diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h
@@ -81,10 +81,6 @@
                         (uint8_t)Object[ELF::EI_DATA]);
 }
 
-static inline Error createError(const Twine &Err) {
-  return make_error<StringError>(Err, object_error::parse_failed);
-}
-
 enum PPCInstrMasks : uint64_t {
   PADDI_R12_NO_DISP = 0x0610000039800000,
   ADDIS_R12_TO_R2_NO_DISP = 0x3D820000,
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/Error.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/Error.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/Error.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/Error.h
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@
 /// error() function needs to called on the llvm::Error.
 Error isNotObjectErrorInvalidFileType(llvm::Error Err);
 
+inline Error createError(const Twine &Err) {
+  return make_error<StringError>(Err, object_error::parse_failed);
+}
+
 } // end namespace object.
 
 } // end namespace llvm.
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Object/COFFModuleDefinition.cpp b/llvm/lib/Object/COFFModuleDefinition.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Object/COFFModuleDefinition.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Object/COFFModuleDefinition.cpp
@@ -80,11 +80,6 @@
          (!MingwDef && Sym.contains('@'));
 }
 
-static Error createError(const Twine &Err) {
-  return make_error<StringError>(StringRef(Err.str()),
-                                 object_error::parse_failed);
-}
-
 class Lexer {
 public:
   Lexer(StringRef S) : Buf(S) {}
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Object/XCOFFObjectFile.cpp b/llvm/lib/Object/XCOFFObjectFile.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Object/XCOFFObjectFile.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Object/XCOFFObjectFile.cpp
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@
                                      Offset);
 }
 
-static Error createError(const Twine &Err) {
-  return make_error<StringError>(Err, object_error::parse_failed);
-}
-
 template <typename T> static const T *viewAs(uintptr_t in) {
   return reinterpret_cast<const T *>(in);
 }