diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index b0b513683b..d81456bcad 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -7024,7 +7024,7 @@ qemuMonitorJSONParseCPUx86Features(virJSONValue *data)
 }
 
 
-int
+static int
 qemuMonitorJSONGetCPUx86Data(qemuMonitor *mon,
                              const char *property,
                              virCPUData **cpudata)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
index 64d9ebdaa3..be66c545c9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
@@ -646,11 +646,6 @@ int
 qemuMonitorJSONGetDeviceAliases(qemuMonitor *mon,
                                 char ***aliases);
 
-int
-qemuMonitorJSONGetCPUx86Data(qemuMonitor *mon,
-                             const char *property,
-                             virCPUData **cpudata);
-
 int
 qemuMonitorJSONGetGuestCPUx86(qemuMonitor *mon,
                               virCPUData **data,