diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 2bbd343657..9764df7fbc 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ BITCOIN_CORE_H = \
   txrequest.h \
   undo.h \
   util/asmap.h \
+  util/batchpriority.h \
   util/bip32.h \
   util/bitdeque.h \
   util/bytevectorhash.h \
@@ -711,6 +712,7 @@ libbitcoin_util_a_SOURCES = \
   support/cleanse.cpp \
   sync.cpp \
   util/asmap.cpp \
+  util/batchpriority.cpp \
   util/bip32.cpp \
   util/bytevectorhash.cpp \
   util/chaintype.cpp \
@@ -963,6 +965,7 @@ libbitcoinkernel_la_SOURCES = \
   txdb.cpp \
   txmempool.cpp \
   uint256.cpp \
+  util/batchpriority.cpp \
   util/chaintype.cpp \
   util/check.cpp \
   util/exception.cpp \
@@ -978,7 +981,6 @@ libbitcoinkernel_la_SOURCES = \
   util/string.cpp \
   util/syscall_sandbox.cpp \
   util/syserror.cpp \
-  util/system.cpp \
   util/thread.cpp \
   util/threadnames.cpp \
   util/time.cpp \
diff --git a/src/node/blockstorage.cpp b/src/node/blockstorage.cpp
index f8d4e6c1da..a97f837e28 100644
--- a/src/node/blockstorage.cpp
+++ b/src/node/blockstorage.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <signet.h>
 #include <streams.h>
 #include <undo.h>
+#include <util/batchpriority.h>
 #include <util/fs.h>
 #include <util/syscall_sandbox.h>
 #include <util/system.h>
diff --git a/src/util/batchpriority.cpp b/src/util/batchpriority.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c73aef1eb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/batchpriority.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2023 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#include <logging.h>
+#include <util/syserror.h>
+
+#if (defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__))
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <pthread_np.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifndef WIN32
+#include <sched.h>
+#endif
+
+void ScheduleBatchPriority()
+{
+#ifdef SCHED_BATCH
+    const static sched_param param{};
+    const int rc = pthread_setschedparam(pthread_self(), SCHED_BATCH, &param);
+    if (rc != 0) {
+        LogPrintf("Failed to pthread_setschedparam: %s\n", SysErrorString(rc));
+    }
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/src/util/batchpriority.h b/src/util/batchpriority.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ffc8dd684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/batchpriority.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2023 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_UTIL_BATCHPRIORITY_H
+#define BITCOIN_UTIL_BATCHPRIORITY_H
+
+/**
+ * On platforms that support it, tell the kernel the calling thread is
+ * CPU-intensive and non-interactive. See SCHED_BATCH in sched(7) for details.
+ *
+ */
+void ScheduleBatchPriority();
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_UTIL_BATCHPRIORITY_H
diff --git a/src/util/system.cpp b/src/util/system.cpp
index 598e6adb88..0b342c03a0 100644
--- a/src/util/system.cpp
+++ b/src/util/system.cpp
@@ -7,16 +7,9 @@
 
 #include <logging.h>
 #include <util/string.h>
-#include <util/syserror.h>
 #include <util/time.h>
 
-#if (defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__))
-#include <pthread.h>
-#include <pthread_np.h>
-#endif
-
 #ifndef WIN32
-#include <sched.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #else
 #include <codecvt>
@@ -112,14 +105,3 @@ int64_t GetStartupTime()
 {
     return nStartupTime;
 }
-
-void ScheduleBatchPriority()
-{
-#ifdef SCHED_BATCH
-    const static sched_param param{};
-    const int rc = pthread_setschedparam(pthread_self(), SCHED_BATCH, &param);
-    if (rc != 0) {
-        LogPrintf("Failed to pthread_setschedparam: %s\n", SysErrorString(rc));
-    }
-#endif
-}
diff --git a/src/util/system.h b/src/util/system.h
index e2fc3450f6..a8c049ad44 100644
--- a/src/util/system.h
+++ b/src/util/system.h
@@ -36,13 +36,6 @@ void runCommand(const std::string& strCommand);
  */
 int GetNumCores();
 
-/**
- * On platforms that support it, tell the kernel the calling thread is
- * CPU-intensive and non-interactive. See SCHED_BATCH in sched(7) for details.
- *
- */
-void ScheduleBatchPriority();
-
 namespace util {
 
 //! Simplification of std insertion