diff --git a/src/detect-engine.c b/src/detect-engine.c
index f6744b0ab4..b42bd16cf6 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine.c
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@
 #include "detect-uricontent.h"
 #include "detect-engine-threshold.h"
 
-#include "detect-http-response-line.h"
-
 #include "detect-engine-loader.h"
 
 #include "util-classification-config.h"
@@ -216,9 +214,6 @@ void DetectEngineRegisterAppInspectionEngines(void)
         { ALPROTO_HTTP,
           DETECT_SM_LIST_HSCDMATCH,
           DetectEngineInspectHttpStatCode },
-        { ALPROTO_HTTP,
-          DETECT_SM_LIST_HTTP_RESLINEMATCH,
-          DetectEngineInspectHttpResponseLine },
         /* Modbus */
         { ALPROTO_MODBUS,
           DETECT_SM_LIST_MODBUS_MATCH,
diff --git a/src/detect-http-response-line.c b/src/detect-http-response-line.c
index 7b41311083..70d5de4724 100644
--- a/src/detect-http-response-line.c
+++ b/src/detect-http-response-line.c
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ int DetectHttpResponseLineSetup(DetectEngineCtx *, Signature *, char *);
 void DetectHttpResponseLineRegisterTests(void);
 void DetectHttpResponseLineFree(void *);
 static int PrefilterTxHttpResponseLineRegister(SigGroupHead *sgh, MpmCtx *mpm_ctx);
+static int DetectEngineInspectHttpResponseLine(ThreadVars *tv,
+                                  DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
+                                  DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx,
+                                  Signature *s, Flow *f, uint8_t flags,
+                                  void *alstate,
+                                  void *txv, uint64_t tx_id);
 
 /**
  * \brief Registers the keyword handlers for the "http_response_line" keyword.
@@ -84,6 +90,11 @@ void DetectHttpResponseLineRegister(void)
     DetectMpmAppLayerRegister("http_response_line", SIG_FLAG_TOCLIENT,
             DETECT_SM_LIST_HTTP_RESLINEMATCH, 2,
             PrefilterTxHttpResponseLineRegister);
+
+    DetectAppLayerInspectEngineRegister(ALPROTO_HTTP, SIG_FLAG_TOCLIENT,
+            DETECT_SM_LIST_HTTP_RESLINEMATCH,
+            DetectEngineInspectHttpResponseLine);
+
     return;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/detect-http-response-line.h b/src/detect-http-response-line.h
index 53e7480130..0563feaf60 100644
--- a/src/detect-http-response-line.h
+++ b/src/detect-http-response-line.h
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@
 #ifndef __DETECT_HTTP_RESPONSE_LINE_H__
 #define __DETECT_HTTP_RESPONSE_LINE_H__
 
-int DetectEngineInspectHttpResponseLine(ThreadVars *tv,
-                                  DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx,
-                                  DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx,
-                                  Signature *s, Flow *f, uint8_t flags,
-                                  void *alstate,
-                                  void *txv, uint64_t tx_id);
 void DetectHttpResponseLineRegister(void);
 
 #endif /* __DETECT_HTTP_RESPONSE_LINE_H__ */