diff --git a/termkey.c b/termkey.c
index a93e00f..d16f42e 100644
--- a/termkey.c
+++ b/termkey.c
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ retry:
   /* UNREACHABLE */
 }
 
-void termkey_pushinput(TermKey *tk, const unsigned char *input, size_t inputlen)
+static void push_bytes(TermKey *tk, const unsigned char *input, size_t inputlen)
 {
   if(tk->buffstart + tk->buffcount + inputlen > tk->buffsize) {
     while(tk->buffstart + tk->buffcount + inputlen > tk->buffsize)
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ retry:
     return TERMKEY_RES_NONE;
   }
   else {
-    termkey_pushinput(tk, buffer, len);
+    push_bytes(tk, buffer, len);
     return TERMKEY_RES_AGAIN;
   }
 }
diff --git a/termkey.h.in b/termkey.h.in
index a3dbab2..7dd50b2 100644
--- a/termkey.h.in
+++ b/termkey.h.in
@@ -177,8 +177,6 @@ TermKeyResult termkey_getkey(TermKey *tk, TermKeyKey *key);
 TermKeyResult termkey_getkey_force(TermKey *tk, TermKeyKey *key);
 TermKeyResult termkey_waitkey(TermKey *tk, TermKeyKey *key);
 
-void termkey_pushinput(TermKey *tk, const unsigned char *input, size_t inputlen);
-
 TermKeyResult termkey_advisereadable(TermKey *tk);
 
 TermKeySym termkey_register_keyname(TermKey *tk, TermKeySym sym, const char *name);