diff --git a/libretro-common/compat/compat.c b/libretro-common/compat/compat.c
index 3a6ddd460e..3b51123d7b 100644
--- a/libretro-common/compat/compat.c
+++ b/libretro-common/compat/compat.c
@@ -364,28 +364,3 @@ char *rarch_strtok_r__(char *str, const char *delim, char **saveptr)
 }
 
 #endif
-
-/*
- * Find the first occurrence of find in s, ignore case.
- */
-char *rarch_strcasestr(const char *s, const char *find)
-{
-   char c, sc;
-   size_t len;
-
-   if ((c = *find++) != 0)
-   {
-      c = tolower((unsigned char)c);
-      len = strlen(find);
-      do
-      {
-         do
-         {
-            if ((sc = *s++) == 0)
-               return (NULL);
-         }while ((char)tolower((unsigned char)sc) != c);
-      }while (strncasecmp(s, find, len) != 0);
-      s--;
-   }
-   return ((char *)s);
-}
diff --git a/libretro-common/include/compat/strcasestr.h b/libretro-common/include/compat/strcasestr.h
index 707b00c8e0..bd36835eea 100644
--- a/libretro-common/include/compat/strcasestr.h
+++ b/libretro-common/include/compat/strcasestr.h
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 /* Copyright  (C) 2010-2015 The RetroArch team
  *
  * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * The following license statement only applies to this file (strcasestr.h).
- * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * The following license statement only applies to this file (strcasestr.h).  * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge,
  * to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
diff --git a/libretro-common/include/compat/strl.h b/libretro-common/include/compat/strl.h
index 0f14cb18c5..14a0c03204 100644
--- a/libretro-common/include/compat/strl.h
+++ b/libretro-common/include/compat/strl.h
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ size_t strlcat(char *dest, const char *source, size_t size);
 
 #endif
 
-char *rarch_strcasestr(const char *s, const char *find);
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/tasks/task_database.c b/tasks/task_database.c
index 4b62f218f5..6c5f0402b4 100644
--- a/tasks/task_database.c
+++ b/tasks/task_database.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+#include <compat/strcasestr.h>
 #include <compat/strl.h>
 
 #include "../dir_list_special.h"
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ static int database_info_iterate_crc_lookup(
                entry_state_crc, db_info_entry->crc32, db_info_entry->name);
 #endif
 
-         if (rarch_strcasestr(entry_state_crc, db_info_entry->crc32))
+         if (strcasestr(entry_state_crc, db_info_entry->crc32))
             database_info_list_iterate_found_match(db_state, db, zip_entry);
       }
    }