diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 7ab7fc5c22cefba11cb013bdd5ca5cea2f284c2c..79e43377ad6a1abcfa21e740522d15e4a0b3c566 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ int excluded_from_list(const char *pathname,
 	return -1; /* undecided */
 }
 
-int excluded(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *pathname, int *dtype_p)
+static int excluded(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *pathname, int *dtype_p)
 {
 	int pathlen = strlen(pathname);
 	int st;
diff --git a/dir.h b/dir.h
index 36a82b3bd1d6202b3e006dac39e42ed925d79d54..1a88a7564da94af478d859c099664e61a3a9ca74 100644
--- a/dir.h
+++ b/dir.h
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ extern int read_directory(struct dir_struct *, const char *path, int len, const
 
 extern int excluded_from_list(const char *pathname, int pathlen, const char *basename,
 			      int *dtype, struct exclude_list *el);
-extern int excluded(struct dir_struct *, const char *, int *);
 struct dir_entry *dir_add_ignored(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *pathname, int len);
 
 /*