diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 2de838be92ff78a27c70454103df0f253e6281fb..bd8bd5b31e9262a149231770b991bed20a273cb6 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -733,6 +733,7 @@ void virDomainDefFree(virDomainDefPtr def)
 
 #ifndef PROXY
 
+static void virDomainSnapshotObjListDeinit(virDomainSnapshotObjListPtr snapshots);
 static void virDomainObjFree(virDomainObjPtr dom)
 {
     if (!dom)
@@ -6803,7 +6804,7 @@ static void virDomainSnapshotObjListDeallocator(void *payload,
     virDomainSnapshotObjUnref(obj);
 }
 
-void virDomainSnapshotObjListDeinit(virDomainSnapshotObjListPtr snapshots)
+static void virDomainSnapshotObjListDeinit(virDomainSnapshotObjListPtr snapshots)
 {
     if (snapshots->objs)
         virHashFree(snapshots->objs, virDomainSnapshotObjListDeallocator);
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index 82f2d150a9e6fc95f9d0c97cc48447bf85d3e856..fadc8bd4f759a9c7d5c91659815a3f64d04995a0 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -782,7 +782,6 @@ virDomainSnapshotObjPtr virDomainSnapshotAssignDef(virDomainSnapshotObjListPtr s
                                                    const virDomainSnapshotDefPtr def);
 
 int virDomainSnapshotObjListInit(virDomainSnapshotObjListPtr objs);
-void virDomainSnapshotObjListDeinit(virDomainSnapshotObjListPtr objs);
 int virDomainSnapshotObjListGetNames(virDomainSnapshotObjListPtr snapshots,
                                      char **const names, int maxnames);
 int virDomainSnapshotObjListNum(virDomainSnapshotObjListPtr snapshots);