diff --git a/src/hb-ot-layout-private.hh b/src/hb-ot-layout-private.hh
index f860e7bd1dec93a6df8971bbb75ad0f31a43bf5e..366b0616d8040f5e8bad3e22704a70be76710169 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-layout-private.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ot-layout-private.hh
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ typedef enum {
 } hb_ot_layout_glyph_class_t;
 
 
-HB_INTERNAL unsigned int
-_hb_ot_layout_get_glyph_property (hb_face_t       *face,
-				  hb_glyph_info_t *info);
-
 HB_INTERNAL hb_bool_t
 _hb_ot_layout_check_glyph_property (hb_face_t    *face,
 				    hb_glyph_info_t *ginfo,
diff --git a/src/hb-ot-layout.cc b/src/hb-ot-layout.cc
index 1cec8b4fbdb86c291b907e902c5225093290d484..da65cda8502d26c9933f2cad75d3a8940f00b29d 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-layout.cc
+++ b/src/hb-ot-layout.cc
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ hb_ot_layout_has_glyph_classes (hb_face_t *face)
   return _get_gdef (face).has_glyph_classes ();
 }
 
-unsigned int
+static unsigned int
 _hb_ot_layout_get_glyph_property (hb_face_t       *face,
 				  hb_glyph_info_t *info)
 {