diff --git a/lib/iscsi/conn.c b/lib/iscsi/conn.c
index f407c7caf..d0d6e23de 100644
--- a/lib/iscsi/conn.c
+++ b/lib/iscsi/conn.c
@@ -512,7 +512,8 @@ _spdk_iscsi_conn_check_shutdown(void *arg)
 	_spdk_iscsi_conn_free(conn);
 }
 
-void spdk_iscsi_conn_destruct(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn)
+static void
+spdk_iscsi_conn_destruct(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn)
 {
 	struct spdk_iscsi_tgt_node	*target;
 	int				rc;
diff --git a/lib/iscsi/conn.h b/lib/iscsi/conn.h
index 59fdcd452..7bea7d0c5 100644
--- a/lib/iscsi/conn.h
+++ b/lib/iscsi/conn.h
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ int spdk_initialize_iscsi_conns(void);
 void spdk_shutdown_iscsi_conns(void);
 
 int spdk_iscsi_conn_construct(struct spdk_iscsi_portal *portal, struct spdk_sock *sock);
-void spdk_iscsi_conn_destruct(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn);
 void spdk_iscsi_conn_handle_nop(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn);
 void spdk_iscsi_conn_logout(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn);
 int spdk_iscsi_drop_conns(struct spdk_iscsi_conn *conn,