diff --git a/include/cubescript/cubescript.hh b/include/cubescript/cubescript.hh
index ae86947c..a8e7e044 100644
--- a/include/cubescript/cubescript.hh
+++ b/include/cubescript/cubescript.hh
@@ -780,7 +780,11 @@ namespace util {
             }
         }
 
-        CsString element() const;
+        CsString element() const {
+            auto app = ostd::appender<CsString>();
+            element(app);
+            return ostd::move(app.get());
+        }
 
 private:
         CsState &p_state;
diff --git a/src/cs_util.cc b/src/cs_util.cc
index 8f2f0e6f..c8d5f569 100644
--- a/src/cs_util.cc
+++ b/src/cs_util.cc
@@ -390,12 +390,6 @@ endblock:
         }
         return ret;
     }
-
-    CsString ListParser::element() const {
-        auto app = ostd::appender<CsString>();
-        element(app);
-        return ostd::move(app.get());
-    }
 } /* namespace util */
 
 } /* namespace cscript */