* From https://github.com/noporpoise/sort_r */
 
 /* Isaac Turner 29 April 2014 Public Domain */
@@ -415,16 +414,6 @@
   }
 };
 
-template <typename Type>
-struct hb_auto_t : Type
-{
-  hb_auto_t (void) { Type::init (); }
-  ~hb_auto_t (void) { Type::fini (); }
-  private: /* Hide */
-  void init (void) {}
-  void fini (void) {}
-};
-
 
 #define HB_LOCKABLE_SET_INIT {HB_VECTOR_INIT}
 template <typename item_t, typename lock_t>
@@ -518,4 +507,38 @@
 };
 
 
+template <typename Type>
+struct hb_auto_t : Type
+{
+  hb_auto_t (void) { Type::init (); }
+  ~hb_auto_t (void) { Type::fini (); }
+  private: /* Hide */
+  void init (void) {}
+  void fini (void) {}
+};
+
+struct hb_bytes_t
+{
+  inline hb_bytes_t (void) : bytes (nullptr), len (0) {}
+  inline hb_bytes_t (const char *bytes_, unsigned int len_) : bytes (bytes_), len (len_) {}
+
+  inline int cmp (const hb_bytes_t &a) const
+  {
+    if (len != a.len)
+      return (int) a.len - (int) len;
+
+    return memcmp (a.bytes, bytes, len);
+  }
+  static inline int cmp (const void *pa, const void *pb)
+  {
+    hb_bytes_t *a = (hb_bytes_t *) pa;
+    hb_bytes_t *b = (hb_bytes_t *) pb;
+    return b->cmp (*a);
+  }
+
+  const char *bytes;
+  unsigned int len;
+};
+
+
 #endif /* HB_DSALGS_HH */
diff --git a/src/hb-private.hh b/src/hb-private.hh
index 4201fe6..aa4d017 100644
--- a/src/hb-private.hh
+++ b/src/hb-private.hh
@@ -882,32 +882,6 @@
 #define VAR 1
 
 
-/* String type. */
-
-struct hb_bytes_t
-{
-  inline hb_bytes_t (void) : bytes (nullptr), len (0) {}
-  inline hb_bytes_t (const char *bytes_, unsigned int len_) : bytes (bytes_), len (len_) {}
-
-  inline int cmp (const hb_bytes_t &a) const
-  {
-    if (len != a.len)
-      return (int) a.len - (int) len;
-
-    return memcmp (a.bytes, bytes, len);
-  }
-  static inline int cmp (const void *pa, const void *pb)
-  {
-    hb_bytes_t *a = (hb_bytes_t *) pa;
-    hb_bytes_t *b = (hb_bytes_t *) pb;
-    return b->cmp (*a);
-  }
-
-  const char *bytes;
-  unsigned int len;
-};
-
-
 /* fallback for round() */
 static inline double
 _hb_round (double x)