diff --git a/zerver/views/__init__.py b/zerver/views/__init__.py
index 039607950a..a17dada4c4 100644
--- a/zerver/views/__init__.py
+++ b/zerver/views/__init__.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from zerver.lib.actions import do_change_password, do_change_full_name, do_chang
     update_user_presence, do_events_register, \
     do_change_enable_offline_email_notifications, \
     do_change_enable_digest_emails, do_change_tos_version, \
-    user_email_is_unique, do_refer_friend, \
+    user_email_is_unique, \
     compute_mit_user_fullname, do_set_muted_topics, clear_followup_emails_queue, \
     do_update_pointer, realm_user_count
 from zerver.lib.push_notifications import num_push_devices_for_user
@@ -694,20 +694,6 @@ def events_register_backend(request, user_profile, apply_markdown=True,
                              narrow=narrow)
     return json_success(ret)
 
-
-@authenticated_json_post_view
-@has_request_variables
-def json_refer_friend(request, user_profile, email=REQ()):
-    # type: (HttpRequest, UserProfile, str) -> HttpResponse
-    if not email:
-        return json_error(_("No email address specified"))
-    if user_profile.invites_granted - user_profile.invites_used <= 0:
-        return json_error(_("Insufficient invites"))
-
-    do_refer_friend(user_profile, email);
-
-    return json_success()
-
 @authenticated_json_post_view
 @has_request_variables
 def json_set_muted_topics(request, user_profile,
diff --git a/zerver/views/invite.py b/zerver/views/invite.py
index 056ce13040..9002c01064 100644
--- a/zerver/views/invite.py
+++ b/zerver/views/invite.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ from six import text_type
 from typing import Set
 
 from zerver.decorator import authenticated_json_post_view
-from zerver.lib.actions import do_invite_users, get_default_subs, internal_send_message
+from zerver.lib.actions import do_invite_users, do_refer_friend, \
+    get_default_subs, internal_send_message
 from zerver.lib.request import REQ, has_request_variables, JsonableError
 from zerver.lib.response import json_success, json_error
 from zerver.lib.validator import check_string, check_list
@@ -82,3 +83,16 @@ def json_bulk_invite_users(request, user_profile,
                               user_profile.realm.domain, internal_message)
         return json_success()
 
+@authenticated_json_post_view
+@has_request_variables
+def json_refer_friend(request, user_profile, email=REQ()):
+    # type: (HttpRequest, UserProfile, str) -> HttpResponse
+    if not email:
+        return json_error(_("No email address specified"))
+    if user_profile.invites_granted - user_profile.invites_used <= 0:
+        return json_error(_("Insufficient invites"))
+
+    do_refer_friend(user_profile, email);
+
+    return json_success()
+
diff --git a/zproject/legacy_urls.py b/zproject/legacy_urls.py
index f0feb76b46..0574a31131 100644
--- a/zproject/legacy_urls.py
+++ b/zproject/legacy_urls.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ legacy_urls = [
     url(r'^json/make_stream_private$',      'zerver.views.streams.json_make_stream_private'),
     url(r'^json/invite_users$',             'zerver.views.invite.json_invite_users'),
     url(r'^json/bulk_invite_users$',        'zerver.views.invite.json_bulk_invite_users'),
+    url(r'^json/refer_friend$',             'zerver.views.invite.json_refer_friend'),
     url(r'^json/settings/change$',          'zerver.views.user_settings.json_change_settings'),
     url(r'^json/notify_settings/change$',   'zerver.views.user_settings.json_change_notify_settings'),
     url(r'^json/ui_settings/change$',       'zerver.views.user_settings.json_change_ui_settings'),
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ legacy_urls = [
     url(r'^json/messages_in_narrow$',       'zerver.views.messages.json_messages_in_narrow'),
     url(r'^json/update_message$',           'zerver.views.messages.json_update_message'),
     url(r'^json/fetch_raw_message$',        'zerver.views.messages.json_fetch_raw_message'),
-    url(r'^json/refer_friend$',             'zerver.views.json_refer_friend'),
     url(r'^json/set_muted_topics$',         'zerver.views.json_set_muted_topics'),
     url(r'^json/set_avatar$',               'zerver.views.user_settings.json_set_avatar'),
     url(r'^json/time_setting$',             'zerver.views.user_settings.json_time_setting'),