diff --git a/lib/errorlogger.cpp b/lib/errorlogger.cpp
index 752af2b3ded..e04a973f5d6 100644
--- a/lib/errorlogger.cpp
+++ b/lib/errorlogger.cpp
@@ -523,22 +523,6 @@ std::string ErrorMessage::toXML() const
     return printer.CStr();
 }
 
-/**
- * Replace all occurrences of searchFor with replaceWith in the
- * given source.
- * @param source The string to modify
- * @param searchFor What should be searched for
- * @param replaceWith What will replace the found item
- */
-static void findAndReplace(std::string &source, const std::string &searchFor, const std::string &replaceWith)
-{
-    std::string::size_type index = 0;
-    while ((index = source.find(searchFor, index)) != std::string::npos) {
-        source.replace(index, searchFor.length(), replaceWith);
-        index += replaceWith.length();
-    }
-}
-
 // TODO: read info from some shared resource instead?
 static std::string readCode(const std::string &file, int linenr, int column, const char endl[])
 {
diff --git a/lib/preprocessor.cpp b/lib/preprocessor.cpp
index c6c51d1a05b..70e2e560770 100644
--- a/lib/preprocessor.cpp
+++ b/lib/preprocessor.cpp
@@ -43,20 +43,6 @@ static bool sameline(const simplecpp::Token *tok1, const simplecpp::Token *tok2)
     return tok1 && tok2 && tok1->location.sameline(tok2->location);
 }
 
-/**
- * Remove heading and trailing whitespaces from the input parameter.
- * If string is all spaces/tabs, return empty string.
- * @param s The string to trim.
- */
-static std::string trim(const std::string& s)
-{
-    const std::string::size_type beg = s.find_first_not_of(" \t");
-    if (beg == std::string::npos)
-        return "";
-    const std::string::size_type end = s.find_last_not_of(" \t");
-    return s.substr(beg, end - beg + 1);
-}
-
 Directive::Directive(std::string _file, const int _linenr, const std::string &_str) :
     file(std::move(_file)),
     linenr(_linenr),
diff --git a/lib/utils.cpp b/lib/utils.cpp
index cf8c0d0cb67..ff52298deb6 100644
--- a/lib/utils.cpp
+++ b/lib/utils.cpp
@@ -129,3 +129,21 @@ void strTolower(std::string& str)
         return std::tolower(c);
     });
 }
+
+std::string trim(const std::string& s, const std::string& t)
+{
+    const std::string::size_type beg = s.find_first_not_of(t);
+    if (beg == std::string::npos)
+        return "";
+    const std::string::size_type end = s.find_last_not_of(t);
+    return s.substr(beg, end - beg + 1);
+}
+
+void findAndReplace(std::string &source, const std::string &searchFor, const std::string &replaceWith)
+{
+    std::string::size_type index = 0;
+    while ((index = source.find(searchFor, index)) != std::string::npos) {
+        source.replace(index, searchFor.length(), replaceWith);
+        index += replaceWith.length();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/utils.h b/lib/utils.h
index 740acf00f89..34502736863 100644
--- a/lib/utils.h
+++ b/lib/utils.h
@@ -347,6 +347,23 @@ static inline const char* bool_to_string(bool b)
     return b ? "true" : "false";
 }
 
+/**
+ * Remove heading and trailing whitespaces from the input parameter.
+ * If string is all spaces/tabs, return empty string.
+ * @param s The string to trim.
+ * @param t The characters to trim.
+ */
+CPPCHECKLIB std::string trim(const std::string& s, const std::string& t = " \t");
+
+/**
+ * Replace all occurrences of searchFor with replaceWith in the
+ * given source.
+ * @param source The string to modify
+ * @param searchFor What should be searched for
+ * @param replaceWith What will replace the found item
+ */
+CPPCHECKLIB void findAndReplace(std::string &source, const std::string &searchFor, const std::string &replaceWith);
+
 namespace cppcheck
 {
     NORETURN inline void unreachable()
diff --git a/test/testutils.cpp b/test/testutils.cpp
index af04a91cbbc..531b2f477ed 100644
--- a/test/testutils.cpp
+++ b/test/testutils.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ class TestUtils : public TestFixture {
         TEST_CASE(strToInt);
         TEST_CASE(id_string);
         TEST_CASE(startsWith);
+        TEST_CASE(trim);
+        TEST_CASE(findAndReplace);
     }
 
     void isValidGlobPattern() const {
@@ -357,6 +359,74 @@ class TestUtils : public TestFixture {
         ASSERT(!::startsWith("2test", "t"));
         ASSERT(!::startsWith("t", "test"));
     }
+
+    void trim() const
+    {
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test", ::trim("test"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test", ::trim(" test"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test", ::trim("test "));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test", ::trim(" test "));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test", ::trim("  test"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test", ::trim("test  "));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test", ::trim("  test  "));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test", ::trim("\ttest"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test", ::trim("test\t"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test", ::trim("\ttest\t"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test", ::trim("\t\ttest"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test", ::trim("test\t\t"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test", ::trim("\t\ttest\t\t"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test", ::trim(" \ttest"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test", ::trim("test\t "));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test", ::trim(" \ttest\t"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test", ::trim("\t \ttest"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test", ::trim("test\t \t"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test", ::trim("\t \ttest\t \t"));
+
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test test", ::trim("test test"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test test", ::trim(" test test"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test test", ::trim("test test "));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test test", ::trim(" test test "));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test\ttest", ::trim(" test\ttest"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test\ttest", ::trim("test\ttest "));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test\ttest", ::trim(" test\ttest "));
+
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test", ::trim("\ntest", "\n"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test", ::trim("test\n", "\n"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("test", ::trim("\ntest\n", "\n"));
+    }
+
+    void findAndReplace() const {
+        {
+            std::string s{"test"};
+            ::findAndReplace(s, "test", "tset");
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("tset", s);
+        }
+        {
+            std::string s{"testtest"};
+            ::findAndReplace(s, "test", "tset");
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("tsettset", s);
+        }
+        {
+            std::string s{"1test1test1"};
+            ::findAndReplace(s, "test", "tset");
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("1tset1tset1", s);
+        }
+        {
+            std::string s{"1test1test1"};
+            ::findAndReplace(s, "test", "");
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("111", s);
+        }
+        {
+            std::string s{"111"};
+            ::findAndReplace(s, "test", "tset");
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("111", s);
+        }
+        {
+            std::string s;
+            ::findAndReplace(s, "test", "tset");
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("", s);
+        }
+    }
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestUtils)