diff --git a/engine/common/common.c b/engine/common/common.c
index 684718dd..45756357 100644
--- a/engine/common/common.c
+++ b/engine/common/common.c
@@ -151,6 +151,30 @@ int GAME_EXPORT COM_RandomLong( int lLow, int lHigh )
 	return lLow + (n % x);
 }
 
+/*
+============
+va
+
+does a varargs printf into a temp buffer,
+so I don't need to have varargs versions
+of all text functions.
+============
+*/
+char *va( const char *format, ... )
+{
+	va_list		argptr;
+	static char	string[16][MAX_VA_STRING], *s;
+	static int	stringindex = 0;
+
+	s = string[stringindex];
+	stringindex = (stringindex + 1) & 15;
+	va_start( argptr, format );
+	Q_vsnprintf( s, sizeof( string[0] ), format, argptr );
+	va_end( argptr );
+
+	return s;
+}
+
 /*
 ===============================================================================
 
diff --git a/engine/common/common.h b/engine/common/common.h
index 2ff09685..e80d8eea 100644
--- a/engine/common/common.h
+++ b/engine/common/common.h
@@ -844,6 +844,7 @@ void COM_NormalizeAngles( vec3_t angles );
 int COM_FileSize( const char *filename );
 void COM_FreeFile( void *buffer );
 int COM_CompareFileTime( const char *filename1, const char *filename2, int *iCompare );
+char *va( const char *format, ... ) _format( 1 );
 
 // soundlib shared exports
 qboolean S_Init( void );
diff --git a/public/crtlib.c b/public/crtlib.c
index 2a67f476..4ca8484a 100644
--- a/public/crtlib.c
+++ b/public/crtlib.c
@@ -619,30 +619,6 @@ char *Q_pretifymem( float value, int digitsafterdecimal )
 	return out;
 }
 
-/*
-============
-va
-
-does a varargs printf into a temp buffer,
-so I don't need to have varargs versions
-of all text functions.
-============
-*/
-char *va( const char *format, ... )
-{
-	va_list		argptr;
-	static char	string[16][MAX_VA_STRING], *s;
-	static int	stringindex = 0;
-
-	s = string[stringindex];
-	stringindex = (stringindex + 1) & 15;
-	va_start( argptr, format );
-	Q_vsnprintf( s, sizeof( string[0] ), format, argptr );
-	va_end( argptr );
-
-	return s;
-}
-
 /*
 ============
 COM_FileBase
diff --git a/public/crtlib.h b/public/crtlib.h
index 4f159584..5c4187a5 100644
--- a/public/crtlib.h
+++ b/public/crtlib.h
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ int Q_sprintf( char *buffer, const char *format, ... ) _format( 2 );
 void COM_StripColors( const char *in, char *out );
 #define Q_memprint( val ) Q_pretifymem( val, 2 )
 char *Q_pretifymem( float value, int digitsafterdecimal );
-char *va( const char *format, ... ) _format( 1 );
 void COM_FileBase( const char *in, char *out );
 const char *COM_FileExtension( const char *in );
 void COM_DefaultExtension( char *path, const char *extension );