diff --git a/examples/repl/cmdline.rs b/examples/repl/cmdline.rs
index 2db101ff3..072463cc9 100644
--- a/examples/repl/cmdline.rs
+++ b/examples/repl/cmdline.rs
@@ -1018,9 +1018,9 @@ pub async fn cmdline(context: Context, line: &str, chat_id: &mut ChatId) -> Resu
             let contacts = Contact::get_all(
                 &context,
                 if arg0 == "listverified" {
-                    0x1 | 0x2
+                    DC_GCL_VERIFIED_ONLY | DC_GCL_ADD_SELF
                 } else {
-                    0x2
+                    DC_GCL_ADD_SELF
                 },
                 Some(arg1),
             )
diff --git a/src/constants.rs b/src/constants.rs
index b60f2b418..52019567c 100644
--- a/src/constants.rs
+++ b/src/constants.rs
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ pub const DC_GCL_FOR_FORWARDING: usize = 0x08;
 pub const DC_GCM_ADDDAYMARKER: u32 = 0x01;
 pub const DC_GCM_INFO_ONLY: u32 = 0x02;
 
-pub const DC_GCL_VERIFIED_ONLY: usize = 0x01;
-pub const DC_GCL_ADD_SELF: usize = 0x02;
+pub const DC_GCL_VERIFIED_ONLY: u32 = 0x01;
+pub const DC_GCL_ADD_SELF: u32 = 0x02;
 
 // unchanged user avatars are resent to the recipients every some days
 pub const DC_RESEND_USER_AVATAR_DAYS: i64 = 14;
diff --git a/src/contact.rs b/src/contact.rs
index 92e100149..d72a51d7e 100644
--- a/src/contact.rs
+++ b/src/contact.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use crate::constants::{
     DC_CONTACT_ID_LAST_SPECIAL, DC_CONTACT_ID_SELF, DC_GCL_ADD_SELF, DC_GCL_VERIFIED_ONLY,
 };
 use crate::context::Context;
-use crate::dc_tools::{dc_get_abs_path, improve_single_line_input, listflags_has, EmailAddress};
+use crate::dc_tools::{dc_get_abs_path, improve_single_line_input, EmailAddress};
 use crate::events::EventType;
 use crate::key::{DcKey, SignedPublicKey};
 use crate::login_param::LoginParam;
@@ -586,8 +586,8 @@ impl Contact {
 
         let mut add_self = false;
         let mut ret = Vec::new();
-        let flag_verified_only = listflags_has(listflags, DC_GCL_VERIFIED_ONLY);
-        let flag_add_self = listflags_has(listflags, DC_GCL_ADD_SELF);
+        let flag_verified_only = (listflags & DC_GCL_VERIFIED_ONLY) != 0;
+        let flag_add_self = (listflags & DC_GCL_ADD_SELF) != 0;
 
         if flag_verified_only || query.is_some() {
             let s3str_like_cmd = format!(
diff --git a/src/dc_tools.rs b/src/dc_tools.rs
index 7b7ac7207..6d80274b8 100644
--- a/src/dc_tools.rs
+++ b/src/dc_tools.rs
@@ -642,13 +642,6 @@ impl rusqlite::types::ToSql for EmailAddress {
     }
 }
 
-/// Utility to check if a in the binary represantion of listflags
-/// the bit at position bitindex is 1.
-pub(crate) fn listflags_has(listflags: u32, bitindex: usize) -> bool {
-    let listflags = listflags as usize;
-    (listflags & bitindex) == bitindex
-}
-
 /// Makes sure that a user input that is not supposed to contain newlines does not contain newlines.
 pub(crate) fn improve_single_line_input(input: impl AsRef<str>) -> String {
     input
@@ -676,9 +669,7 @@ mod tests {
     #![allow(clippy::indexing_slicing)]
 
     use super::*;
-    use std::convert::TryInto;
 
-    use crate::constants::{DC_GCL_ADD_SELF, DC_GCL_VERIFIED_ONLY};
     use crate::test_utils::TestContext;
 
     #[test]
@@ -930,20 +921,6 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!dc_file_exist!(context, &fn0).await);
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn test_listflags_has() {
-        let listflags: u32 = 0x1101;
-        assert!(listflags_has(listflags, 0x1));
-        assert!(!listflags_has(listflags, 0x10));
-        assert!(listflags_has(listflags, 0x100));
-        assert!(listflags_has(listflags, 0x1000));
-        let listflags: u32 = (DC_GCL_ADD_SELF | DC_GCL_VERIFIED_ONLY).try_into().unwrap();
-        assert!(listflags_has(listflags, DC_GCL_VERIFIED_ONLY));
-        assert!(listflags_has(listflags, DC_GCL_ADD_SELF));
-        let listflags: u32 = DC_GCL_VERIFIED_ONLY.try_into().unwrap();
-        assert!(!listflags_has(listflags, DC_GCL_ADD_SELF));
-    }
-
     #[async_std::test]
     async fn test_create_smeared_timestamp() {
         let t = TestContext::new().await;