diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.h b/target/arm/cpu.h
index 787121694c..209800d50d 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu.h
+++ b/target/arm/cpu.h
@@ -1116,7 +1116,6 @@ int arm_cpu_gdb_write_register(CPUState *cpu, uint8_t *buf, int reg);
  * Helpers to dynamically generates XML descriptions of the sysregs
  * and SVE registers. Returns the number of registers in each set.
  */
-int arm_gen_dynamic_sysreg_xml(CPUState *cpu, int base_reg);
 int arm_gen_dynamic_svereg_xml(CPUState *cpu, int base_reg);
 
 /* Returns the dynamically generated XML for the gdb stub.
diff --git a/target/arm/gdbstub.c b/target/arm/gdbstub.c
index cf1c01e3cf..52581e9784 100644
--- a/target/arm/gdbstub.c
+++ b/target/arm/gdbstub.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ static void arm_register_sysreg_for_xml(gpointer key, gpointer value,
     }
 }
 
-int arm_gen_dynamic_sysreg_xml(CPUState *cs, int base_reg)
+static int arm_gen_dynamic_sysreg_xml(CPUState *cs, int base_reg)
 {
     ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(cs);
     GString *s = g_string_new(NULL);