diff --git a/gobex/gobex.c b/gobex/gobex.c
index deeab40..8c08b1e 100644
--- a/gobex/gobex.c
+++ b/gobex/gobex.c
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ static int pending_pkt_cmp(gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
 	return (p->id - id);
 }
 
-gboolean g_obex_pending_req_abort(GObex *obex, GError **err)
+static gboolean pending_req_abort(GObex *obex, GError **err)
 {
 	struct pending_pkt *p = obex->pending_req;
 	GObexPacket *req;
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ gboolean g_obex_cancel_req(GObex *obex, guint req_id, gboolean remove_callback)
 	struct pending_pkt *p;
 
 	if (obex->pending_req && obex->pending_req->id == req_id) {
-		if (!g_obex_pending_req_abort(obex, NULL)) {
+		if (!pending_req_abort(obex, NULL)) {
 			p = obex->pending_req;
 			obex->pending_req = NULL;
 			goto immediate_completion;
diff --git a/gobex/gobex.h b/gobex/gobex.h
index 3ac7b13..76a224e 100644
--- a/gobex/gobex.h
+++ b/gobex/gobex.h
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ guint g_obex_send_req(GObex *obex, GObexPacket *req, int timeout,
 gboolean g_obex_cancel_req(GObex *obex, guint req_id,
 						gboolean remove_callback);
 
-gboolean g_obex_pending_req_abort(GObex *obex, GError **err);
-
 gboolean g_obex_send_rsp(GObex *obex, guint8 rspcode, GError **err,
 						guint8 first_hdr_type, ...);