diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index ab638350..7ce9215 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -3854,94 +3854,9 @@
 
 /* --- Helpers ------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
-/* fast search/count implementation, based on a mix between boyer-
-   moore and horspool, with a few more bells and whistles on the top.
-   for some more background, see: http://effbot.org/stringlib */
+#define STRINGLIB_CHAR Py_UNICODE
 
-/* note: fastsearch may access s[n], which isn't a problem when using
-   Python's ordinary string types, but may cause problems if you're
-   using this code in other contexts.  also, the count mode returns -1
-   if there cannot possible be a match in the target string, and 0 if
-   it has actually checked for matches, but didn't find any.  callers
-   beware! */
-
-#define FAST_COUNT 0
-#define FAST_SEARCH 1
-
-Py_LOCAL(Py_ssize_t)
-fastsearch(Py_UNICODE* s, Py_ssize_t n, Py_UNICODE* p, Py_ssize_t m, int mode)
-{
-    long mask;
-    Py_ssize_t skip, count = 0;
-    Py_ssize_t i, j, mlast, w;
-
-    w = n - m;
-
-    if (w < 0)
-        return -1;
-
-    /* look for special cases */
-    if (m <= 1) {
-        if (m <= 0)
-            return -1;
-        /* use special case for 1-character strings */
-        if (mode == FAST_COUNT) {
-            for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
-                if (s[i] == p[0])
-                    count++;
-            return count;
-        } else {
-            for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
-                if (s[i] == p[0])
-                    return i;
-        }
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    mlast = m - 1;
-
-    /* create compressed boyer-moore delta 1 table */
-    skip = mlast - 1;
-    /* process pattern[:-1] */
-    for (mask = i = 0; i < mlast; i++) {
-        mask |= (1 << (p[i] & 0x1F));
-        if (p[i] == p[mlast])
-            skip = mlast - i - 1;
-    }
-    /* process pattern[-1] outside the loop */
-    mask |= (1 << (p[mlast] & 0x1F));
-
-    for (i = 0; i <= w; i++) {
-        /* note: using mlast in the skip path slows things down on x86 */
-        if (s[i+m-1] == p[m-1]) {
-            /* candidate match */
-            for (j = 0; j < mlast; j++)
-                if (s[i+j] != p[j])
-                    break;
-            if (j == mlast) {
-                /* got a match! */
-                if (mode != FAST_COUNT)
-                    return i;
-                count++;
-                i = i + mlast;
-                continue;
-            }
-            /* miss: check if next character is part of pattern */
-            if (!(mask & (1 << (s[i+m] & 0x1F))))
-                i = i + m;
-            else
-                i = i + skip;
-        } else {
-            /* skip: check if next character is part of pattern */
-            if (!(mask & (1 << (s[i+m] & 0x1F))))
-                i = i + m;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (mode != FAST_COUNT)
-        return -1;
-    return count;
-}
+#include "stringlib/fastsearch.h"
 
 Py_LOCAL(Py_ssize_t) count(PyUnicodeObject *self,
                            Py_ssize_t start,