diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/edit_handlers.py b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/edit_handlers.py
index d3be76161..b7090ff22 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/edit_handlers.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/edit_handlers.py
@@ -261,6 +261,10 @@ def extract_panel_definitions_from_model_class(model, exclude=None):
     return panels
 
 
+def set_page_edit_handler(page_class, handlers):
+    page_class.handlers = handlers
+
+
 class EditHandler(object):
     """
     Abstract class providing sensible default behaviours for objects implementing
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/pages.py b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/pages.py
index 15aa81808..67d0e7525 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/pages.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/views/pages.py
@@ -555,10 +555,6 @@ def get_which_page_edit_handler(page_class):
         return get_default_panels(page_class)
 
 
-def set_page_edit_handler(page_class, handlers):
-    page_class.handlers = handlers
-
-
 def get_page_edit_handler(page_class):
     if page_class not in PAGE_EDIT_HANDLERS:
         PAGE_EDIT_HANDLERS[page_class] = TabbedInterface(get_which_page_edit_handler(page_class))