diff --git a/cranelift/module/src/module.rs b/cranelift/module/src/module.rs
index 7112c1e86c..eb4e668b98 100644
--- a/cranelift/module/src/module.rs
+++ b/cranelift/module/src/module.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@ impl From<FuncId> for ir::ExternalName {
     }
 }
 
+impl FuncId {
+    /// Get the `FuncId` for the function named by `name`.
+    pub fn from_name(name: &ir::ExternalName) -> FuncId {
+        if let ir::ExternalName::User { namespace, index } = *name {
+            debug_assert_eq!(namespace, 0);
+            FuncId::from_u32(index)
+        } else {
+            panic!("unexpected ExternalName kind {}", name)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// A data object identifier for use in the `Module` interface.
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, PartialOrd, Ord)]
 pub struct DataId(u32);
@@ -44,6 +56,18 @@ impl From<DataId> for ir::ExternalName {
     }
 }
 
+impl DataId {
+    /// Get the `DataId` for the data object named by `name`.
+    pub fn from_name(name: &ir::ExternalName) -> DataId {
+        if let ir::ExternalName::User { namespace, index } = *name {
+            debug_assert_eq!(namespace, 1);
+            DataId::from_u32(index)
+        } else {
+            panic!("unexpected ExternalName kind {}", name)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Linkage refers to where an entity is defined and who can see it.
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum Linkage {
@@ -214,21 +238,10 @@ impl ModuleDeclarations {
         self.functions.iter()
     }
 
-    /// Get the `FuncId` for the function named by `name`.
-    pub fn get_function_id(&self, name: &ir::ExternalName) -> FuncId {
-        if let ir::ExternalName::User { namespace, index } = *name {
-            debug_assert_eq!(namespace, 0);
-            FuncId::from_u32(index)
-        } else {
-            panic!("unexpected ExternalName kind {}", name)
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Get the `DataId` for the data object named by `name`.
-    pub fn get_data_id(&self, name: &ir::ExternalName) -> DataId {
-        if let ir::ExternalName::User { namespace, index } = *name {
-            debug_assert_eq!(namespace, 1);
-            DataId::from_u32(index)
+    /// Return whether `name` names a function, rather than a data object.
+    pub fn is_function(name: &ir::ExternalName) -> bool {
+        if let ir::ExternalName::User { namespace, .. } = *name {
+            namespace == 0
         } else {
             panic!("unexpected ExternalName kind {}", name)
         }
@@ -249,15 +262,6 @@ impl ModuleDeclarations {
         &self.data_objects[data_id]
     }
 
-    /// Return whether `name` names a function, rather than a data object.
-    pub fn is_function(&self, name: &ir::ExternalName) -> bool {
-        if let ir::ExternalName::User { namespace, .. } = *name {
-            namespace == 0
-        } else {
-            panic!("unexpected ExternalName kind {}", name)
-        }
-    }
-
     /// Declare a function in this module.
     pub fn declare_function(
         &mut self,
diff --git a/cranelift/object/src/backend.rs b/cranelift/object/src/backend.rs
index e27ebcde04..853289d3e2 100644
--- a/cranelift/object/src/backend.rs
+++ b/cranelift/object/src/backend.rs
@@ -477,11 +477,11 @@ impl ObjectModule {
     fn get_symbol(&mut self, name: &ir::ExternalName) -> SymbolId {
         match *name {
             ir::ExternalName::User { .. } => {
-                if self.declarations.is_function(name) {
-                    let id = self.declarations.get_function_id(name);
+                if ModuleDeclarations::is_function(name) {
+                    let id = FuncId::from_name(name);
                     self.functions[id].unwrap().0
                 } else {
-                    let id = self.declarations.get_data_id(name);
+                    let id = DataId::from_name(name);
                     self.data_objects[id].unwrap().0
                 }
             }
diff --git a/cranelift/simplejit/src/backend.rs b/cranelift/simplejit/src/backend.rs
index a436a3cd23..727fecd10a 100644
--- a/cranelift/simplejit/src/backend.rs
+++ b/cranelift/simplejit/src/backend.rs
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ impl SimpleJITModule {
     fn get_definition(&self, name: &ir::ExternalName) -> *const u8 {
         match *name {
             ir::ExternalName::User { .. } => {
-                let (name, linkage) = if self.declarations.is_function(name) {
-                    let func_id = self.declarations.get_function_id(name);
+                let (name, linkage) = if ModuleDeclarations::is_function(name) {
+                    let func_id = FuncId::from_name(name);
                     match &self.functions[func_id] {
                         Some(compiled) => return compiled.ptr,
                         None => {
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ impl SimpleJITModule {
                         }
                     }
                 } else {
-                    let data_id = self.declarations.get_data_id(name);
+                    let data_id = DataId::from_name(name);
                     match &self.data_objects[data_id] {
                         Some(compiled) => return compiled.ptr,
                         None => {