diff --git a/include/ui/console.h b/include/ui/console.h
index 28882f15a5..acb61a7f15 100644
--- a/include/ui/console.h
+++ b/include/ui/console.h
@@ -422,7 +422,6 @@ bool qemu_console_is_visible(QemuConsole *con);
 bool qemu_console_is_graphic(QemuConsole *con);
 bool qemu_console_is_fixedsize(QemuConsole *con);
 bool qemu_console_is_gl_blocked(QemuConsole *con);
-bool qemu_console_is_multihead(DeviceState *dev);
 char *qemu_console_get_label(QemuConsole *con);
 int qemu_console_get_index(QemuConsole *con);
 uint32_t qemu_console_get_head(QemuConsole *con);
diff --git a/ui/console.c b/ui/console.c
index 4a4f19ed33..d17b4ee397 100644
--- a/ui/console.c
+++ b/ui/console.c
@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@ bool qemu_console_is_gl_blocked(QemuConsole *con)
     return con->gl_block;
 }
 
-bool qemu_console_is_multihead(DeviceState *dev)
+static bool qemu_console_is_multihead(DeviceState *dev)
 {
     QemuConsole *con;
     Object *obj;