diff --git a/src/detect-detection-filter.c b/src/detect-detection-filter.c
index 7a93679429..0bc2e6df54 100644
--- a/src/detect-detection-filter.c
+++ b/src/detect-detection-filter.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ int DetectDetectionFilterSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *raw
     sm->type = DETECT_DETECTION_FILTER;
     sm->ctx = (void *)df;
 
-    SigMatchAppendThreshold(s, sm);
+    SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_THRESHOLD);
 
     return 0;
 
diff --git a/src/detect-parse.c b/src/detect-parse.c
index 25f16d1b54..fb50c5a5ac 100644
--- a/src/detect-parse.c
+++ b/src/detect-parse.c
@@ -189,15 +189,6 @@ void SigMatchRemoveSMFromList(Signature *s, SigMatch *sm, int sm_list)
     return;
 }
 
-/** \brief Append a sig match to the signatures threshold list
- *
- *  \param s signature
- *  \param new sigmatch to append
- */
-void SigMatchAppendThreshold(Signature *s, SigMatch *new) {
-    SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, new, DETECT_SM_LIST_THRESHOLD);
-}
-
 /** \brief Pull a content 'old' from the pmatch list, append 'new' to amatch list.
   * Used for replacing contents that have http_cookie, etc modifiers.
   */
diff --git a/src/detect-parse.h b/src/detect-parse.h
index 2b8e63ab94..039526d274 100644
--- a/src/detect-parse.h
+++ b/src/detect-parse.h
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ void SigMatchReplace(Signature *, SigMatch *, SigMatch *);
 void SigMatchReplaceContent(Signature *, SigMatch *, SigMatch *);
 void SigMatchReplaceContentToUricontent(Signature *, SigMatch *, SigMatch *);
 
-void SigMatchAppendThreshold(Signature *, SigMatch *);
 void SigMatchAppendSMToList(Signature *, SigMatch *, int);
 void SigMatchRemoveSMFromList(Signature *, SigMatch *, int);
 int SigMatchListSMBelongsTo(Signature *, SigMatch *);
diff --git a/src/detect-threshold.c b/src/detect-threshold.c
index bce4a08e08..e326259aa9 100644
--- a/src/detect-threshold.c
+++ b/src/detect-threshold.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static int DetectThresholdSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *ra
     sm->type = DETECT_THRESHOLD;
     sm->ctx = (void *)de;
 
-    SigMatchAppendThreshold(s, sm);
+    SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_THRESHOLD);
 
     return 0;
 
diff --git a/src/util-threshold-config.c b/src/util-threshold-config.c
index f39daeb705..f72863924b 100644
--- a/src/util-threshold-config.c
+++ b/src/util-threshold-config.c
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ int SCThresholdConfAddThresholdtype(char *rawstr, DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx)
                     de_ctx->ths_ctx.th_size++;
                 }
             }
-            SigMatchAppendThreshold(s, sm);
+            SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_THRESHOLD);
             s = ns;
         }
 
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ int SCThresholdConfAddThresholdtype(char *rawstr, DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx)
                         de_ctx->ths_ctx.th_size++;
                     }
                 }
-                SigMatchAppendThreshold(s, sm);
+                SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_THRESHOLD);
             }
             s = ns;
         }
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ int SCThresholdConfAddThresholdtype(char *rawstr, DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx)
                 }
             }
 
-            SigMatchAppendThreshold(sig, sm);
+            SigMatchAppendSMToList(sig, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_THRESHOLD);
         }
 
     }