diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 899237c8..3d9cdc3c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ SVN HEAD
            Drop all the chip-specific support
            Fix a memory leak on error
            Speed up sensors_get_ignored() a bit
+           No longer export sensors_chip_name_has_wildcards()
   Makefile: Drop the package and version targets
   Man page sensors.conf.5: Update the chip statement section
   Programs doc/*: Delete, obsolete
diff --git a/lib/access.c b/lib/access.c
index d9f7360b..0c3c0cdb 100644
--- a/lib/access.c
+++ b/lib/access.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ sensors_lookup_feature_name(const sensors_chip_name *chip, const char *feature)
 /* Check whether the chip name is an 'absolute' name, which can only match
    one chip, or whether it has wildcards. Returns 0 if it is absolute, 1
    if there are wildcards. */
-int sensors_chip_name_has_wildcards(sensors_chip_name chip)
+static int sensors_chip_name_has_wildcards(sensors_chip_name chip)
 {
 	if ((chip.prefix == SENSORS_CHIP_NAME_PREFIX_ANY) ||
 	    (chip.bus == SENSORS_CHIP_NAME_BUS_ANY) ||
diff --git a/lib/libsensors.3 b/lib/libsensors.3
index 6b29e064..26a12545 100644
--- a/lib/libsensors.3
+++ b/lib/libsensors.3
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ libsensors \- publicly accessible functions provided by the sensors library
                             \fBsensors_chip_name *res);\fP
 .B int sensors_match_chip(sensors_chip_name chip1, 
                        \fBsensors_chip_name chip2);\fP
-.B int sensors_chip_name_has_wildcards(sensors_chip_name chip);
 .B const char *sensors_get_adapter_name(int bus_nr);
 .B int sensors_get_label(sensors_chip_name name, int feature, 
                       \fBchar **result);\fP
@@ -72,11 +71,6 @@ Parse a chip name to the internal representation. Return 0 on succes, <0 on erro
 .br
 Compare two chips name descriptions, to see whether they could match. Return 0 if it does not match, return 1 if it does match.
 
-\fBint sensors_chip_name_has_wildcards
-    (sensors_chip_name chip);\fP
-.br
-Check whether the chip name is an 'absolute' name, which can only match one chip, or whether it has wildcards. Returns 0 if it is absolute, 1 if there are wildcards.
-
 .B const char *sensors_get_adapter_name(int bus_nr);
 .br
 This function returns the adapter name of a bus number, as used within the
diff --git a/lib/sensors.h b/lib/sensors.h
index 01e86909..10b893c2 100644
--- a/lib/sensors.h
+++ b/lib/sensors.h
@@ -66,11 +66,6 @@ extern int sensors_parse_chip_name(const char *orig_name,
 extern int sensors_match_chip(sensors_chip_name chip1, 
                               sensors_chip_name chip2);
 
-/* Check whether the chip name is an 'absolute' name, which can only match
-   one chip, or whether it has wildcards. Returns 0 if it is absolute, 1
-   if there are wildcards. */
-extern int sensors_chip_name_has_wildcards(sensors_chip_name chip);
-
 /* This function returns the adapter name of a bus number,
    as used within the sensors_chip_name structure. If it could not be found, 
    it returns NULL */