diff --git a/gvdb-builder.c b/gvdb-builder.c
index 7cca13f9d..fd23064ff 100644
--- a/gvdb-builder.c
+++ b/gvdb-builder.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ typedef struct
   gint n_buckets;
 } HashTable;
 
-HashTable *
+static HashTable *
 hash_table_new (gint n_buckets)
 {
   HashTable *table;
diff --git a/gvdb-reader.c b/gvdb-reader.c
index 2bec7dccf..db4a18a5c 100644
--- a/gvdb-reader.c
+++ b/gvdb-reader.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ gvdb_table_check_name (GvdbTable             *file,
   return FALSE;
 }
 
-const struct gvdb_hash_item *
+static const struct gvdb_hash_item *
 gvdb_table_lookup (GvdbTable   *file,
                     const gchar *key,
                     gchar        type)