diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 7135024161f661cf66dc7e0a55531eba44d10ee0..b99471814c1a21e9688806f9a9c4005d2d5b66d1 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -7084,7 +7084,7 @@ int virDomainNetIndexByMac(virDomainDefPtr def, const unsigned char *mac)
     return -1;
 }
 
-static void virDomainNetRemove(virDomainDefPtr def, size_t i)
+void virDomainNetRemove(virDomainDefPtr def, size_t i)
 {
     virDomainNetDefPtr net = def->nets[i];
 
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index c3f12ad227e89e3db3fd474768073cbe91547468..87b410336fe8bd600b9c218035fb067178362833 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -1902,6 +1902,7 @@ int virDomainDiskRemoveByName(virDomainDefPtr def, const char *name);
 
 int virDomainNetIndexByMac(virDomainDefPtr def, const unsigned char *mac);
 int virDomainNetInsert(virDomainDefPtr def, virDomainNetDefPtr net);
+void virDomainNetRemove(virDomainDefPtr def, size_t i);
 int virDomainNetRemoveByMac(virDomainDefPtr def, const unsigned char *mac);
 
 int virDomainHostdevInsert(virDomainDefPtr def, virDomainHostdevDefPtr hostdev);
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index a6d741a6b13448aa30877c6df2892eee1126897b..2639b48a3173e5f33089306dead0b2c4cf3bb2a7 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ virDomainNetGetActualType;
 virDomainNetGetActualVirtPortProfile;
 virDomainNetIndexByMac;
 virDomainNetInsert;
+virDomainNetRemove;
 virDomainNetRemoveByMac;
 virDomainNetTypeToString;
 virDomainNostateReasonTypeFromString;