diff --git a/include/vlc_filter.h b/include/vlc_filter.h
index afe0205327ed51416c0f4be11d60c2a65ec0be51..799549d7493759290df4c58a9c8709146a9c7ac0 100644
--- a/include/vlc_filter.h
+++ b/include/vlc_filter.h
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ typedef struct filter_chain_t filter_chain_t;
  * \param b_allow_format_fmt_change allow changing of fmt
  * \return pointer to a filter chain
  */
-VLC_API filter_chain_t * filter_chain_New( vlc_object_t *, const char *, bool )
+filter_chain_t * filter_chain_New( vlc_object_t *, const char *, bool )
 VLC_USED;
 #define filter_chain_New( a, b, c ) filter_chain_New( VLC_OBJECT( a ), b, c )
 
diff --git a/src/libvlccore.sym b/src/libvlccore.sym
index 8bb2dac740aef304f31e573dd8444029742557fd..915c6e1b4bd3c032dbe268928229adbad0834038 100644
--- a/src/libvlccore.sym
+++ b/src/libvlccore.sym
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ filter_chain_GetFmtOut
 filter_chain_GetLength
 filter_chain_MouseFilter
 filter_chain_MouseEvent
-filter_chain_New
 filter_chain_NewVideo
 filter_chain_Reset
 filter_chain_SubFilter