diff --git a/include/efi_loader.h b/include/efi_loader.h
index 604fd765f7..b5fa0fe01d 100644
--- a/include/efi_loader.h
+++ b/include/efi_loader.h
@@ -662,10 +662,6 @@ efi_status_t efi_protocol_open(struct efi_handler *handler,
 			       void **protocol_interface, void *agent_handle,
 			       void *controller_handle, uint32_t attributes);
 
-/* Delete protocol from a handle */
-efi_status_t efi_remove_protocol(const efi_handle_t handle,
-				 const efi_guid_t *protocol,
-				 void *protocol_interface);
 /* Install multiple protocol interfaces */
 efi_status_t EFIAPI
 efi_install_multiple_protocol_interfaces(efi_handle_t *handle, ...);
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
index 69f2daa8ac..052fe481e4 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
@@ -575,9 +575,9 @@ efi_status_t efi_search_protocol(const efi_handle_t handle,
  *
  * Return: status code
  */
-efi_status_t efi_remove_protocol(const efi_handle_t handle,
-				 const efi_guid_t *protocol,
-				 void *protocol_interface)
+static efi_status_t efi_remove_protocol(const efi_handle_t handle,
+					const efi_guid_t *protocol,
+					void *protocol_interface)
 {
 	struct efi_handler *handler;
 	efi_status_t ret;