2 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/quote.c b/quote.c
index 848d174cc5..acb6bf929f 100644
--- a/quote.c
+++ b/quote.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ void sq_quote_argv(struct strbuf *dst, const char** argv, size_t maxlen)
 	}
 }
 
-char *sq_dequote_step(char *arg, char **next)
+static char *sq_dequote_step(char *arg, char **next)
 {
 	char *dst = arg;
 	char *src = arg;
diff --git a/quote.h b/quote.h
index 66730f2bff..f83eb233c4 100644
--- a/quote.h
+++ b/quote.h
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ extern char *sq_dequote(char *);
  * next argument that should be passed as first parameter. When there
  * is no more argument to be dequoted, "next" is updated to point to NULL.
  */
-extern char *sq_dequote_step(char *arg, char **next);
 extern int sq_dequote_to_argv(char *arg, const char ***argv, int *nr, int *alloc);
 
 extern int unquote_c_style(struct strbuf *, const char *quoted, const char **endp);