diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_conf.c b/sys/kern/kern_conf.c
index b63271199bff..44b6325d2e3e 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_conf.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_conf.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ no_poll(struct cdev *dev __unused, int events, struct thread *td __unused)
  * struct cdev * and u_dev_t primitives
  */
 
-int
+static int
 major(struct cdev *x)
 {
 	if (x == NULL)
diff --git a/sys/sys/systm.h b/sys/sys/systm.h
index f18e7c687384..adeea69c0a48 100644
--- a/sys/sys/systm.h
+++ b/sys/sys/systm.h
@@ -306,7 +306,6 @@ void	wakeup_one(void *chan) __nonnull(1);
  */
 
 struct cdev;
-int major(struct cdev *x);
 int minor(struct cdev *x);
 dev_t dev2udev(struct cdev *x);
 int uminor(dev_t dev);