diff --git a/dlls/windowscodecs/clsfactory.c b/dlls/windowscodecs/clsfactory.c
index 54cc154bb22..6832d984586 100644
--- a/dlls/windowscodecs/clsfactory.c
+++ b/dlls/windowscodecs/clsfactory.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(wincodecs);
 
-extern HRESULT WINAPI WIC_DllGetClassObject(REFCLSID, REFIID, LPVOID *) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
+extern HRESULT WINAPI WIC_DllGetClassObject(REFCLSID, REFIID, LPVOID *);
 
 typedef struct {
     REFCLSID classid;