diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
index 37b8d455c7..79d0dc94ed 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
@@ -5384,7 +5384,7 @@ qemuDomainRemoveVcpuAlias(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 }
 
 
-int
+static int
 qemuDomainHotplugDelVcpu(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                          virDomainObjPtr vm,
                          unsigned int vcpu)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.h b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.h
index f06f232bb4..985c6733f1 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.h
@@ -140,9 +140,6 @@ int qemuDomainDetachRNGDevice(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                               virDomainObjPtr vm,
                               virDomainRNGDefPtr rng);
 
-int qemuDomainHotplugDelVcpu(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
-                             virDomainObjPtr vm,
-                             unsigned int vcpu);
 void qemuDomainRemoveVcpuAlias(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                                virDomainObjPtr vm,
                                const char *alias);