diff --git a/lib/nexthop_group.c b/lib/nexthop_group.c
index 9abd3139fd9c..d1fd526d6e27 100644
--- a/lib/nexthop_group.c
+++ b/lib/nexthop_group.c
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ uint8_t nexthop_group_nexthop_num(const struct nexthop_group *nhg)
 	return num;
 }
 
-uint8_t nexthop_group_nexthop_num_no_recurse(const struct nexthop_group *nhg)
+static uint8_t
+nexthop_group_nexthop_num_no_recurse(const struct nexthop_group *nhg)
 {
 	struct nexthop *nhop;
 	uint8_t num = 0;
diff --git a/lib/nexthop_group.h b/lib/nexthop_group.h
index 88f9c62ccb92..822a35439cc0 100644
--- a/lib/nexthop_group.h
+++ b/lib/nexthop_group.h
@@ -151,8 +151,6 @@ extern void nexthop_group_json_nexthop(json_object *j,
 /* Return the number of nexthops in this nhg */
 extern uint8_t nexthop_group_nexthop_num(const struct nexthop_group *nhg);
 extern uint8_t
-nexthop_group_nexthop_num_no_recurse(const struct nexthop_group *nhg);
-extern uint8_t
 nexthop_group_active_nexthop_num(const struct nexthop_group *nhg);
 
 extern bool nexthop_group_has_label(const struct nexthop_group *nhg);