diff --git a/js/src/functions/ColumnSorting.js b/js/src/functions/ColumnSorting.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3bbf631181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/src/functions/ColumnSorting.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import PMA_commonParams from '../variables/common_params';
+
+function captureURL (url) {
+    var URL = {};
+    url = '' + url;
+    // Exclude the url part till HTTP
+    url = url.substr(url.search('sql.php'), url.length);
+    // The url part between ORDER BY and &session_max_rows needs to be replaced.
+    URL.head = url.substr(0, url.indexOf('ORDER+BY') + 9);
+    URL.tail = url.substr(url.indexOf('&session_max_rows'), url.length);
+    return URL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * This function is for navigating to the generated URL
+ *
+ * @param object   target HTMLAnchor element
+ * @param object   parent HTMLDom Object
+ */
+
+export function removeColumnFromMultiSort (target, parent) {
+    var URL = captureURL(target);
+    var begin = target.indexOf('ORDER+BY') + 8;
+    var end = target.indexOf(PMA_commonParams.get('arg_separator') + 'session_max_rows');
+    // get the names of the columns involved
+    var between_part = target.substr(begin, end - begin);
+    var columns = between_part.split('%2C+');
+    // If the given column is not part of the order clause exit from this function
+    var index = parent.find('small').length ? parent.find('small').text() : '';
+    if (index === '') {
+        return '';
+    }
+    // Remove the current clicked column
+    columns.splice(index - 1, 1);
+    // If all the columns have been removed dont submit a query with nothing
+    // After order by clause.
+    if (columns.length === 0) {
+        var head = URL.head;
+        head = head.slice(0,head.indexOf('ORDER+BY'));
+        URL.head = head;
+        // removing the last sort order should have priority over what
+        // is remembered via the RememberSorting directive
+        URL.tail += PMA_commonParams.get('arg_separator') + 'discard_remembered_sort=1';
+    }
+    URL.head = URL.head.substring(URL.head.indexOf('?') + 1);
+    var middle_part = columns.join('%2C+');
+    var params = URL.head + middle_part + URL.tail;
+    return params;
+}
diff --git a/js/src/multi_column_sort.js b/js/src/multi_column_sort.js
index 5a8989916b..24b5796025 100644
--- a/js/src/multi_column_sort.js
+++ b/js/src/multi_column_sort.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import PMA_commonParams from './variables/common_params';
 import { PMA_ajaxShowMessage } from './utils/show_ajax_messages';
 import { AJAX } from './ajax';
+import { removeColumnFromMultiSort } from './functions/ColumnSorting';
 
 /**
  * @fileoverview    Implements the shiftkey + click remove column
@@ -11,54 +12,6 @@ import { AJAX } from './ajax';
  * @requires    jQuery
  */
 
-function captureURL (url) {
-    var URL = {};
-    url = '' + url;
-    // Exclude the url part till HTTP
-    url = url.substr(url.search('sql.php'), url.length);
-    // The url part between ORDER BY and &session_max_rows needs to be replaced.
-    URL.head = url.substr(0, url.indexOf('ORDER+BY') + 9);
-    URL.tail = url.substr(url.indexOf('&session_max_rows'), url.length);
-    return URL;
-}
-
-/**
- * This function is for navigating to the generated URL
- *
- * @param object   target HTMLAnchor element
- * @param object   parent HTMLDom Object
- */
-
-function removeColumnFromMultiSort (target, parent) {
-    var URL = captureURL(target);
-    var begin = target.indexOf('ORDER+BY') + 8;
-    var end = target.indexOf(PMA_commonParams.get('arg_separator') + 'session_max_rows');
-    // get the names of the columns involved
-    var between_part = target.substr(begin, end - begin);
-    var columns = between_part.split('%2C+');
-    // If the given column is not part of the order clause exit from this function
-    var index = parent.find('small').length ? parent.find('small').text() : '';
-    if (index === '') {
-        return '';
-    }
-    // Remove the current clicked column
-    columns.splice(index - 1, 1);
-    // If all the columns have been removed dont submit a query with nothing
-    // After order by clause.
-    if (columns.length === 0) {
-        var head = URL.head;
-        head = head.slice(0,head.indexOf('ORDER+BY'));
-        URL.head = head;
-        // removing the last sort order should have priority over what
-        // is remembered via the RememberSorting directive
-        URL.tail += PMA_commonParams.get('arg_separator') + 'discard_remembered_sort=1';
-    }
-    URL.head = URL.head.substring(URL.head.indexOf('?') + 1);
-    var middle_part = columns.join('%2C+');
-    var params = URL.head + middle_part + URL.tail;
-    return params;
-}
-
 export function onloadMultiColumnSort () {
     $(document).on('click', 'th.draggable.column_heading.pointer.marker a', function (event) {
         var url = $(this).parent().find('input').val();