diff --git a/programs/regedit/regproc.c b/programs/regedit/regproc.c
index fee4030009a..353d5f986ec 100644
--- a/programs/regedit/regproc.c
+++ b/programs/regedit/regproc.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ if (!(p)) \
  * Allocates memory and converts input from multibyte to wide chars
  * Returned string must be freed by the caller
  */
-WCHAR* GetWideString(const char* strA)
+static WCHAR* GetWideString(const char* strA)
 {
     if(strA)
     {
diff --git a/programs/regedit/regproc.h b/programs/regedit/regproc.h
index 81223e05d26..2104e5f80b2 100644
--- a/programs/regedit/regproc.h
+++ b/programs/regedit/regproc.h
@@ -25,5 +25,4 @@
 BOOL export_registry_key(WCHAR *file_name, WCHAR *reg_key_name, DWORD format);
 BOOL import_registry_file(FILE *in);
 void delete_registry_key(WCHAR *reg_key_name);
-WCHAR* GetWideString(const char* strA);
 CHAR* GetMultiByteString(const WCHAR* strW);