diff --git a/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/union/definition/close.j2 b/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/union/definition/close.j2
index 5fc1937ba774..19ee759d70c6 100644
--- a/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/union/definition/close.j2
+++ b/tools/net/sunrpc/xdrgen/templates/C/union/definition/close.j2
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
 {# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 #}
 	} u;
 };
-{%- if name in public_apis %}
-
-
-bool xdrgen_decode_{{ name }}(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct {{ name }} *ptr);
-bool xdrgen_encode_{{ name }}(struct xdr_stream *xdr, const struct {{ name }} *ptr);
-{%- endif -%}