diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index ebdf2c40..7b82fe12 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ impl InnerPostgresConnection {
         let mut result_desc: ~[ResultDescription] = match if_ok_pg!(self.read_message()) {
             RowDescription { descriptions } =>
                 descriptions.move_iter().map(|desc| {
-                        ResultDescription::from_row_description_entry(desc)
+                        stmt::make_ResultDescription(desc)
                     }).collect(),
             NoData => ~[],
             _ => unreachable!()
diff --git a/src/stmt.rs b/src/stmt.rs
index d432a5d0..09d858e8 100644
--- a/src/stmt.rs
+++ b/src/stmt.rs
@@ -265,15 +265,12 @@ pub struct ResultDescription {
     ty: PostgresType
 }
 
-impl ResultDescription {
-    pub fn from_row_description_entry(row: RowDescriptionEntry)
-            -> ResultDescription {
-        let RowDescriptionEntry { name, type_oid, .. } = row;
+pub fn make_ResultDescription(row: RowDescriptionEntry) -> ResultDescription {
+    let RowDescriptionEntry { name, type_oid, .. } = row;
 
-        ResultDescription {
-            name: name,
-            ty: PostgresType::from_oid(type_oid)
-        }
+    ResultDescription {
+        name: name,
+        ty: PostgresType::from_oid(type_oid)
     }
 }