diff --git a/Userland/Applications/TextEditor/MainWidget.cpp b/Userland/Applications/TextEditor/MainWidget.cpp
index cb1e31946e..47487f1f3e 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/TextEditor/MainWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/TextEditor/MainWidget.cpp
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ void MainWidget::update_statusbar()
 
     if (m_editor && m_editor->syntax_highlighter()) {
         auto language = m_editor->syntax_highlighter()->language();
-        m_statusbar->set_text(1, m_editor->syntax_highlighter()->language_string(language));
+        m_statusbar->set_text(1, Syntax::language_to_string(language));
     }
     m_statusbar->set_text(2, DeprecatedString::formatted("Ln {}, Col {}", m_editor->cursor().line() + 1, m_editor->cursor().column()));
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibSyntax/Highlighter.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibSyntax/Highlighter.cpp
index a3e97d6ac2..cf4250bcf2 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibSyntax/Highlighter.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibSyntax/Highlighter.cpp
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ void Highlighter::register_nested_token_pairs(Vector<MatchingTokenPair> pairs)
         m_nested_token_pairs.set(pair);
 }
 
-StringView Highlighter::language_string(Language language) const
+StringView language_to_string(Language language)
 {
     switch (language) {
     case Language::Cpp:
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibSyntax/Highlighter.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibSyntax/Highlighter.h
index 8ca7b93cec..21952ec6a6 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibSyntax/Highlighter.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibSyntax/Highlighter.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ struct TextStyle {
     bool const bold { false };
 };
 
+StringView language_to_string(Language);
+
 class Highlighter {
     AK_MAKE_NONCOPYABLE(Highlighter);
     AK_MAKE_NONMOVABLE(Highlighter);
@@ -40,7 +42,6 @@ public:
     virtual ~Highlighter() = default;
 
     virtual Language language() const = 0;
-    StringView language_string(Language) const;
     virtual Optional<StringView> comment_prefix() const = 0;
     virtual Optional<StringView> comment_suffix() const = 0;
     virtual void rehighlight(Palette const&) = 0;