diff --git a/src/codec/macros.rs b/src/codec/macros.rs
index 6e6aa8e6b..c280307f8 100644
--- a/src/codec/macros.rs
+++ b/src/codec/macros.rs
@@ -13,3 +13,25 @@ macro_rules! impl_stacks_message_codec_for_int {
         }
     };
 }
+
+macro_rules! impl_byte_array_message_codec {
+    ($thing:ident, $len:expr) => {
+        impl ::codec::StacksMessageCodec for $thing {
+            fn consensus_serialize<W: std::io::Write>(
+                &self,
+                fd: &mut W,
+            ) -> Result<(), ::codec::Error> {
+                fd.write_all(self.as_bytes())
+                    .map_err(::codec::Error::WriteError)
+            }
+            fn consensus_deserialize<R: std::io::Read>(
+                fd: &mut R,
+            ) -> Result<$thing, ::codec::Error> {
+                let mut buf = [0u8; ($len as usize)];
+                fd.read_exact(&mut buf).map_err(::codec::Error::ReadError)?;
+                let ret = $thing::from_bytes(&buf).expect("BUG: buffer is not the right size");
+                Ok(ret)
+            }
+        }
+    };
+}
diff --git a/src/net/mod.rs b/src/net/mod.rs
index 8467c315c..d44ede099 100644
--- a/src/net/mod.rs
+++ b/src/net/mod.rs
@@ -1515,27 +1515,6 @@ pub const GETPOXINV_MAX_BITLEN: u64 = 8;
 // message.
 pub const BLOCKS_PUSHED_MAX: u32 = 32;
 
-macro_rules! impl_byte_array_message_codec {
-    ($thing:ident, $len:expr) => {
-        impl ::codec::StacksMessageCodec for $thing {
-            fn consensus_serialize<W: std::io::Write>(
-                &self,
-                fd: &mut W,
-            ) -> Result<(), ::codec::Error> {
-                fd.write_all(self.as_bytes())
-                    .map_err(::codec::Error::WriteError)
-            }
-            fn consensus_deserialize<R: std::io::Read>(
-                fd: &mut R,
-            ) -> Result<$thing, ::codec::Error> {
-                let mut buf = [0u8; ($len as usize)];
-                fd.read_exact(&mut buf).map_err(::codec::Error::ReadError)?;
-                let ret = $thing::from_bytes(&buf).expect("BUG: buffer is not the right size");
-                Ok(ret)
-            }
-        }
-    };
-}
 impl_byte_array_message_codec!(ConsensusHash, 20);
 impl_byte_array_message_codec!(Hash160, 20);
 impl_byte_array_message_codec!(BurnchainHeaderHash, 32);