diff --git a/include/url.h b/include/url.h
index 4622d67..61f96e4 100644
--- a/include/url.h
+++ b/include/url.h
@@ -248,24 +248,24 @@ namespace Url
          */
         Url& unpunycode();
 
-    private:
-        // Private, unimplemented to prevent use.
-        Url();
-
         /**
-         * Remove repeated, leading, and trailing instances of chr from the string.
+         * Ensure all the provided characters are escaped if necessary
          */
-        void remove_repeats(std::string& str, const char chr);
+        static void escape(std::string& str, const CharacterClass& safe, bool strict);
 
         /**
-         * Ensure all the provided characters are escaped if necessary
+         * Unescape entities in the provided string
          */
-        void escape(std::string& str, const CharacterClass& safe, bool strict);
+        static void unescape(std::string& str);
+
+    private:
+        // Private, unimplemented to prevent use.
+        Url();
 
         /**
-         * Unescape entities in the provided string
+         * Remove repeated, leading, and trailing instances of chr from the string.
          */
-        void unescape(std::string& str);
+        void remove_repeats(std::string& str, const char chr);
 
         /**
          * Remove any params that match entries in the blacklist.