diff --git a/content/base/public/nsContentUtils.h b/content/base/public/nsContentUtils.h
index 634e01f56f2a..f0b1d6e81dc6 100644
--- a/content/base/public/nsContentUtils.h
+++ b/content/base/public/nsContentUtils.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 #include "nsThreadUtils.h"
 #include "nsIContent.h"
 #include "nsCharSeparatedTokenizer.h"
+#include "gfxContext.h"
+#include "gfxFont.h"
 #include "nsContentList.h"
 
 #include "mozilla/AutoRestore.h"
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ struct nsIntMargin;
 class nsPIDOMWindow;
 class nsIDocumentLoaderFactory;
 class nsIDOMHTMLInputElement;
+class gfxTextObjectPaint;
 
 namespace mozilla {
 
@@ -2119,6 +2122,13 @@ public:
 
   static nsIEditor* GetHTMLEditor(nsPresContext* aPresContext);
 
+  static bool PaintSVGGlyph(Element *aElement, gfxContext *aContext,
+                            gfxFont::DrawMode aDrawMode,
+                            gfxTextObjectPaint *aObjectPaint);
+
+  static bool GetSVGGlyphExtents(Element *aElement, const gfxMatrix& aSVGToAppSpace,
+                                 gfxRect *aResult);
+
   /**
    * Check whether a spec feature/version is supported.
    * @param aObject the object, which should support the feature,
diff --git a/content/base/src/nsContentUtils.cpp b/content/base/src/nsContentUtils.cpp
index e8071e14fd02..137d3945a991 100644
--- a/content/base/src/nsContentUtils.cpp
+++ b/content/base/src/nsContentUtils.cpp
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@
 #include "nsILoadContext.h"
 #include "nsTextFragment.h"
 #include "mozilla/Selection.h"
+#include "nsSVGUtils.h"
+#include "nsISVGChildFrame.h"
+#include "nsRenderingContext.h"
+#include "gfxSVGGlyphs.h"
 
 #ifdef IBMBIDI
 #include "nsIBidiKeyboard.h"
@@ -6900,6 +6904,60 @@ nsContentUtils::JSArrayToAtomArray(JSContext* aCx, const JS::Value& aJSArray,
   return NS_OK;
 }
 
+/* static */
+bool
+nsContentUtils::PaintSVGGlyph(Element *aElement, gfxContext *aContext,
+                              gfxFont::DrawMode aDrawMode,
+                              gfxTextObjectPaint *aObjectPaint)
+{
+  nsIFrame *frame = aElement->GetPrimaryFrame();
+  if (!frame) {
+    NS_WARNING("No frame for SVG glyph");
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  nsISVGChildFrame *displayFrame = do_QueryFrame(frame);
+  if (!displayFrame) {
+    NS_WARNING("Non SVG frame for SVG glyph");
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  nsRenderingContext context;
+
+  context.Init(frame->PresContext()->DeviceContext(), aContext);
+  context.AddUserData(&gfxTextObjectPaint::sUserDataKey, aObjectPaint, nullptr);
+
+  nsresult rv = displayFrame->PaintSVG(&context, nullptr);
+  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(rv, false);
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+/* static */
+bool
+nsContentUtils::GetSVGGlyphExtents(Element *aElement, const gfxMatrix& aSVGToAppSpace,
+                                   gfxRect *aResult)
+{
+  nsIFrame *frame = aElement->GetPrimaryFrame();
+  if (!frame) {
+    NS_WARNING("No frame for SVG glyph");
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  nsISVGChildFrame *displayFrame = do_QueryFrame(frame);
+  if (!displayFrame) {
+    NS_WARNING("Non SVG frame for SVG glyph");
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  *aResult = displayFrame->GetBBoxContribution(aSVGToAppSpace,
+      nsSVGUtils::eBBoxIncludeFill | nsSVGUtils::eBBoxIncludeFillGeometry |
+      nsSVGUtils::eBBoxIncludeStroke | nsSVGUtils::eBBoxIncludeStrokeGeometry |
+      nsSVGUtils::eBBoxIncludeMarkers);
+
+  return true;
+}
+
 // static
 void
 nsContentUtils::GetSelectionInTextControl(Selection* aSelection,
diff --git a/gfx/thebes/gfxSVGGlyphs.cpp b/gfx/thebes/gfxSVGGlyphs.cpp
index 62e4e122ea66..0bbf54bf9e37 100644
--- a/gfx/thebes/gfxSVGGlyphs.cpp
+++ b/gfx/thebes/gfxSVGGlyphs.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include "nsIDOMNodeList.h"
 #include "nsString.h"
 #include "nsIDocument.h"
+#include "nsPrintfCString.h"
 #include "nsICategoryManager.h"
 #include "nsIDocumentLoaderFactory.h"
 #include "nsIContentViewer.h"
@@ -55,11 +56,11 @@
 #include "nsXMLContentSink.h"
 #include "nsNetUtil.h"
 #include "nsIInputStream.h"
+#include "nsContentUtils.h"
 #include "nsStringStream.h"
 #include "nsStreamUtils.h"
 #include "nsIPrincipal.h"
 #include "Element.h"
-#include "nsSVGUtils.h"
 
