diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/BaseAdaptor.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/BaseAdaptor.pm
index 26408741883ce8464bc6bc48f83d1f791aa1dbad..f206ddc523788412c4ce0d8dafa2c466fd2e7d58 100755
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/BaseAdaptor.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/BaseAdaptor.pm
@@ -1113,5 +1113,52 @@ sub get_dumped_data {
     return eval ($data); ## no critic
 }
 
+#
+# Given a logic name and an existing constraint this will
+# add an analysis table constraint to the feature.  Note that if no
+# analysis_id exists in the columns of the primary table then no
+# constraint is added at all
+#
+sub _logic_name_to_constraint {
+  my $self = shift;
+  my $constraint = shift;
+  my $logic_name = shift;
+
+  return $constraint if(!$logic_name);
+
+  #make sure that an analysis_id exists in the primary table
+  my ($prim_tab) = $self->_tables();
+  my $prim_synonym = $prim_tab->[1];
+
+  my $found_analysis=0;
+  foreach my $col ($self->_columns) {
+    my ($syn,$col_name) = split(/\./,$col);
+    next if($syn ne $prim_synonym);
+    if($col_name eq 'analysis_id') {
+      $found_analysis = 1;
+      last;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if(!$found_analysis) {
+    warning("This feature is not associated with an analysis.\n" .
+            "Ignoring logic_name argument = [$logic_name].\n");
+    return $constraint;
+  }
+
+  my $aa = $self->db->get_AnalysisAdaptor();
+  my $an = $aa->fetch_by_logic_name($logic_name);
+
+  if ( !defined($an) ) {
+    return undef;
+  }
+
+  my $an_id = $an->dbID();
+
+  $constraint .= ' AND' if($constraint);
+  $constraint .= " ${prim_synonym}.analysis_id = $an_id";
+  return $constraint;
+}
+
 
 1;
diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/BaseFeatureAdaptor.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/BaseFeatureAdaptor.pm
index 477715299e64df3358a6f7f80b482ea0d70b6b07..06e320d1ad382a31ce07440035f33b7b1ba7bee7 100755
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/BaseFeatureAdaptor.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/BaseFeatureAdaptor.pm
@@ -1166,54 +1166,6 @@ sub _remap {
 }
 
 
-#
-# Given a logic name and an existing constraint this will
-# add an analysis table constraint to the feature.  Note that if no
-# analysis_id exists in the columns of the primary table then no
-# constraint is added at all
-#
-sub _logic_name_to_constraint {
-  my $self = shift;
-  my $constraint = shift;
-  my $logic_name = shift;
-
-  return $constraint if(!$logic_name);
-
-  #make sure that an analysis_id exists in the primary table
-  my ($prim_tab) = $self->_tables();
-  my $prim_synonym = $prim_tab->[1];
-
-  my $found_analysis=0;
-  foreach my $col ($self->_columns) {
-    my ($syn,$col_name) = split(/\./,$col);
-    next if($syn ne $prim_synonym);
-    if($col_name eq 'analysis_id') {
-      $found_analysis = 1;
-      last;
-    }
-  }
-
-  if(!$found_analysis) {
-    warning("This feature is not associated with an analysis.\n" .
-            "Ignoring logic_name argument = [$logic_name].\n");
-    return $constraint;
-  }
-
-  my $aa = $self->db->get_AnalysisAdaptor();
-  my $an = $aa->fetch_by_logic_name($logic_name);
-
-  if ( !defined($an) ) {
-    return undef;
-  }
-
-  my $an_id = $an->dbID();
-
-  $constraint .= ' AND' if($constraint);
-  $constraint .= " ${prim_synonym}.analysis_id = $an_id";
-  return $constraint;
-}
-
-
 =head2 store
 
   Arg [1]    : list of Bio::EnsEMBL::SeqFeature