diff --git a/steam-runtime-tools/utils-internal.h b/steam-runtime-tools/utils-internal.h
index 19c3b0f49d6c4716acdf0d20f872ab8b5b69f3bd..8f6b15e2d08cdb263a1686781c82e4e5de797142 100644
--- a/steam-runtime-tools/utils-internal.h
+++ b/steam-runtime-tools/utils-internal.h
@@ -41,5 +41,4 @@ G_GNUC_INTERNAL GPtrArray *_srt_get_helper (const char *helpers_path,
                                             const char *base,
                                             SrtHelperFlags flags,
                                             GError **error);
-G_GNUC_INTERNAL const char *_srt_get_helpers_path (GError **error);
 gchar *_srt_filter_gameoverlayrenderer (const gchar *input);
diff --git a/steam-runtime-tools/utils.c b/steam-runtime-tools/utils.c
index 322619cf14f22e545fe87fb344217767e70848e0..5b2cbca9e465e8209bd8a77061040e041b00b020 100644
--- a/steam-runtime-tools/utils.c
+++ b/steam-runtime-tools/utils.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ _srt_check_not_setuid (void)
 
 static gchar *global_helpers_path = NULL;
 
-G_GNUC_INTERNAL const char *
+static const char *
 _srt_get_helpers_path (GError **error)
 {
   const char *path;