diff --git a/src/ShellCheck/ASTLib.hs b/src/ShellCheck/ASTLib.hs
index 4f49243..efa8cdb 100644
--- a/src/ShellCheck/ASTLib.hs
+++ b/src/ShellCheck/ASTLib.hs
@@ -134,10 +134,6 @@ isUnquotedFlag token = fromMaybe False $ do
     str <- getLeadingUnquotedString token
     return $ "-" `isPrefixOf` str
 
--- Given a T_DollarBraced, return a simplified version of the string contents.
-bracedString (T_DollarBraced _ _ l) = concat $ oversimplify l
-bracedString _ = error "Internal shellcheck error, please report! (bracedString on non-variable)"
-
 -- Is this an expansion of multiple items of an array?
 isArrayExpansion (T_DollarBraced _ _ l) =
     let string = concat $ oversimplify l in
diff --git a/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs b/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
index 23852b1..dd98370 100644
--- a/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
+++ b/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
@@ -1869,6 +1869,10 @@ checkSpacefulness params = checkSpacefulness' onFind params
             any (`isPrefixOf` modifier) ["=", ":="]
             && isParamTo parents ":" token
 
+    -- Given a T_DollarBraced, return a simplified version of the string contents.
+    bracedString (T_DollarBraced _ _ l) = concat $ oversimplify l
+    bracedString _ = error "Internal shellcheck error, please report! (bracedString on non-variable)"
+
 prop_checkSpacefulness4v= verifyTree checkVerboseSpacefulness "foo=3; foo=$(echo $foo)"
 prop_checkSpacefulness8v= verifyTree checkVerboseSpacefulness "a=foo\\ bar; a=foo; rm $a"
 prop_checkSpacefulness28v = verifyTree checkVerboseSpacefulness "exec {n}>&1; echo $n"