diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/master/worker_node_manager.c b/src/backend/distributed/master/worker_node_manager.c
index 64e1cc891..1d93b49b1 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/master/worker_node_manager.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/master/worker_node_manager.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ int MaxWorkerNodesTracked = 2048;    /* determines worker node hash table size *
 
 
 /* Local functions forward declarations */
+static WorkerNode * WorkerGetNodeWithName(const char *hostname);
 static char * ClientHostAddress(StringInfo remoteHostStringInfo);
 static WorkerNode * FindRandomNodeNotInList(HTAB *WorkerNodesHash,
 											List *currentNodeList);
@@ -276,7 +277,7 @@ ClientHostAddress(StringInfo clientHostStringInfo)
  * WorkerGetNodeWithName finds and returns a node from the membership list that
  * has the given hostname. The function returns null if no such node exists.
  */
-WorkerNode *
+static WorkerNode *
 WorkerGetNodeWithName(const char *hostname)
 {
 	WorkerNode *workerNode = NULL;
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/worker_manager.h b/src/include/distributed/worker_manager.h
index 54049a650..fe385bc8f 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/worker_manager.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/worker_manager.h
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ extern WorkerNode * WorkerGetRoundRobinCandidateNode(List *workerNodeList,
 													 uint64 shardId,
 													 uint32 placementIndex);
 extern WorkerNode * WorkerGetLocalFirstCandidateNode(List *currentNodeList);
-extern WorkerNode * WorkerGetNodeWithName(const char *hostname);
 extern uint32 WorkerGetLiveNodeCount(void);
 extern List * ActiveWorkerNodeList(void);
 extern WorkerNode * FindWorkerNode(char *nodeName, int32 nodePort);