diff --git a/include/vlc_probe.h b/include/vlc_probe.h
index 227889b773..25baae08bd 100644
--- a/include/vlc_probe.h
+++ b/include/vlc_probe.h
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 # endif
 
-VLC_EXPORT(void *, vlc_probe, (vlc_object_t *, const char *,
-                               size_t *restrict));
+void *vlc_probe (vlc_object_t *, const char *, size_t *restrict);
 #define vlc_probe(obj, cap, pcount) \
         vlc_probe(VLC_OBJECT(obj), cap, pcount)