diff --git a/sys/fs/devfs/devfs_vnops.c b/sys/fs/devfs/devfs_vnops.c
index 8a6b0c516f4a..a8f31113ace3 100644
--- a/sys/fs/devfs/devfs_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/fs/devfs/devfs_vnops.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ devfs_destroy_cdevpriv(struct cdev_privdata *p)
 	free(p, M_CDEVPDATA);
 }
 
-void
+static void
 devfs_fpdrop(struct file *fp)
 {
 	struct cdev_privdata *p;
diff --git a/sys/sys/conf.h b/sys/sys/conf.h
index a0dbc724fc5e..6d2cac90387c 100644
--- a/sys/sys/conf.h
+++ b/sys/sys/conf.h
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ typedef void d_priv_dtor_t(void *data);
 int	devfs_get_cdevpriv(void **datap);
 int	devfs_set_cdevpriv(void *priv, d_priv_dtor_t *dtr);
 void	devfs_clear_cdevpriv(void);
-void	devfs_fpdrop(struct file *fp);	/* XXX This is not public KPI */
 
 ino_t	devfs_alloc_cdp_inode(void);
 void	devfs_free_cdp_inode(ino_t ino);