diff --git a/src/blackmisc/statusexception.cpp b/src/blackmisc/statusexception.cpp
index 81aa69040..f2e88b954 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/statusexception.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/statusexception.cpp
@@ -30,4 +30,9 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         if (m_temp.isNull()) { m_temp = m_payload.getMessage().toLocal8Bit(); }
         return m_temp;
     }
+
+    void CStatusException::maybeThrow(const CStatusMessage &message)
+    {
+        if (!message.isEmpty()) { throw CStatusException(message); }
+    }
 } // ns
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/statusexception.h b/src/blackmisc/statusexception.h
index 228ab1a7b..d079b7638 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/statusexception.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/statusexception.h
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ namespace BlackMisc
 {
     /*!
      * Throwable exception class containing a CStatusMessage.
-     *
-     * This is the exception type which may be thrown by CStatusMessage::maybeThrow().
      */
     class BLACKMISC_EXPORT CStatusException : public std::exception
     {
@@ -46,6 +44,9 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         //! Destructor.
         ~CStatusException() override {}
 
+        //! If the message is not empty then throw it.
+        static void maybeThrow(const CStatusMessage &);
+
     private:
         const CStatusMessage   m_payload;
         mutable QByteArray     m_temp;
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/statusmessage.cpp b/src/blackmisc/statusmessage.cpp
index b18f0ce66..02ba03694 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/statusmessage.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/statusmessage.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "blackmisc/statusmessage.h"
-#include "blackmisc/statusexception.h"
 #include "blackmisc/propertyindexref.h"
 #include "blackmisc/iconlist.h"
 #include "blackmisc/logpattern.h"
@@ -192,19 +191,6 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         }
     }
 
-    CStatusException CStatusMessage::asException() const
-    {
-        return CStatusException(*this);
-    }
-
-    void CStatusMessage::maybeThrow() const
-    {
-        if (! this->isEmpty())
-        {
-            throw this->asException();
-        }
-    }
-
     QString CStatusMessage::getCategoriesAsString() const
     {
         return m_categories.toQString();
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/statusmessage.h b/src/blackmisc/statusmessage.h
index 821d5c8fe..b90bc7696 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/statusmessage.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/statusmessage.h
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 
 namespace BlackMisc
 {
-    class CStatusException;
-
     namespace Private
     {
         //! Like QString::arg() but for QStringView.
@@ -376,12 +374,6 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         //! \sa QtMessageHandler
         void toQtLogTriple(QtMsgType *o_type, QString *o_category, QString *o_message) const;
 
-        //! Return a throwable exception object containing this status message.
-        CStatusException asException() const;
-
-        //! If message is empty then do nothing, otherwise throw a CStatusException.
-        void maybeThrow() const;
-
         //! Message categories
         const CLogCategoryList &getCategories() const { return this->m_categories; }