diff --git a/src/wallet/rpc/backup.cpp b/src/wallet/rpc/backup.cpp
index 79a23f2a3b7..c8242dff694 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpc/backup.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpc/backup.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <util/system.h>
 #include <util/time.h>
 #include <util/translation.h>
-#include <wallet/rpcwallet.h>
 #include <wallet/rpc/util.h>
 #include <wallet/wallet.h>
 
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpc/util.cpp b/src/wallet/rpc/util.cpp
index b926bfc75fd..e2126b72368 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpc/util.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpc/util.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <wallet/rpc/util.h>
 
 #include <rpc/util.h>
+#include <util/translation.h>
 #include <util/url.h>
 #include <wallet/context.h>
 #include <wallet/wallet.h>
@@ -120,3 +121,34 @@ std::string LabelFromValue(const UniValue& value)
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_WALLET_INVALID_LABEL_NAME, "Invalid label name");
     return label;
 }
+
+std::tuple<std::shared_ptr<CWallet>, std::vector<bilingual_str>> LoadWalletHelper(WalletContext& context, UniValue load_on_start_param, const std::string wallet_name)
+{
+    DatabaseOptions options;
+    DatabaseStatus status;
+    options.require_existing = true;
+    bilingual_str error;
+    std::vector<bilingual_str> warnings;
+    std::optional<bool> load_on_start = load_on_start_param.isNull() ? std::nullopt : std::optional<bool>(load_on_start_param.get_bool());
+    std::shared_ptr<CWallet> const wallet = LoadWallet(context, wallet_name, load_on_start, options, status, error, warnings);
+
+    if (!wallet) {
+        // Map bad format to not found, since bad format is returned when the
+        // wallet directory exists, but doesn't contain a data file.
+        RPCErrorCode code = RPC_WALLET_ERROR;
+        switch (status) {
+            case DatabaseStatus::FAILED_NOT_FOUND:
+            case DatabaseStatus::FAILED_BAD_FORMAT:
+                code = RPC_WALLET_NOT_FOUND;
+                break;
+            case DatabaseStatus::FAILED_ALREADY_LOADED:
+                code = RPC_WALLET_ALREADY_LOADED;
+                break;
+            default: // RPC_WALLET_ERROR is returned for all other cases.
+                break;
+        }
+        throw JSONRPCError(code, error.original);
+    }
+
+    return { wallet, warnings };
+}
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpc/util.h b/src/wallet/rpc/util.h
index a493a80a748..a1fa4d49b1d 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpc/util.h
+++ b/src/wallet/rpc/util.h
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 #include <any>
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
+#include <vector>
 
+struct bilingual_str;
 class CWallet;
 class JSONRPCRequest;
 class LegacyScriptPubKeyMan;
@@ -35,4 +37,6 @@ bool GetAvoidReuseFlag(const CWallet& wallet, const UniValue& param);
 bool ParseIncludeWatchonly(const UniValue& include_watchonly, const CWallet& wallet);
 std::string LabelFromValue(const UniValue& value);
 
+std::tuple<std::shared_ptr<CWallet>, std::vector<bilingual_str>> LoadWalletHelper(WalletContext& context, UniValue load_on_start_param, const std::string wallet_name);
+
 #endif // BITCOIN_WALLET_RPC_UTIL_H
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index eb3ae2cd241..099969a609b 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -2191,37 +2191,6 @@ static RPCHelpMan listwallets()
     };
 }
 
-std::tuple<std::shared_ptr<CWallet>, std::vector<bilingual_str>> LoadWalletHelper(WalletContext& context, UniValue load_on_start_param, const std::string wallet_name)
-{
-    DatabaseOptions options;
-    DatabaseStatus status;
-    options.require_existing = true;
-    bilingual_str error;
-    std::vector<bilingual_str> warnings;
-    std::optional<bool> load_on_start = load_on_start_param.isNull() ? std::nullopt : std::optional<bool>(load_on_start_param.get_bool());
-    std::shared_ptr<CWallet> const wallet = LoadWallet(context, wallet_name, load_on_start, options, status, error, warnings);
-
-    if (!wallet) {
-        // Map bad format to not found, since bad format is returned when the
-        // wallet directory exists, but doesn't contain a data file.
-        RPCErrorCode code = RPC_WALLET_ERROR;
-        switch (status) {
-            case DatabaseStatus::FAILED_NOT_FOUND:
-            case DatabaseStatus::FAILED_BAD_FORMAT:
-                code = RPC_WALLET_NOT_FOUND;
-                break;
-            case DatabaseStatus::FAILED_ALREADY_LOADED:
-                code = RPC_WALLET_ALREADY_LOADED;
-                break;
-            default: // RPC_WALLET_ERROR is returned for all other cases.
-                break;
-        }
-        throw JSONRPCError(code, error.original);
-    }
-
-    return { wallet, warnings };
-}
-
 static RPCHelpMan loadwallet()
 {
     return RPCHelpMan{"loadwallet",
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.h b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.h
index 1c222df7b62..2c3d413cb0f 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.h
@@ -7,18 +7,10 @@
 
 #include <span.h>
 
-#include <memory>
-#include <string>
-#include <vector>
-
 class CRPCCommand;
-class CWallet;
-struct WalletContext;
 
 Span<const CRPCCommand> GetWalletRPCCommands();
 
-std::tuple<std::shared_ptr<CWallet>, std::vector<bilingual_str>> LoadWalletHelper(WalletContext& context, UniValue load_on_start_param, const std::string wallet_name);
-
 RPCHelpMan getaddressinfo();
 RPCHelpMan signrawtransactionwithwallet();
 #endif // BITCOIN_WALLET_RPCWALLET_H