diff --git a/source3/registry/reg_backend_db.c b/source3/registry/reg_backend_db.c
index 88e929d5497..3ac8d945997 100644
--- a/source3/registry/reg_backend_db.c
+++ b/source3/registry/reg_backend_db.c
@@ -1757,7 +1757,7 @@ done:
 	return werr;
 }
 
-int regdb_fetch_keys(const char *key, struct regsubkey_ctr *ctr)
+static int regdb_fetch_keys(const char *key, struct regsubkey_ctr *ctr)
 {
 	WERROR werr;
 
diff --git a/source3/registry/reg_backend_db.h b/source3/registry/reg_backend_db.h
index 1b65bac1b15..d35c5a2872b 100644
--- a/source3/registry/reg_backend_db.h
+++ b/source3/registry/reg_backend_db.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ WERROR regdb_transaction_start(void);
 WERROR regdb_transaction_commit(void);
 WERROR regdb_transaction_cancel(void);
 int regdb_get_seqnum(void);
-int regdb_fetch_keys(const char *key, struct regsubkey_ctr *ctr);
 int regdb_fetch_values(const char* key, struct regval_ctr *values);
 bool regdb_store_values(const char *key, struct regval_ctr *values);
 bool regdb_subkeys_need_update(struct regsubkey_ctr *subkeys);