diff --git a/src/textord/tablerecog.cpp b/src/textord/tablerecog.cpp
index 705473395..16e4bb9b4 100644
--- a/src/textord/tablerecog.cpp
+++ b/src/textord/tablerecog.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,28 @@ const double kGoodRowNumberOfColumnsLarge = 0.7;
 // be considered "filled"
 const double kMinFilledArea = 0.35;
 
+// Indicates that a table row is weak. This means that it has
+// many missing data cells or very large cell heights compared.
+// to the rest of the table.
+// Code is buggy right now. It is disabled in the calling function.
+// It seems like sometimes the row that is passed in is not correct
+// sometimes (like a phantom row is introduced). There's something going
+// on in the cell_y_ data member before this is called... not certain.
+static bool IsWeakTableRow(StructuredTable *table, int row) {
+  if (!table->VerifyRowFilled(row)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  double threshold;
+  if (table->column_count() < countof(kGoodRowNumberOfColumnsSmall)) {
+    threshold = kGoodRowNumberOfColumnsSmall[table->column_count()];
+  } else {
+    threshold = table->column_count() * kGoodRowNumberOfColumnsLarge;
+  }
+
+  return table->CountFilledCellsInRow(row) < threshold;
+}
+
 ////////
 //////// StructuredTable Class
 ////////
@@ -1059,23 +1081,4 @@ int TableRecognizer::NextHorizontalSplit(int left, int right, int y, bool top_to
   return last_y;
 }
 
-// Code is buggy right now. It is disabled in the calling function.
-// It seems like sometimes the row that is passed in is not correct
-// sometimes (like a phantom row is introduced). There's something going
-// on in the cell_y_ data member before this is called... not certain.
-bool TableRecognizer::IsWeakTableRow(StructuredTable *table, int row) {
-  if (!table->VerifyRowFilled(row)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  double threshold;
-  if (table->column_count() < countof(kGoodRowNumberOfColumnsSmall)) {
-    threshold = kGoodRowNumberOfColumnsSmall[table->column_count()];
-  } else {
-    threshold = table->column_count() * kGoodRowNumberOfColumnsLarge;
-  }
-
-  return table->CountFilledCellsInRow(row) < threshold;
-}
-
 } // namespace tesseract
diff --git a/src/textord/tablerecog.h b/src/textord/tablerecog.h
index 080cfaec3..f7f49fbde 100644
--- a/src/textord/tablerecog.h
+++ b/src/textord/tablerecog.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // File:        tablerecog.h
 // Description: Functions to detect structure of tables.
-// Author:    Nicholas Beato
+// Author:      Nicholas Beato
 //
 // (C) Copyright 2010, Google Inc.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -352,11 +352,6 @@ protected:
   // as I thought. I went with alternatives for most of the other uses.
   int NextHorizontalSplit(int left, int right, int y, bool top_to_bottom);
 
-  // Indicates that a table row is weak. This means that it has
-  // many missing data cells or very large cell heights compared.
-  // to the rest of the table.
-  static bool IsWeakTableRow(StructuredTable *table, int row);
-
   // Input data, used as read only data to make decisions.
   ColPartitionGrid *text_grid_ = nullptr; // Text ColPartitions
   ColPartitionGrid *line_grid_ = nullptr; // Line ColPartitions