diff --git a/dlls/oleaut32/variant.h b/dlls/oleaut32/variant.h
index 9436cb30fc..76444cf051 100644
--- a/dlls/oleaut32/variant.h
+++ b/dlls/oleaut32/variant.h
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ typedef struct tagVARIANT_NUMBER_CHARS
 } VARIANT_NUMBER_CHARS;
 
 unsigned int get_type_size(ULONG*, VARTYPE) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
-BOOL VARIANT_GetLocalisedText(LANGID, DWORD, WCHAR *) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 HRESULT VARIANT_ClearInd(VARIANTARG *) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 BOOL get_date_format(LCID, DWORD, const SYSTEMTIME *,
         const WCHAR *, WCHAR *, int) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
diff --git a/dlls/oleaut32/vartype.c b/dlls/oleaut32/vartype.c
index aab4d33e21..881fe20e91 100644
--- a/dlls/oleaut32/vartype.c
+++ b/dlls/oleaut32/vartype.c
@@ -6061,7 +6061,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI VarBoolFromCy(CY cyIn, VARIANT_BOOL *pBoolOut)
  * Get a localized string from the resources
  *
  */
-BOOL VARIANT_GetLocalisedText(LANGID langId, DWORD dwId, WCHAR *lpszDest)
+static BOOL VARIANT_GetLocalisedText(LANGID langId, DWORD dwId, WCHAR *lpszDest)
 {
   HRSRC hrsrc;