diff --git a/src/libnm-core-intern/nm-core-internal.h b/src/libnm-core-intern/nm-core-internal.h
index 9e9d55aa09..71bbb0d499 100644
--- a/src/libnm-core-intern/nm-core-internal.h
+++ b/src/libnm-core-intern/nm-core-internal.h
@@ -1021,6 +1021,8 @@ _nm_connection_serialize_secrets(NMConnectionSerializationFlags flags,
 void _nm_connection_clear_secrets_by_secret_flags(NMConnection        *self,
                                                   NMSettingSecretFlags filter_flags);
 
+typedef gboolean (*_NMConnectionForEachSecretFunc)(NMSettingSecretFlags flags, gpointer user_data);
+
 GVariant *_nm_connection_for_each_secret(NMConnection                  *self,
                                          GVariant                      *secrets,
                                          gboolean                       remove_non_secrets,
diff --git a/src/libnm-core-public/nm-setting.h b/src/libnm-core-public/nm-setting.h
index 737cf88311..d525a6ad56 100644
--- a/src/libnm-core-public/nm-setting.h
+++ b/src/libnm-core-public/nm-setting.h
@@ -164,9 +164,6 @@ typedef void (*NMSettingValueIterFn)(NMSetting    *setting,
                                      GParamFlags   flags,
                                      gpointer      user_data);
 
-/*< private >*/
-typedef gboolean (*_NMConnectionForEachSecretFunc)(NMSettingSecretFlags flags, gpointer user_data);
-
 typedef struct _NMSettingClass NMSettingClass;
 
 GType nm_setting_get_type(void);