diff --git a/include/extractor/edge_based_node.hpp b/include/extractor/edge_based_node.hpp
index ae85b02c7..701e7ece2 100644
--- a/include/extractor/edge_based_node.hpp
+++ b/include/extractor/edge_based_node.hpp
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@ struct EdgeBasedNode
                      (reverse_edge_based_node_id != SPECIAL_NODEID));
     }
 
-    static inline util::Coordinate Centroid(const util::Coordinate a, const util::Coordinate b)
-    {
-        util::Coordinate centroid;
-        // The coordinates of the midpoint are given by:
-        centroid.lon = (a.lon + b.lon) / util::FixedLongitude(2);
-        centroid.lat = (a.lat + b.lat) / util::FixedLatitude(2);
-        return centroid;
-    }
-
     NodeID forward_edge_based_node_id; // needed for edge-expanded graph
     NodeID reverse_edge_based_node_id; // needed for edge-expanded graph
     NodeID u;                          // indices into the coordinates array
diff --git a/include/util/coordinate_calculation.hpp b/include/util/coordinate_calculation.hpp
index e8d8c82a1..8dba68406 100644
--- a/include/util/coordinate_calculation.hpp
+++ b/include/util/coordinate_calculation.hpp
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ double perpendicularDistanceFromProjectedCoordinate(
     Coordinate &nearest_location,
     double &ratio);
 
+Coordinate centroid(const Coordinate lhs, const Coordinate rhs);
+
 double bearing(const Coordinate first_coordinate, const Coordinate second_coordinate);
 
 // Get angle of line segment (A,C)->(C,B)
diff --git a/include/util/static_rtree.hpp b/include/util/static_rtree.hpp
index e3d2cc9ef..6ef2a9d6c 100644
--- a/include/util/static_rtree.hpp
+++ b/include/util/static_rtree.hpp
@@ -137,11 +137,8 @@ class StaticRTree
                     BOOST_ASSERT(current_element.u < coordinate_list.size());
                     BOOST_ASSERT(current_element.v < coordinate_list.size());
 
-                    Coordinate current_centroid =
-                        EdgeDataT::Centroid(Coordinate(coordinate_list[current_element.u].lon,
-                                                       coordinate_list[current_element.u].lat),
-                                            Coordinate(coordinate_list[current_element.v].lon,
-                                                       coordinate_list[current_element.v].lat));
+                    Coordinate current_centroid = coordinate_calculation::centroid(
+                        coordinate_list[current_element.u], coordinate_list[current_element.v]);
                     current_centroid.lat = FixedLatitude(
                         COORDINATE_PRECISION *
                         coordinate_calculation::mercator::latToY(toFloating(current_centroid.lat)));
diff --git a/src/util/coordinate_calculation.cpp b/src/util/coordinate_calculation.cpp
index 5eafe9fae..67662ca9c 100644
--- a/src/util/coordinate_calculation.cpp
+++ b/src/util/coordinate_calculation.cpp
@@ -200,6 +200,16 @@ double perpendicularDistanceFromProjectedCoordinate(
     return approximate_distance;
 }
 
+Coordinate centroid(const Coordinate lhs, const Coordinate rhs)
+{
+    Coordinate centroid;
+    // The coordinates of the midpoints are given by:
+    // x = (x1 + x2) /2 and y = (y1 + y2) /2.
+    centroid.lon = (lhs.lon + rhs.lon) / FixedLongitude(2);
+    centroid.lat = (lhs.lat + rhs.lat) / FixedLatitude(2);
+    return centroid;
+}
+
 double degToRad(const double degree)
 {
     using namespace boost::math::constants;