diff --git a/client/clientOnly.cpp b/client/clientOnly.cpp
index dd9597c4732..373af16786d 100644
--- a/client/clientOnly.cpp
+++ b/client/clientOnly.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
  */
 
 #include "../stdafx.h"
+#include "../client/dbclient.h"
+#include "../db/dbinfo.h"
+#include "../db/dbhelpers.h"
 
 namespace mongo {
 
@@ -47,4 +50,10 @@ namespace mongo {
     bool haveLocalShardingInfo( const string& ns ){
         return false;
     }
+
+    auto_ptr<CursorIterator> Helpers::find( const char *ns , BSONObj query , bool requireIndex ){
+        uassert( "Helpers::find can't be used in client" , 0 );
+        auto_ptr<CursorIterator> i;
+        return i;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/db/dbhelpers.cpp b/db/dbhelpers.cpp
index 0671152b73c..0671aa0368a 100644
--- a/db/dbhelpers.cpp
+++ b/db/dbhelpers.cpp
@@ -27,22 +27,6 @@
 
 namespace mongo {
 
-    CursorIterator::CursorIterator( auto_ptr<Cursor> c )
-        : _cursor( c ){
-    }
-
-    CursorIterator::~CursorIterator(){
-    }
-
-    BSONObj CursorIterator::next(){
-        BSONObj o = _cursor->current();
-        _cursor->advance();
-        return o;
-    }
-    bool CursorIterator::hasNext(){
-        return _cursor->ok();
-    }
-
     void Helpers::ensureIndex(const char *ns, BSONObj keyPattern, bool unique, const char *name) {
         NamespaceDetails *d = nsdetails(ns);
         if( d == 0 )
diff --git a/db/dbhelpers.h b/db/dbhelpers.h
index 5054f0c49c4..0a08cac587d 100644
--- a/db/dbhelpers.h
+++ b/db/dbhelpers.h
@@ -34,11 +34,18 @@ namespace mongo {
     class CursorIterator {
     public:
 
-        CursorIterator( auto_ptr<Cursor> c );
-        ~CursorIterator();
+        CursorIterator( auto_ptr<Cursor> c )
+            : _cursor( c ){
+        }
 
-        BSONObj next();
-        bool hasNext();
+        BSONObj next(){
+            BSONObj o = _cursor->current();
+            _cursor->advance();
+            return o;
+        }
+        bool hasNext(){
+            return _cursor->ok();
+        }
     private:
         auto_ptr<Cursor> _cursor;
     };