diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 54d1ed1..690b5cb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PROG		= pkgconf${PROG_SUFFIX}
-SRCS		= main.c parse.c pkg.c bsdstubs.c getopt_long.c fragment.c argvsplit.c fileio.c
+SRCS		= main.c parse.c pkg.c bsdstubs.c getopt_long.c fragment.c argvsplit.c fileio.c tuple.c
 
 include buildsys.mk
 
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 0a0fe4d..bd52b6c 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ print_variable(pkg_t *pkg, void *unused)
 	const char *variable_tmpl;
 	(void) unused;
 
-	variable_tmpl = tuple_find(pkg->vars, want_variable);
+	variable_tmpl = pkg_tuple_find(pkg->vars, want_variable);
 	if (variable_tmpl != NULL)
 	{
 		char *var = strdup_parse(pkg, variable_tmpl);
diff --git a/parse.c b/parse.c
index 0f3a501..a0b0014 100644
--- a/parse.c
+++ b/parse.c
@@ -24,35 +24,6 @@
 #include "pkg.h"
 #include "bsdstubs.h"
 
-static pkg_tuple_t *
-tuple_add(pkg_tuple_t *parent, const char *key, const char *value)
-{
-	pkg_tuple_t *tuple = calloc(sizeof(pkg_tuple_t), 1);
-
-	tuple->key = strdup(key);
-	tuple->value = strdup(value);
-
-	tuple->next = parent;
-	if (tuple->next != NULL)
-		tuple->next->prev = tuple;
-
-	return tuple;
-}
-
-char *
-tuple_find(pkg_tuple_t *head, const char *key)
-{
-	pkg_tuple_t *node;
-
-	foreach_list_entry(head, node)
-	{
-		if (!strcasecmp(node->key, key))
-			return node->value;
-	}
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 char *
 strdup_parse(pkg_t *pkg, const char *value)
 {
@@ -85,7 +56,7 @@ strdup_parse(pkg_t *pkg, const char *value)
 			}
 
 			ptr += (pptr - ptr);
-			kv = tuple_find(pkg->vars, varname);
+			kv = pkg_tuple_find(pkg->vars, varname);
 
 			if (kv != NULL)
 			{
@@ -437,7 +408,7 @@ parse_file(const char *filename, FILE *f)
 				pkg->conflicts = parse_deplist(pkg, value);
 			break;
 		case '=':
-			pkg->vars = tuple_add(pkg->vars, key, value);
+			pkg->vars = pkg_tuple_add(pkg->vars, key, value);
 			break;
 		default:
 			break;
diff --git a/pkg.h b/pkg.h
index b643578..8f43a91 100644
--- a/pkg.h
+++ b/pkg.h
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ const char *pkg_get_comparator(pkg_dependency_t *pkgdep);
 
 /* parse.c */
 pkg_t *parse_file(const char *path, FILE *f);
-char *tuple_find(pkg_tuple_t *head, const char *key);
 pkg_dependency_t *parse_deplist(pkg_t *pkg, const char *depends);
 pkg_dependency_t *pkg_dependency_append(pkg_dependency_t *head, pkg_dependency_t *tail);
 char *strdup_parse(pkg_t *pkg, const char *value);
@@ -153,4 +152,8 @@ bool pkg_fragment_exists(pkg_fragment_t *head, pkg_fragment_t *base);
 /* fileio.c */
 char *pkg_fgetline(char *line, size_t size, FILE *stream);
 
+/* tuple.c */
+pkg_tuple_t *pkg_tuple_add(pkg_tuple_t *parent, const char *key, const char *value);
+char *pkg_tuple_find(pkg_tuple_t *head, const char *key);
+
 #endif