diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
index 8bb74d468f45..492ac3410147 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ const char *conf_get_configname(void)
 	return name ? name : ".config";
 }
 
-const char *conf_get_autoconfig_name(void)
+static const char *conf_get_autoconfig_name(void)
 {
 	char *name = getenv("KCONFIG_AUTOCONFIG");
 
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h b/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h
index d871539e4b45..cbc7658ee27d 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lkc.h
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ const char *zconf_curname(void);
 
 /* confdata.c */
 const char *conf_get_configname(void);
-const char *conf_get_autoconfig_name(void);
 char *conf_get_default_confname(void);
 void sym_set_change_count(int count);
 void sym_add_change_count(int count);