diff --git a/src/detect-byte-extract.c b/src/detect-byte-extract.c
index 7140ed41a5..5743803d44 100644
--- a/src/detect-byte-extract.c
+++ b/src/detect-byte-extract.c
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ int DetectByteExtractSetup(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *arg)
             }
             int list = SigMatchListSMBelongsTo(s, pm);
             if (list == DETECT_SM_LIST_UMATCH)
-                SigMatchAppendUricontent(s,sm);
+                SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_UMATCH);
             else
                 SigMatchAppendPayload(s, sm);
         } else {
diff --git a/src/detect-parse.c b/src/detect-parse.c
index 1fff1f1a6c..5918c4e71a 100644
--- a/src/detect-parse.c
+++ b/src/detect-parse.c
@@ -173,29 +173,6 @@ void SigMatchAppendSMToList(Signature *s, SigMatch *new, int list)
     s->sm_cnt++;
 }
 
-/**
- * \brief append a SigMatch of type uricontent to the Signature structure
- * \param s pointer to the Signature
- * \param new pointer to the SigMatch of type uricontent to be appended
- */
-void SigMatchAppendUricontent(Signature *s, SigMatch *new) {
-    if (s->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_UMATCH] == NULL) {
-        s->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_UMATCH] = new;
-        s->sm_lists_tail[DETECT_SM_LIST_UMATCH] = new;
-        new->next = NULL;
-        new->prev = NULL;
-    } else {
-        SigMatch *cur = s->sm_lists_tail[DETECT_SM_LIST_UMATCH];
-        cur->next = new;
-        new->prev = cur;
-        new->next = NULL;
-        s->sm_lists_tail[DETECT_SM_LIST_UMATCH] = new;
-    }
-
-    new->idx = s->sm_cnt;
-    s->sm_cnt++;
-}
-
 void SigMatchAppendPayload(Signature *s, SigMatch *new) {
     if (s->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH] == NULL) {
         s->sm_lists[DETECT_SM_LIST_PMATCH] = new;
diff --git a/src/detect-parse.h b/src/detect-parse.h
index 534bf6656e..b9c40fc3fc 100644
--- a/src/detect-parse.h
+++ b/src/detect-parse.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ void SigMatchAppendDcePayload(Signature *, SigMatch *);
 void SigMatchAppendPacket(Signature *, SigMatch *);
 void SigMatchAppendThreshold(Signature *, SigMatch *);
 void SigMatchAppendPostMatch(Signature *, SigMatch *);
-void SigMatchAppendUricontent(Signature *, SigMatch *);
 void SigMatchAppendTag(Signature *, SigMatch *);
 void SigMatchAppendSMToList(Signature *, SigMatch *, int);
 void SigMatchRemoveSMFromList(Signature *, SigMatch *, int);
diff --git a/src/detect-pcre.c b/src/detect-pcre.c
index 714c9b7681..3145e5752d 100644
--- a/src/detect-pcre.c
+++ b/src/detect-pcre.c
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ static int DetectPcreSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *regexst
 
         s->alproto = ALPROTO_HTTP;
 
-        SigMatchAppendUricontent(s, sm);
+        SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_UMATCH);
     } else if (pd->flags & DETECT_PCRE_HTTP_RAW_URI) {
         s->flags |= SIG_FLAG_APPLAYER;
         if (s->alproto != ALPROTO_UNKNOWN && s->alproto != ALPROTO_HTTP) {
diff --git a/src/detect-uricontent.c b/src/detect-uricontent.c
index f8f6cdb297..39b64b8425 100644
--- a/src/detect-uricontent.c
+++ b/src/detect-uricontent.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ int DetectUricontentSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *contents
 
     s->alproto = ALPROTO_HTTP;
 
-    SigMatchAppendUricontent(s,sm);
+    SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_UMATCH);
 
     SCReturnInt(0);