diff --git a/src/util/virnetdev.c b/src/util/virnetdev.c
index 7a0a43df1b..4be6265d09 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdev.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetdev.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2007-2014 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2015 Red Hat, Inc.
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -610,7 +610,8 @@ int virNetDevSetName(const char* ifname, const char *newifname)
 
 
 #if defined(SIOCSIFFLAGS) && defined(HAVE_STRUCT_IFREQ)
-int virNetDevSetIFFlag(const char *ifname, int flag, bool val)
+static int
+virNetDevSetIFFlag(const char *ifname, int flag, bool val)
 {
     int fd = -1;
     int ret = -1;
@@ -649,9 +650,10 @@ int virNetDevSetIFFlag(const char *ifname, int flag, bool val)
     return ret;
 }
 #else
-int virNetDevSetIFFlag(const char *ifname,
-                       int flag ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                       bool val ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+static int
+virNetDevSetIFFlag(const char *ifname,
+                   int flag ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                   bool val ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
     virReportSystemError(ENOSYS,
                          _("Cannot set interface flags on '%s'"),
@@ -731,7 +733,8 @@ int virNetDevSetRcvAllMulti(const char *ifname,
 
 
 #if defined(SIOCGIFFLAGS) && defined(HAVE_STRUCT_IFREQ)
-int virNetDevGetIFFlag(const char *ifname, int flag, bool *val)
+static int
+virNetDevGetIFFlag(const char *ifname, int flag, bool *val)
 {
     int fd = -1;
     int ret = -1;
@@ -755,9 +758,10 @@ int virNetDevGetIFFlag(const char *ifname, int flag, bool *val)
     return ret;
 }
 #else
-int virNetDevGetIFFlag(const char *ifname,
-                       int flag ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
-                       bool *val ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+static int
+virNetDevGetIFFlag(const char *ifname,
+                   int flag ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                   bool *val ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
     virReportSystemError(ENOSYS,
                          _("Cannot get interface flags on '%s'"),
diff --git a/src/util/virnetdev.h b/src/util/virnetdev.h
index 8d0345911f..6e8372f0fd 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdev.h
+++ b/src/util/virnetdev.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2007-2014 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2015 Red Hat, Inc.
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -200,14 +200,6 @@ int virNetDevDelMulti(const char *ifname,
                       virMacAddrPtr macaddr)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
 
-int virNetDevSetIFFlag(const char *ifname, int flag, bool val)
-    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(3)
-    ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
-
-int virNetDevGetIFFlag(const char *ifname, int flag, bool *val)
-    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(3)
-    ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
-
 int virNetDevSetPromiscuous(const char *ifname, bool promiscuous)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
 int virNetDevGetPromiscuous(const char *ifname, bool *promiscuous)