diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/role.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/role.c
index 8d6350033..41cba74d0 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/role.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/role.c
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ static char * GetRoleNameFromDbRoleSetting(HeapTuple tuple,
 										   TupleDesc DbRoleSettingDescription);
 static char * GetDatabaseNameFromDbRoleSetting(HeapTuple tuple,
 											   TupleDesc DbRoleSettingDescription);
+#if PG_VERSION_NUM < PG_VERSION_17
 static Node * makeStringConst(char *str, int location);
+#endif
 static Node * makeIntConst(int val, int location);
 static Node * makeFloatConst(char *str, int location);
 static const char * WrapQueryInAlterRoleIfExistsCall(const char *query, RoleSpec *role);
@@ -1058,6 +1060,8 @@ PreprocessCreateRoleStmt(Node *node, const char *queryString,
 }
 
 
+#if PG_VERSION_NUM < PG_VERSION_17
+
 /*
  * makeStringConst creates a Const Node that stores a given string
  *
@@ -1081,6 +1085,9 @@ makeStringConst(char *str, int location)
 }
 
 
+#endif
+
+
 /*
  * makeIntConst creates a Const Node that stores a given integer
  *