diff --git a/lib/behat/behat_base.php b/lib/behat/behat_base.php
index 9bfead49f90..645fe90104d 100644
--- a/lib/behat/behat_base.php
+++ b/lib/behat/behat_base.php
@@ -773,6 +773,19 @@ class behat_base extends Behat\MinkExtension\Context\RawMinkContext {
             // If we were interacting with a popup window it will not exists after closing it.
         }
     }
+    /**
+     * Converts HTML tags to line breaks to display the info in CLI
+     *
+     * @param string $html
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function get_debug_text($html) {
+
+        // Replacing HTML tags for new lines and keeping only the text.
+        $notags = preg_replace('/<+\s*\/*\s*([A-Z][A-Z0-9]*)\b[^>]*\/*\s*>*/i', "\n", $html);
+        return preg_replace("/(\n)+/s", "\n", $notags);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Helper function to execute api in a given context.
      *
diff --git a/lib/tests/behat/behat_hooks.php b/lib/tests/behat/behat_hooks.php
index 598b98260b1..b9a368d7beb 100644
--- a/lib/tests/behat/behat_hooks.php
+++ b/lib/tests/behat/behat_hooks.php
@@ -511,19 +511,6 @@ class behat_hooks extends behat_base {
 
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Converts HTML tags to line breaks to display the info in CLI
-     *
-     * @param string $html
-     * @return string
-     */
-    protected function get_debug_text($html) {
-
-        // Replacing HTML tags for new lines and keeping only the text.
-        $notags = preg_replace('/<+\s*\/*\s*([A-Z][A-Z0-9]*)\b[^>]*\/*\s*>*/i', "\n", $html);
-        return preg_replace("/(\n)+/s", "\n", $notags);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns whether the first scenario of the suite is running
      *