diff --git a/vlib/net/http/request.v b/vlib/net/http/request.v
index 41e22d917a..b94754c191 100644
--- a/vlib/net/http/request.v
+++ b/vlib/net/http/request.v
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ struct MultiplePathAttributesError {
 	code int
 }
 
-fn parse_multipart_form(body string, boundary string) (map[string]string, map[string][]FileData) {
+pub fn parse_multipart_form(body string, boundary string) (map[string]string, map[string][]FileData) {
 	sections := body.split(boundary)
 	fields := sections[1..sections.len - 1]
 	mut form := map[string]string{}
diff --git a/vlib/vweb/request.v b/vlib/vweb/request.v
index 836775fcbf..7c947f02ff 100644
--- a/vlib/vweb/request.v
+++ b/vlib/vweb/request.v
@@ -85,42 +85,6 @@ fn parse_form(body string) map[string]string {
 	// ...
 }
 
-fn parse_multipart_form(body string, boundary string) (map[string]string, map[string][]FileData) {
-	sections := body.split(boundary)
-	fields := sections[1..sections.len - 1]
-	mut form := map[string]string{}
-	mut files := map[string][]FileData{}
-
-	for field in fields {
-		// TODO: do not split into lines; do same parsing for HTTP body
-		lines := field.split('\n')[1..]
-		disposition := parse_disposition(lines[0])
-		// Grab everything between the double quotes
-		name := disposition['name'] or { continue }
-		// Parse files
-		// TODO: filename*
-		if 'filename' in disposition {
-			filename := disposition['filename']
-			// Parse Content-Type header
-			if lines.len == 1 || !lines[1].to_lower().starts_with('content-type:') {
-				continue
-			}
-			mut ct := lines[1].split_nth(':', 2)[1]
-			ct = ct.trim_left(' \t').trim_right('\r')
-			data := lines_to_string(field.len, lines, 3, lines.len - 1)
-			files[name] << FileData{
-				filename: filename
-				content_type: ct
-				data: data
-			}
-			continue
-		}
-		data := lines_to_string(field.len, lines, 2, lines.len - 1)
-		form[name] = data
-	}
-	return form, files
-}
-
 // Parse the Content-Disposition header of a multipart form
 // Returns a map of the key="value" pairs
 // Example: parse_disposition('Content-Disposition: form-data; name="a"; filename="b"') == {'name': 'a', 'filename': 'b'}
diff --git a/vlib/vweb/vweb.v b/vlib/vweb/vweb.v
index 18b20703fe..b919aa7172 100644
--- a/vlib/vweb/vweb.v
+++ b/vlib/vweb/vweb.v
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ pub mut:
 	static_mime_types map[string]string
 	form              map[string]string
 	query             map[string]string
-	files             map[string][]FileData
+	files             map[string][]http.FileData
 	header            http.Header // response headers
 	done              bool
 	page_gen_start    i64
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ fn handle_conn<T>(mut conn net.TcpConn, mut app T) {
 				send_string(mut conn, vweb.http_400.bytestr()) or {}
 				return
 			}
-			form, files := parse_multipart_form(req.data, boundary[0][9..])
+			form, files := http.parse_multipart_form(req.data, boundary[0][9..])
 			for k, v in form {
 				app.form[k] = v
 			}