diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 450b5828c5..aa6074bc02 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ qemuMonitorJSONHasError(virJSONValuePtr reply,
  *
  * Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.
  */
-int
+static int
 qemuMonitorJSONTransactionAdd(virJSONValuePtr actions,
                               const char *cmdname,
                               ...)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
index 85f07676fa..b756a86350 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@
 #include "cpu/cpu.h"
 #include "util/virgic.h"
 
-int qemuMonitorJSONTransactionAdd(virJSONValuePtr actions,
-                                  const char *cmdname,
-                                  ...);
-
 int qemuMonitorJSONIOProcessLine(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                  const char *line,
                                  qemuMonitorMessagePtr msg);