diff --git a/legacy/ecore/ChangeLog b/legacy/ecore/ChangeLog
index 05fb84e59f..6445ca6797 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/ChangeLog
+++ b/legacy/ecore/ChangeLog
@@ -611,3 +611,7 @@
         it didn't work right on the fb. (timestamps wrong, focus
         handling etc.). This makes it work fully again.
 
+2012-04-13 Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri (k-s)
+
+	* remove EAPI from _ecore_event_signal_user_new(). It should never
+	be exported outside of libecore.so
diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_events.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_events.c
index a39416bfbb..bbfa7a9fc7 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_events.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_events.c
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ _ecore_event_call(void)
      }
 }
 
-EAPI void *
+void *
 _ecore_event_signal_user_new(void)
 {
    Ecore_Event_Signal_User *e;
diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_private.h b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_private.h
index f0c5d6b42c..a35d12e5ab 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_private.h
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_private.h
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Ecore_Timer *_ecore_exe_doomsday_clock_get(Ecore_Exe *exe);
 void         _ecore_exe_doomsday_clock_set(Ecore_Exe *exe,
                                            Ecore_Timer *dc);
 
-EAPI void *_ecore_event_signal_user_new(void);
+void      *_ecore_event_signal_user_new(void);
 void      *_ecore_event_signal_hup_new(void);
 void      *_ecore_event_signal_exit_new(void);
 void      *_ecore_event_signal_power_new(void);