diff --git a/src/db/sysdb_init.c b/src/db/sysdb_init.c
index a078cd9a18a..dd983697cda 100644
--- a/src/db/sysdb_init.c
+++ b/src/db/sysdb_init.c
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ static int sysdb_timestamp_cache_connect(struct sysdb_ctx *sysdb,
     return ret;
 }
 
-int sysdb_domain_init_internal(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
+static int sysdb_domain_init_internal(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
                                struct sss_domain_info *domain,
                                const char *db_path,
                                struct sysdb_dom_upgrade_ctx *upgrade_ctx,
diff --git a/src/db/sysdb_private.h b/src/db/sysdb_private.h
index ce3f40124ca..d21c758c89b 100644
--- a/src/db/sysdb_private.h
+++ b/src/db/sysdb_private.h
@@ -161,12 +161,6 @@ struct sysdb_dom_upgrade_ctx {
     struct sss_names_ctx *names; /* upgrade to 0.18 needs to parse names */
 };
 
-int sysdb_domain_init_internal(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
-                               struct sss_domain_info *domain,
-                               const char *db_path,
-                               struct sysdb_dom_upgrade_ctx *upgrade_ctx,
-                               struct sysdb_ctx **_ctx);
-
 /* Upgrade routines */
 int sysdb_upgrade_16(struct sysdb_ctx *sysdb, const char **ver);
 int sysdb_upgrade_17(struct sysdb_ctx *sysdb,