diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 5af48207..4dd459ae 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -1572,27 +1572,6 @@ bool RootMove::extract_ponder_from_tt(Position& pos)
 }
 
 
-/// Thread::idle_loop() is where the thread is parked when it has no work to do
-
-void Thread::idle_loop() {
-
-  while (!exit)
-  {
-      // If this thread has been assigned work, launch a search
-      if (searching)
-          this->search();
-
-      // If search is finished then sleep
-      if (!Threads.main()->thinking)
-      {
-          std::unique_lock<Mutex> lk(mutex);
-          while (!exit && !Threads.main()->thinking)
-              sleepCondition.wait(lk);
-      }
-  }
-}
-
-
 /// check_time() is called by the timer thread when the timer triggers. It is
 /// used to print debug info and, more importantly, to detect when we are out of
 /// available time and thus stop the search.
diff --git a/src/thread.cpp b/src/thread.cpp
index 14d3bab1..ac4c170e 100644
--- a/src/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/thread.cpp
@@ -106,6 +106,27 @@ void TimerThread::idle_loop() {
 }
 
 
+// Thread::idle_loop() is where the thread is parked when it has no work to do
+
+void Thread::idle_loop() {
+
+  while (!exit)
+  {
+      // If this thread has been assigned work, launch a search
+      if (searching)
+          this->search();
+
+      // If search is finished then sleep
+      if (!Threads.main()->thinking)
+      {
+          std::unique_lock<Mutex> lk(mutex);
+          while (!exit && !Threads.main()->thinking)
+              sleepCondition.wait(lk);
+      }
+  }
+}
+
+
 // MainThread::idle_loop() is where the main thread is parked waiting to be started
 // when there is a new search. The main thread will launch all the slave threads.