diff --git a/gio/glocalfile.c b/gio/glocalfile.c
index 9caa35b1c..1effea5fa 100644
--- a/gio/glocalfile.c
+++ b/gio/glocalfile.c
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 
 #include "gfileattribute.h"
 #include "glocalfile.h"
-#include "glocalfileprivate.h"
 #include "glocalfileinfo.h"
 #include "glocalfileenumerator.h"
 #include "glocalfileinputstream.h"
diff --git a/gio/glocalfile.h b/gio/glocalfile.h
index 960cfef1f..f3ec4f294 100644
--- a/gio/glocalfile.h
+++ b/gio/glocalfile.h
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ gboolean g_local_file_is_remote (const gchar *filename);
 GFile * g_local_file_new_from_dirname_and_basename (const char *dirname,
                                                     const char *basename);
 
+gchar *_g_local_file_find_topdir_for (const char *file_path);
+
 G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* __G_LOCAL_FILE_H__ */
diff --git a/gio/glocalfileprivate.h b/gio/glocalfileprivate.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b77305e7..000000000
--- a/gio/glocalfileprivate.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/* GIO - GLib Input, Output and Streaming Library
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General
- * Public License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- * Author: Ondrej Holy <oholy@redhat.com>
- */
-
-#ifndef __G_LOCAL_FILE_PRIVATE_H__
-#define __G_LOCAL_FILE_PRIVATE_H__
-
-G_BEGIN_DECLS
-
-gchar *_g_local_file_find_topdir_for (const char *file_path);
-
-G_END_DECLS
-
-#endif /* __G_LOCAL_FILE_PRIVATE_H__ */
diff --git a/gio/gunixmounts.c b/gio/gunixmounts.c
index 86aa22d66..0d3fa68b0 100644
--- a/gio/gunixmounts.c
+++ b/gio/gunixmounts.c
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "gunixmounts.h"
-#include "glocalfileprivate.h"
 #include "gfile.h"
 #include "gfilemonitor.h"
 #include "glibintl.h"
+#include "glocalfile.h"
 #include "gthemedicon.h"
 #include "gcontextspecificgroup.h"