diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-internal.h b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-internal.h
index 3f81cef7962..da630f18fc2 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-internal.h
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/device-internal.h
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ struct sd_device {
 
 int device_new_aux(sd_device **ret);
 int device_add_property_aux(sd_device *device, const char *key, const char *value, bool db);
-int device_add_property_internal(sd_device *device, const char *key, const char *value);
+static inline int device_add_property_internal(sd_device *device, const char *key, const char *value) {
+        return device_add_property_aux(device, key, value, false);
+}
 int device_read_uevent_file(sd_device *device);
 
 int device_set_syspath(sd_device *device, const char *_syspath, bool verify);
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/sd-device.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/sd-device.c
index bfa07817737..e895b7818a3 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-device/sd-device.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-device/sd-device.c
@@ -128,10 +128,6 @@ int device_add_property_aux(sd_device *device, const char *_key, const char *_va
         return 0;
 }
 
-int device_add_property_internal(sd_device *device, const char *key, const char *value) {
-        return device_add_property_aux(device, key, value, false);
-}
-
 int device_set_syspath(sd_device *device, const char *_syspath, bool verify) {
         _cleanup_free_ char *syspath = NULL;
         const char *devpath;