diff --git a/src/detect-byte-extract.c b/src/detect-byte-extract.c
index fadba988e1..3d9b46427f 100644
--- a/src/detect-byte-extract.c
+++ b/src/detect-byte-extract.c
@@ -615,13 +615,13 @@ int DetectByteExtractSetup(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *arg)
                                         DETECT_BYTEJUMP, s->sm_lists_tail[DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH]);
 
         if (pm == NULL) {
-            SigMatchAppendDcePayload(s, sm);
+            SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH);
         } else if (dm == NULL) {
-            SigMatchAppendDcePayload(s, sm);
+            SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH);
         } else if (pm->idx > dm->idx) {
             SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH);
         } else {
-            SigMatchAppendDcePayload(s, sm);
+            SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH);
         }
     } else {
         if (data->flags & DETECT_BYTE_EXTRACT_FLAG_RELATIVE) {
diff --git a/src/detect-bytejump.c b/src/detect-bytejump.c
index 627bafeb3a..94856b034a 100644
--- a/src/detect-bytejump.c
+++ b/src/detect-bytejump.c
@@ -596,13 +596,13 @@ int DetectBytejumpSetup(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *optstr)
                                         DETECT_BYTEJUMP, s->sm_lists_tail[DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH]);
 
         if (pm == NULL) {
-            SigMatchAppendDcePayload(s, sm);
+            SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH);
         } else if (dm == NULL) {
-            SigMatchAppendDcePayload(s, sm);
+            SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH);
         } else if (pm->idx > dm->idx) {
             SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH);
         } else {
-            SigMatchAppendDcePayload(s, sm);
+            SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH);
         }
     } else {
         SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH);
diff --git a/src/detect-bytetest.c b/src/detect-bytetest.c
index ecb8ddd85d..1ccd88cc9b 100644
--- a/src/detect-bytetest.c
+++ b/src/detect-bytetest.c
@@ -520,13 +520,13 @@ int DetectBytetestSetup(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *optstr)
                 DETECT_BYTEJUMP, s->sm_lists_tail[DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH]);
 
         if (pm == NULL) {
-            SigMatchAppendDcePayload(s, sm);
+            SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH);
         } else if (dm == NULL) {
-            SigMatchAppendDcePayload(s, sm);
+            SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH);
         } else if (pm->idx > dm->idx) {
             SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH);
         } else {
-            SigMatchAppendDcePayload(s, sm);
+            SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH);
         }
     } else {
         SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH);
diff --git a/src/detect-isdataat.c b/src/detect-isdataat.c
index 3ec3942e64..b1ad15656f 100644
--- a/src/detect-isdataat.c
+++ b/src/detect-isdataat.c
@@ -277,13 +277,13 @@ int DetectIsdataatSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *isdataatst
                 DETECT_BYTEJUMP, s->sm_lists_tail[DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH]);
 
         if (pm == NULL) {
-            SigMatchAppendDcePayload(s, sm);
+            SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH);
         } else if (dm == NULL) {
-            SigMatchAppendDcePayload(s, sm);
+            SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH);
         } else if (pm->idx > dm->idx) {
             SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH);
         } else {
-            SigMatchAppendDcePayload(s, sm);
+            SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH);
         }
         prev_pm = SigMatchGetLastSMFromLists(s, 6,
                 DETECT_CONTENT, sm->prev,
diff --git a/src/detect-parse.c b/src/detect-parse.c
index 76950c3606..32792a0ff5 100644
--- a/src/detect-parse.c
+++ b/src/detect-parse.c
@@ -173,27 +173,6 @@ void SigMatchAppendSMToList(Signature *s, SigMatch *new, int list)
     s->sm_cnt++;
 }
 
-void SigMatchAppendDcePayload(Signature *s, SigMatch *new) {
-    SCLogDebug("Append SigMatch against s->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH](dce) list");
-    if (s->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH] == NULL) {
-        s->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH] = new;
-        s->sm_lists_tail[DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH] = new;
-        new->next = NULL;
-        new->prev = NULL;
-    } else {
-        SigMatch *cur = s->sm_lists_tail[DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH];
-        cur->next = new;
-        new->prev = cur;
-        new->next = NULL;
-        s->sm_lists_tail[DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH] = new;
-    }
-
-    new->idx = s->sm_cnt;
-    s->sm_cnt++;
-
-    return;
-}
-
 /** \brief Append a sig match to the signatures tag match list
  *         This is done on other list because the tag keyword
  *         should be always the last inspected (never ordered)
diff --git a/src/detect-parse.h b/src/detect-parse.h
index e17eae12e6..e84185a864 100644
--- a/src/detect-parse.h
+++ b/src/detect-parse.h
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ void SigMatchReplace(Signature *, SigMatch *, SigMatch *);
 void SigMatchReplaceContent(Signature *, SigMatch *, SigMatch *);
 void SigMatchReplaceContentToUricontent(Signature *, SigMatch *, SigMatch *);
 
-void SigMatchAppendDcePayload(Signature *, SigMatch *);
 void SigMatchAppendPacket(Signature *, SigMatch *);
 void SigMatchAppendThreshold(Signature *, SigMatch *);
 void SigMatchAppendPostMatch(Signature *, SigMatch *);
diff --git a/src/detect-pcre.c b/src/detect-pcre.c
index 1a9d3d38f9..89deda319f 100644
--- a/src/detect-pcre.c
+++ b/src/detect-pcre.c
@@ -1176,13 +1176,13 @@ static int DetectPcreSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *regexst
                     DETECT_BYTEJUMP, s->sm_lists_tail[DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH]);
 
             if (pm == NULL) {
-                SigMatchAppendDcePayload(s, sm);
+                SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH);
             } else if (dm == NULL) {
-                SigMatchAppendDcePayload(s, sm);
+                SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH);
             } else if (pm->idx > dm->idx) {
                 SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH);
             } else {
-                SigMatchAppendDcePayload(s, sm);
+                SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_DMATCH);
             }
         } else {
             if (s->init_flags & SIG_FLAG_INIT_FILE_DATA) {