diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/msxml_private.h b/dlls/msxml3/msxml_private.h
index e0279f11516..5fbedf91b12 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/msxml_private.h
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/msxml_private.h
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ extern xmlNodePtr xmldoc_unlink_xmldecl(xmlDocPtr doc);
 
 extern HRESULT XMLElement_create( IUnknown *pUnkOuter, xmlNodePtr node, LPVOID *ppObj, BOOL own );
 
-extern xmlDocPtr parse_xml(char *ptr, int len);
 
 /* IXMLDOMNode Internal Structure */
 typedef struct _xmlnode
diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/xmldoc.c b/dlls/msxml3/xmldoc.c
index d1a010f6485..af183c95d17 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/xmldoc.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/xmldoc.c
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI xmldoc_IPersistStreamInit_IsDirty(
     return E_NOTIMPL;
 }
 
-xmlDocPtr parse_xml(char *ptr, int len)
+static xmlDocPtr parse_xml(char *ptr, int len)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_XMLREADMEMORY
     return xmlReadMemory(ptr, len, NULL, NULL,