diff --git a/aprslib/parsing/common.py b/aprslib/parsing/common.py
index d25dc96..dd8d9cd 100644
--- a/aprslib/parsing/common.py
+++ b/aprslib/parsing/common.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ __all__ = [
     'parse_data_extentions',
     'parse_comment_altitude',
     'parse_dao',
-    'remove_WIDEn_N',
     ]
 
 def validate_callsign(callsign, prefix=""):
@@ -74,21 +73,6 @@ def parse_header(head):
     return parsed
 
 
-def remove_WIDEn_N(path):
-    """
-    Remove WIDEn-N entries and * markers from path, leaving only digi names
-    path: path of parsed packet (list of strings)
-    returns: list of digipeaters that digipeated packet, in order
-    """
-    digipath = []
-    for digi in path:
-        digi = re.sub('\*','',digi) # Get rid of * markers
-        if not re.match('WIDE[0-9]-*[0-9]*',digi): # check for not WIDEn-N
-            digipath.append(digi)
-
-    return digipath
-
-
 def parse_timestamp(body, packet_type=''):
     parsed = {}
 
diff --git a/aprslib/util/__init__.py b/aprslib/util/__init__.py
index df8a9a4..16507b2 100644
--- a/aprslib/util/__init__.py
+++ b/aprslib/util/__init__.py
@@ -34,3 +34,11 @@ def comment_altitude(altitude):
     return "/A={0:06.0f}".format(altitude)
 
 
+def remove_WIDEn_N(path):
+    """
+    Remove WIDEn-N entries and asterisks from path, leaving only digi names
+    path: path of parsed packet (list of strings)
+    returns: list of digipeaters that digipeated packet, in order
+    """
+    path = map(lambda x: re.sub('*$', '', x), path) # Remove asterisks
+    return(path = list(filter(lambda x: not re.match(r'WIDE[0-9\-\*]+$', x), path)))