diff --git a/src/metadataChunk.c b/src/metadataChunk.c
index 11962f73c..dac3360bc 100644
--- a/src/metadataChunk.c
+++ b/src/metadataChunk.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 
-void initMetadataChunk(MetadataChunk * chunk) {
+static void initMetadataChunk(MetadataChunk * chunk) {
 	memset(chunk, 0, sizeof(MetadataChunk));
 	
 	chunk->name = -1;
diff --git a/src/metadataChunk.h b/src/metadataChunk.h
index ff595f5c4..e0cb40f7f 100644
--- a/src/metadataChunk.h
+++ b/src/metadataChunk.h
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ typedef struct _MetadataChunk {
 	char buffer[METADATA_BUFFER_LENGTH];
 } MetadataChunk;
 
-void initMetadataChunk(MetadataChunk *);
-
 MpdTag * metadataChunkToMpdTagDup(MetadataChunk * chunk);
 
 void copyMpdTagToMetadataChunk(MpdTag * tag, MetadataChunk * chunk);