diff --git a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
index eae0bc4326..0e5ee9d4e2 100644
--- a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
+++ b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
@@ -508,26 +508,7 @@ class BBCode
 	 */
 	private static function convertUrlForActivityPub(string $url): string
 	{
-		return sprintf('<a href="%s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">%s</a>', $url, self::getStyledURL($url));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Converts an URL in a nicer format (without the scheme and possibly shortened)
-	 *
-	 * @param string $url URL that is about to be reformatted
-	 * @return string reformatted link
-	 */
-	public static function getStyledURL(string $url): string
-	{
-		$parts = parse_url($url);
-		$scheme = $parts['scheme'] . '://';
-		$styled_url = str_replace($scheme, '', $url);
-
-		if (strlen($styled_url) > 30) {
-			$styled_url = substr($styled_url, 0, 30) . "…";
-		}
-
-		return $styled_url;
+		return sprintf('<a href="%s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">%s</a>', $url, Strings::getStyledURL($url));
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/Util/Strings.php b/src/Util/Strings.php
index 1ce1ac8c7d..c3b77ab48c 100644
--- a/src/Util/Strings.php
+++ b/src/Util/Strings.php
@@ -561,4 +561,22 @@ class Strings
 		return $shorthand;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Converts an URL in a nicer format (without the scheme and possibly shortened)
+	 *
+	 * @param string $url URL that is about to be reformatted
+	 * @return string reformatted link
+	 */
+	public static function getStyledURL(string $url): string
+	{
+		$parts = parse_url($url);
+		$scheme = $parts['scheme'] . '://';
+		$styled_url = str_replace($scheme, '', $url);
+
+		if (strlen($styled_url) > 30) {
+			$styled_url = substr($styled_url, 0, 30) . "…";
+		}
+
+		return $styled_url;
+	}
 }