diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/cxxfrontend.d b/compiler/src/dmd/cxxfrontend.d
index 6bd3e32eee..db828b5ce7 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/cxxfrontend.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/cxxfrontend.d
@@ -112,11 +112,6 @@ void mangleToBuffer(TemplateInstance ti, ref OutBuffer buf)
 /***********************************************************
  * dmodule.d
  */
-void getLocalClasses(Module mod, ref ClassDeclarations aclasses)
-{
-    return dmd.dmodule.getLocalClasses(mod, aclasses);
-}
-
 FuncDeclaration findGetMembers(ScopeDsymbol dsym)
 {
     return dmd.dmodule.findGetMembers(dsym);
@@ -204,6 +199,12 @@ bool hasPointers(Dsymbol d)
     return dmd.dsymbolsem.hasPointers(d);
 }
 
+void getLocalClasses(Module mod, ref ClassDeclarations aclasses)
+{
+    import dmd.dsymbolsem;
+    return dmd.dsymbolsem.getLocalClasses(mod, aclasses);
+}
+
 /***********************************************************
  * dtemplate.d
  */
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/dmodule.d b/compiler/src/dmd/dmodule.d
index 0e0070aab5..1852210234 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/dmodule.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/dmodule.d
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import dmd.dmacro;
 import dmd.doc;
 import dmd.dscope;
 import dmd.dsymbol;
-import dmd.dsymbolsem : dsymbolSemantic, importAll, load, include;
+import dmd.dsymbolsem : dsymbolSemantic, importAll, load;
 import dmd.errors;
 import dmd.errorsink;
 import dmd.expression;
@@ -1306,83 +1306,8 @@ extern (C++) struct ModuleDeclaration
     }
 }
 
-/****************************************
- * Create array of the local classes in the Module, suitable
- * for inclusion in ModuleInfo
- * Params:
- *      mod = the Module
- *      aclasses = array to fill in
- * Returns: array of local classes
- */
-void getLocalClasses(Module mod, ref ClassDeclarations aclasses)
-{
-    //printf("members.length = %d\n", mod.members.length);
-    int pushAddClassDg(size_t n, Dsymbol sm)
-    {
-        if (!sm)
-            return 0;
-
-        if (auto cd = sm.isClassDeclaration())
-        {
-            // compatibility with previous algorithm
-            if (cd.parent && cd.parent.isTemplateMixin())
-                return 0;
-
-            if (cd.classKind != ClassKind.objc)
-                aclasses.push(cd);
-        }
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    _foreach(null, mod.members, &pushAddClassDg);
-}
-
-
 alias ForeachDg = int delegate(size_t idx, Dsymbol s);
 
-/***************************************
- * Expands attribute declarations in members in depth first
- * order. Calls dg(size_t symidx, Dsymbol *sym) for each
- * member.
- * If dg returns !=0, stops and returns that value else returns 0.
- * Use this function to avoid the O(N + N^2/2) complexity of
- * calculating dim and calling N times getNth.
- * Returns:
- *  last value returned by dg()
- */
-int _foreach(Scope* sc, Dsymbols* members, scope ForeachDg dg, size_t* pn = null)
-{
-    assert(dg);
-    if (!members)
-        return 0;
-    size_t n = pn ? *pn : 0; // take over index
-    int result = 0;
-    foreach (size_t i; 0 .. members.length)
-    {
-        import dmd.attrib : AttribDeclaration;
-        import dmd.dtemplate : TemplateMixin;
-
-        Dsymbol s = (*members)[i];
-        if (AttribDeclaration a = s.isAttribDeclaration())
-            result = _foreach(sc, a.include(sc), dg, &n);
-        else if (TemplateMixin tm = s.isTemplateMixin())
-            result = _foreach(sc, tm.members, dg, &n);
-        else if (s.isTemplateInstance())
-        {
-        }
-        else if (s.isUnitTestDeclaration())
-        {
-        }
-        else
-            result = dg(n++, s);
-        if (result)
-            break;
-    }
-    if (pn)
-        *pn = n; // update index
-    return result;
-}
-
 /**
  * Process the content of a source file
  *
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbolsem.d b/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbolsem.d
index 7127ffc9b3..a6e731bf0a 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbolsem.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbolsem.d
@@ -8926,3 +8926,77 @@ private extern(C++) class HasPointersVisitor : Visitor
         result = ns.members.foreachDsymbol( (s) { return s.hasPointers(); } ) != 0;
     }
 }
+
+/***************************************
+ * Expands attribute declarations in members in depth first
+ * order. Calls dg(size_t symidx, Dsymbol *sym) for each
+ * member.
+ * If dg returns !=0, stops and returns that value else returns 0.
+ * Use this function to avoid the O(N + N^2/2) complexity of
+ * calculating dim and calling N times getNth.
+ * Returns:
+ *  last value returned by dg()
+ */
+int _foreach(Scope* sc, Dsymbols* members, scope ForeachDg dg, size_t* pn = null)
+{
+    assert(dg);
+    if (!members)
+        return 0;
+    size_t n = pn ? *pn : 0; // take over index
+    int result = 0;
+    foreach (size_t i; 0 .. members.length)
+    {
+        import dmd.attrib : AttribDeclaration;
+        import dmd.dtemplate : TemplateMixin;
+
+        Dsymbol s = (*members)[i];
+        if (AttribDeclaration a = s.isAttribDeclaration())
+            result = _foreach(sc, a.include(sc), dg, &n);
+        else if (TemplateMixin tm = s.isTemplateMixin())
+            result = _foreach(sc, tm.members, dg, &n);
+        else if (s.isTemplateInstance())
+        {
+        }
+        else if (s.isUnitTestDeclaration())
+        {
+        }
+        else
+            result = dg(n++, s);
+        if (result)
+            break;
+    }
+    if (pn)
+        *pn = n; // update index
+    return result;
+}
+
+/****************************************
+ * Create array of the local classes in the Module, suitable
+ * for inclusion in ModuleInfo
+ * Params:
+ *      mod = the Module
+ *      aclasses = array to fill in
+ * Returns: array of local classes
+ */
+void getLocalClasses(Module mod, ref ClassDeclarations aclasses)
+{
+    //printf("members.length = %d\n", mod.members.length);
+    int pushAddClassDg(size_t n, Dsymbol sm)
+    {
+        if (!sm)
+            return 0;
+
+        if (auto cd = sm.isClassDeclaration())
+        {
+            // compatibility with previous algorithm
+            if (cd.parent && cd.parent.isTemplateMixin())
+                return 0;
+
+            if (cd.classKind != ClassKind.objc)
+                aclasses.push(cd);
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    _foreach(null, mod.members, &pushAddClassDg);
+}
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/toobj.d b/compiler/src/dmd/toobj.d
index 7aa75fbf17..a525323fc5 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/toobj.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/toobj.d
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import dmd.dmodule;
 import dmd.dscope;
 import dmd.dstruct;
 import dmd.dsymbol;
-import dmd.dsymbolsem : hasPointers, hasStaticCtorOrDtor, include, isFuncHidden, isAbstract;
+import dmd.dsymbolsem : getLocalClasses, hasPointers, hasStaticCtorOrDtor, include, isFuncHidden, isAbstract;
 import dmd.dtemplate;
 import dmd.errors;
 import dmd.errorsink;