diff --git a/ggml/include/ggml.h b/ggml/include/ggml.h
index eeeff0715903f4..2e534f3f871102 100644
--- a/ggml/include/ggml.h
+++ b/ggml/include/ggml.h
@@ -2425,21 +2425,6 @@ extern "C" {
 
     GGML_API ggml_type_traits_t ggml_internal_get_type_traits(enum ggml_type type);
 
-    struct ggml_compute_params {
-    // ith = thread index, nth = number of threads
-    int ith, nth;
-
-    // work buffer for all threads
-    size_t wsize;
-    void * wdata;
-
-    struct ggml_compute_state_shared * shared;
-    };
-
-    void ggml_compute_forward_rope(
-            const struct ggml_compute_params * params,
-            struct ggml_tensor * dst);
-
 #ifdef  __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml.c b/ggml/src/ggml.c
index 3190b44b040d8a..929b153b85b10d 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml.c
@@ -1754,8 +1754,18 @@ struct ggml_compute_state {
     struct ggml_compute_state_shared * shared;
 };
 
+struct ggml_compute_params {	
+    // ith = thread index, nth = number of threads	
+    int ith, nth;	
 
 
+    // work buffer for all threads	
+    size_t wsize;	
+    void * wdata;	
+
+    struct ggml_compute_state_shared * shared;	
+};
+
 //
 // fundamental operations
 //
@@ -14046,7 +14056,7 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_rope_f16(
     }
 }
 
-void ggml_compute_forward_rope(
+static void ggml_compute_forward_rope(
         const struct ggml_compute_params * params,
         struct ggml_tensor * dst) {