diff --git a/include/config/rcxml.h b/include/config/rcxml.h
index b1c28d12..e4fd184b 100644
--- a/include/config/rcxml.h
+++ b/include/config/rcxml.h
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ struct rcxml {
 
 extern struct rcxml rc;
 
-void rcxml_parse_xml(struct buf *b);
 void rcxml_read(const char *filename);
 void rcxml_finish(void);
 
diff --git a/src/config/rcxml.c b/src/config/rcxml.c
index 89293c43..9bf38941 100644
--- a/src/config/rcxml.c
+++ b/src/config/rcxml.c
@@ -1323,8 +1323,7 @@ traverse(xmlNode *node)
 	}
 }
 
-/* Exposed in header file to allow unit tests to parse buffers */
-void
+static void
 rcxml_parse_xml(struct buf *b)
 {
 	int options = 0;