diff --git a/src/Menus.h b/src/Menus.h
index cdfa09de0..3405cebb5 100644
--- a/src/Menus.h
+++ b/src/Menus.h
@@ -106,9 +106,6 @@ public:
 
 /// Namespace for functions for Edit menu
 namespace EditActions {
-bool DoEditMetadata(
-   AudacityProject &project,
-   const wxString &title, const wxString &shortUndoDescription, bool force );
 void DoReloadPreferences( AudacityProject & );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/export/Export.cpp b/src/export/Export.cpp
index 1ab73df04..f1a876e45 100644
--- a/src/export/Export.cpp
+++ b/src/export/Export.cpp
@@ -61,13 +61,14 @@
 
 #include "../DirManager.h"
 #include "../FileFormats.h"
-#include "../Menus.h"
 #include "../Mix.h"
 #include "../Prefs.h"
 #include "../Project.h"
+#include "../ProjectHistory.h"
 #include "../ProjectSettings.h"
 #include "../ProjectWindow.h"
 #include "../ShuttleGui.h"
+#include "../Tags.h"
 #include "../TimeTrack.h"
 #include "../WaveTrack.h"
 #include "../widgets/AudacityMessageBox.h"
@@ -380,6 +381,34 @@ const ExportPluginArray &Exporter::GetPlugins()
    return mPlugins;
 }
 
+bool Exporter::DoEditMetadata(AudacityProject &project,
+   const wxString &title, const wxString &shortUndoDescription, bool force)
+{
+   auto &settings = ProjectSettings::Get( project );
+   auto &tags = Tags::Get( project );
+
+   // Back up my tags
+   // Tags (artist name, song properties, MP3 ID3 info, etc.)
+   // The structure may be shared with undo history entries
+   // To keep undo working correctly, always replace this with a NEW duplicate
+   // BEFORE doing any editing of it!
+   auto newTags = tags.Duplicate();
+
+   if (newTags->ShowEditDialog(&GetProjectFrame( project ), title, force)) {
+      if (tags != *newTags) {
+         // Commit the change to project state only now.
+         Tags::Set( project, newTags );
+         ProjectHistory::Get( project ).PushState(title, shortUndoDescription);
+      }
+      bool bShowInFuture;
+      gPrefs->Read(wxT("/AudioFiles/ShowId3Dialog"), &bShowInFuture, true);
+      settings.SetShowId3Dialog( bShowInFuture );
+      return true;
+   }
+
+   return false;
+}
+
 bool Exporter::Process(AudacityProject *project, bool selectedOnly, double t0, double t1)
 {
    // Save parms
@@ -405,9 +434,9 @@ bool Exporter::Process(AudacityProject *project, bool selectedOnly, double t0, d
 
    // Let user edit MetaData
    if (mPlugins[mFormat]->GetCanMetaData(mSubFormat)) {
-      if (!(EditActions::DoEditMetadata( *project,
+      if (!DoEditMetadata( *project,
          _("Edit Metadata Tags"), _("Exported Tags"),
-         ProjectSettings::Get( *mProject ).GetShowId3Dialog()))) {
+         ProjectSettings::Get( *mProject ).GetShowId3Dialog())) {
          return false;
       }
    }
@@ -1044,10 +1073,10 @@ bool Exporter::SetAutoExportOptions(AudacityProject *project) {
 
    // Let user edit MetaData
    if (mPlugins[mFormat]->GetCanMetaData(mSubFormat)) {
-      if (!(EditActions::DoEditMetadata( *project,
+      if (!DoEditMetadata( *project,
          _("Edit Metadata Tags"),
          _("Exported Tags"),
-         ProjectSettings::Get(*mProject).GetShowId3Dialog()))) {
+         ProjectSettings::Get(*mProject).GetShowId3Dialog())) {
          return false;
       }
    }
diff --git a/src/export/Export.h b/src/export/Export.h
index 6660652c0..091d469da 100644
--- a/src/export/Export.h
+++ b/src/export/Export.h
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ class  AUDACITY_DLL_API Exporter final : public wxEvtHandler
 {
 public:
 
+   static bool DoEditMetadata(AudacityProject &project,
+      const wxString &title, const wxString &shortUndoDescription, bool force);
+
    Exporter();
    virtual ~Exporter();
 
diff --git a/src/menus/EditMenus.cpp b/src/menus/EditMenus.cpp
index eb846cfcc..76fbb4b25 100644
--- a/src/menus/EditMenus.cpp
+++ b/src/menus/EditMenus.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include "../ProjectSettings.h"
 #include "../ProjectWindow.h"
 #include "../SelectUtilities.h"
-#include "../Tags.h"
 #include "../TimeTrack.h"
 #include "../TrackPanel.h"
 #include "../UndoManager.h"
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "../commands/CommandContext.h"
 #include "../commands/CommandManager.h"
 #include "../commands/ScreenshotCommand.h"
+#include "../export/Export.h"
 #include "../prefs/PrefsDialog.h"
 #include "../prefs/SpectrogramSettings.h"
 #include "../prefs/WaveformSettings.h"
@@ -206,35 +206,6 @@ void DoReloadPreferences( AudacityProject &project )
    }
 }
 
-bool DoEditMetadata
-(AudacityProject &project,
- const wxString &title, const wxString &shortUndoDescription, bool force)
-{
-   auto &settings = ProjectSettings::Get( project );
-   auto &tags = Tags::Get( project );
-
-   // Back up my tags
-   // Tags (artist name, song properties, MP3 ID3 info, etc.)
-   // The structure may be shared with undo history entries
-   // To keep undo working correctly, always replace this with a NEW duplicate
-   // BEFORE doing any editing of it!
-   auto newTags = tags.Duplicate();
-
-   if (newTags->ShowEditDialog(&GetProjectFrame( project ), title, force)) {
-      if (tags != *newTags) {
-         // Commit the change to project state only now.
-         Tags::Set( project, newTags );
-         ProjectHistory::Get( project ).PushState(title, shortUndoDescription);
-      }
-      bool bShowInFuture;
-      gPrefs->Read(wxT("/AudioFiles/ShowId3Dialog"), &bShowInFuture, true);
-      settings.SetShowId3Dialog( bShowInFuture );
-      return true;
-   }
-
-   return false;
-}
-
 // Menu handler functions
 
 struct Handler : CommandHandlerObject {
@@ -1012,7 +983,7 @@ void OnDisjoin(const CommandContext &context)
 void OnEditMetadata(const CommandContext &context)
 {
    auto &project = context.project;
-   (void)DoEditMetadata( project,
+   (void)Exporter::DoEditMetadata( project,
       _("Edit Metadata Tags"), _("Metadata Tags"), true);
 }