diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ad6ff64d0..76d7c3369 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-01-11 Mike Blumenkrantz
+
+        * e_manager_comp_set() is no longer accessible by modules
+
 2013-01-10 Carsten Haitzler
 
         * fixed bug where starting with a nonexistent config could cause a crash instead of simply restarting
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 24c7a9b2d..3dc420754 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Changes:
 
     API:
         * e_menu_category_callback create callback parameter order has been changed
+        * e_manager_comp_set() is no longer accessible by modules
 
 Deprecations:
     *
diff --git a/src/bin/e_manager.c b/src/bin/e_manager.c
index eaaec3f36..8818fda6b 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_manager.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_manager.c
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ e_managers_keys_ungrab(void)
      }
 }
 
-EAPI void
+EINTERN void
 e_manager_comp_set(E_Manager *man, E_Manager_Comp *comp)
 {
    E_OBJECT_CHECK(man);
diff --git a/src/bin/e_manager.h b/src/bin/e_manager.h
index c2369e709..5c3fee9e0 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_manager.h
+++ b/src/bin/e_manager.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ EAPI void            e_managers_keys_ungrab(void);
 // only 1 compositor can own a manager at a time, so before you "set" the
 // comp evas, you need to get it and make sure it's NULL, if so, then
 // you can set the update func and the comp evas
-EAPI void             e_manager_comp_set(E_Manager *man, E_Manager_Comp *comp);
+EINTERN void         e_manager_comp_set(E_Manager *man, E_Manager_Comp *comp);
 EAPI Evas            *e_manager_comp_evas_get(E_Manager *man);
 EAPI void             e_manager_comp_evas_update(E_Manager *man);
 EAPI const Eina_List *e_manager_comp_src_list(E_Manager *man);