 #define SVG_CONTENT_TYPE NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("image/svg+xml")
 #define UTF8_CHARSET NS_LITERAL_CSTRING("utf-8")
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ gfxSVGGlyphs::RenderGlyph(gfxContext *aContext, uint32_t aGlyphId,
     Element *glyph = mGlyphIdMap.Get(aGlyphId);
     NS_ASSERTION(glyph, "No glyph element. Should check with HasSVGGlyph() first!");
 
-    return nsSVGUtils::PaintSVGGlyph(glyph, aContext, aDrawMode, aObjectPaint);
+    return nsContentUtils::PaintSVGGlyph(glyph, aContext, aDrawMode, aObjectPaint);
 }
 
 bool
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ gfxSVGGlyphs::GetGlyphExtents(uint32_t aGlyphId, const gfxMatrix& aSVGToAppSpace
     Element *glyph = mGlyphIdMap.Get(aGlyphId);
     NS_ASSERTION(glyph, "No glyph element. Should check with HasSVGGlyph() first!");
 
-    return nsSVGUtils::GetSVGGlyphExtents(glyph, aSVGToAppSpace, aResult);
+    return nsContentUtils::GetSVGGlyphExtents(glyph, aSVGToAppSpace, aResult);
 }
 
 Element *
diff --git a/layout/svg/nsSVGUtils.cpp b/layout/svg/nsSVGUtils.cpp
index 15bbbc0f569c..6af829de6b27 100644
--- a/layout/svg/nsSVGUtils.cpp
+++ b/layout/svg/nsSVGUtils.cpp
@@ -1864,41 +1864,3 @@ nsSVGUtils::SetupCairoStroke(nsIFrame* aFrame, gfxContext* aContext,
 
   return SetupCairoStrokePaint(aFrame, aContext, aObjectPaint);
 }
-
-bool
-nsSVGUtils::PaintSVGGlyph(Element* aElement, gfxContext* aContext,
-                          gfxFont::DrawMode aDrawMode,
-                          gfxTextObjectPaint* aObjectPaint)
-{
-  nsIFrame* frame = aElement->GetPrimaryFrame();
-  nsISVGChildFrame* svgFrame = do_QueryFrame(frame);
-  MOZ_ASSERT(!frame || svgFrame, "Non SVG frame for SVG glyph");
-  if (svgFrame) {
-    nsRenderingContext context;
-    context.Init(frame->PresContext()->DeviceContext(), aContext);
-    context.AddUserData(&gfxTextObjectPaint::sUserDataKey, aObjectPaint, nullptr);
-    nsresult rv = svgFrame->PaintSVG(&context, nullptr);
-    if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv)) {
-      return true;
-    }
-  }
-  return false;
-}
-
-bool
-nsSVGUtils::GetSVGGlyphExtents(Element* aElement,
-                               const gfxMatrix& aSVGToAppSpace,
-                               gfxRect* aResult)
-{
-  nsIFrame* frame = aElement->GetPrimaryFrame();
-  nsISVGChildFrame* svgFrame = do_QueryFrame(frame);
-  MOZ_ASSERT(!frame || svgFrame, "Non SVG frame for SVG glyph");
-  if (svgFrame) {
-    *aResult = svgFrame->GetBBoxContribution(aSVGToAppSpace,
-      nsSVGUtils::eBBoxIncludeFill | nsSVGUtils::eBBoxIncludeFillGeometry |
-      nsSVGUtils::eBBoxIncludeStroke | nsSVGUtils::eBBoxIncludeStrokeGeometry |
-      nsSVGUtils::eBBoxIncludeMarkers);
-    return true;
-  }
-  return false;
-}
diff --git a/layout/svg/nsSVGUtils.h b/layout/svg/nsSVGUtils.h
index 374e398b5826..cbdc25e6f629 100644
--- a/layout/svg/nsSVGUtils.h
+++ b/layout/svg/nsSVGUtils.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #define _USE_MATH_DEFINES
 #include <math.h>
 
-#include "gfxFont.h"
 #include "gfxMatrix.h"
 #include "gfxPoint.h"
 #include "gfxRect.h"
@@ -204,7 +203,6 @@ NS_DEFINE_STATIC_IID_ACCESSOR(nsISVGFilterProperty, NS_ISVGFILTERPROPERTY_IID)
 class nsSVGUtils
 {
 public:
-  typedef mozilla::dom::Element Element;
 
   static void Init();
 
@@ -633,28 +631,6 @@ public:
    * property on the element.
    */
   static uint16_t GetGeometryHitTestFlags(nsIFrame* aFrame);
-
-  /**
-   * Render a SVG glyph.
-   * @param aElement the SVG glyph element to render
-   * @param aContext the thebes aContext to draw to
-   * @param aDrawMode fill or stroke or both (see gfxFont::DrawMode)
-   * @return true if rendering succeeded
-   */
-  static bool PaintSVGGlyph(Element* aElement, gfxContext* aContext,
-                            gfxFont::DrawMode aDrawMode,
-                            gfxTextObjectPaint* aObjectPaint);
-  /**
-   * Get the extents of a SVG glyph.
-   * @param aElement the SVG glyph element
-   * @param aSVGToAppSpace the matrix mapping the SVG glyph space to the
-   *   target context space
-   * @param aResult the result (valid when true is returned)
-   * @return true if calculating the extents succeeded
-   */
-  static bool GetSVGGlyphExtents(Element* aElement,
-                                 const gfxMatrix& aSVGToAppSpace,
-                                 gfxRect* aResult);
 };
 
 #endif