diff --git a/include/input.h b/include/input.h
index a816385a5..59f4e7f95 100644
--- a/include/input.h
+++ b/include/input.h
@@ -506,11 +506,6 @@ extern Bool RegisterPairingClient(ClientPtr client);
 extern DeviceIntPtr GuessFreePointerDevice(void);
 extern DeviceIntPtr NextFreePointerDevice(void);
 
-extern void CopyGetMasterEvent(DeviceIntPtr mdev,
-			       xEvent* original,
-			       xEvent** master,
-			       int count);
-
 extern int AllocMasterDevice(ClientPtr client,
                              char* name,
                              DeviceIntPtr* ptr,
diff --git a/mi/mieq.c b/mi/mieq.c
index 91b7a51c3..e7e16ab5a 100644
--- a/mi/mieq.c
+++ b/mi/mieq.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ ChangeDeviceID(DeviceIntPtr dev, xEvent* event)
  * @param master The event after being copied
  * @param count Number of events in original.
  */
-void
+static void
 CopyGetMasterEvent(DeviceIntPtr mdev, xEvent* original,
                    xEvent** master, int count)
 {