diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__uci_section/files/functions.sh b/cdist/conf/type/__uci_section/files/functions.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f510958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__uci_section/files/functions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# -*- mode: sh; indent-tabs-mode: t -*-
+
+append_values() {
+	while read -r _value
+	do
+		set -- "$@" --value "${_value}"
+	done
+	unset _value
+	"$@" </dev/null
+}
+
+grep_line() {
+	{ shift; printf '%s\n' "$@"; } | grep -qxF "$1"
+}
+
+prefix_lines() {
+	while test $# -gt 0
+	do
+		echo "$2" | awk -v prefix="$1" '$0 { printf "%s %s\n", prefix, $0 }'
+		shift; shift
+	done
+}
+
+print_errors() {
+	awk -v prefix="${1:-Found errors:}" -v suffix="${2-}" '
+		BEGIN {
+			if (getline) {
+				print prefix
+				print
+				rc = 1
+			}
+		}
+		{ print }
+		END {
+			if (rc && suffix) print suffix
+			exit rc
+		}' >&2
+}
+
+uci_validate_name() {
+	# like util.c uci_validate_name()
+	test -n "$*" && test -z "$(printf %s "$*" | tr -d '[:alnum:]_' | tr -c '' .)"
+}
+
+unquote_lines() {
+	sed -e '/^".*"$/{s/^"//;s/"$//}' \
+	    -e '/'"^'.*'"'$/{s/'"^'"'//;s/'"'$"'//}'
+}
+
+validate_options() {
+	grep -shv -e '^[[:alnum:]_]\{1,\}=' "$@"
+}
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__uci_section/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__uci_section/manifest
index a7865315..208a2c4e 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__uci_section/manifest
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__uci_section/manifest
@@ -18,46 +18,8 @@
 # along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 
-grep_line() { { shift; printf '%s\n' "$@"; } | grep -qxF "$1"; }
-prefix_lines() {
-	while test $# -gt 0
-	do
-		echo "$2" | awk -v prefix="$1" '$0 { printf "%s %s\n", prefix, $0 }'
-		shift; shift
-	done
-}
-uci_validate_name() {
-	# like util.c uci_validate_name()
-	test -n "$*" && test -z "$(printf %s "$*" | tr -d '[:alnum:]_' | tr -c '' .)"
-}
-validate_options() { grep -shv -e '^[[:alnum:]_]\{1,\}=' "$@"; }
-unquote_lines() {
-	sed -e '/^".*"$/{s/^"//;s/"$//}' \
-	    -e '/'"^'.*'"'$/{s/'"^'"'//;s/'"'$"'//}'
-}
-append_values() {
-	while read -r _value
-	do
-		set -- "$@" --value "${_value}"
-	done
-	unset _value
-	"$@" </dev/null
-}
-print_errors() {
-	awk -v prefix="${1:-Found errors:}" -v suffix="${2-}" '
-		BEGIN {
-			if (getline) {
-				print prefix
-				print
-				rc = 1
-			}
-		}
-		{ print }
-		END {
-			if (rc && suffix) print suffix
-			exit rc
-		}' >&2
-}
+# shellcheck source=files/functions.sh
+. "${__type:?}/files/functions.sh"
 
 
 ## Check section name and error if invalid!