diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_local.c b/lib/libalpm/be_local.c
index 7d5d0c2d..f2ea0e15 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_local.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_local.c
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ static int is_dir(const char *path, struct dirent *entry)
 #endif
 }
 
-int _alpm_local_db_populate(pmdb_t *db)
+static int local_db_populate(pmdb_t *db)
 {
 	int count = 0;
 	struct dirent *ent = NULL;
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ int _alpm_local_db_remove(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info)
 }
 
 struct db_operations local_db_ops = {
-	.populate         = _alpm_local_db_populate,
+	.populate         = local_db_populate,
 	.unregister       = _alpm_db_unregister,
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c b/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
index 6059277b..72caa507 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_update(int force, pmdb_t *db)
 /* Forward decl so I don't reorganize the whole file right now */
 static int sync_db_read(pmdb_t *db, struct archive *archive, struct archive_entry *entry);
 
-int _alpm_sync_db_populate(pmdb_t *db)
+static int sync_db_populate(pmdb_t *db)
 {
 	int count = 0;
 	struct archive *archive;
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ error:
 }
 
 struct db_operations sync_db_ops = {
-	.populate         = _alpm_sync_db_populate,
+	.populate         = sync_db_populate,
 	.unregister       = _alpm_db_unregister,
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/db.h b/lib/libalpm/db.h
index d3b99f43..ace366d1 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/db.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/db.h
@@ -74,14 +74,11 @@ void _alpm_db_unregister(pmdb_t *db);
 pmdb_t *_alpm_db_new(const char *treename, int is_local);
 
 /* be_*.c, backend specific calls */
-int _alpm_local_db_populate(pmdb_t *db);
 int _alpm_local_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq);
 int _alpm_local_db_prepare(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info);
 int _alpm_local_db_write(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq);
 int _alpm_local_db_remove(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info);
 
-int _alpm_sync_db_populate(pmdb_t *db);
-
 /* cache bullshit */
 /* packages */
 int _alpm_db_load_pkgcache(pmdb_t *db);