diff --git a/src/codegen.cpp b/src/codegen.cpp
index d5f052817e6f5..f84d395bab762 100644
--- a/src/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen.cpp
@@ -1038,8 +1038,6 @@ void jl_extern_c(jl_function_t *f, jl_value_t *rt, jl_value_t *argt, char *name)
 // for use in reflection from Julia.
 // this is paired with jl_dump_function_ir and jl_dump_function_asm in particular ways:
 // misuse will leak memory or cause read-after-free
-extern "C" JL_DLLEXPORT jl_lambda_info_t *jl_get_specialized(jl_method_t *m, jl_tupletype_t *types, jl_svec_t *sp);
-
 extern "C" JL_DLLEXPORT
 void *jl_get_llvmf(jl_tupletype_t *tt, bool getwrapper, bool getdeclarations)
 {
@@ -1077,7 +1075,7 @@ void *jl_get_llvmf(jl_tupletype_t *tt, bool getwrapper, bool getdeclarations)
             // first copy the linfo to avoid corrupting it and
             // confusing the compiler about the
             // validity of the code it already generated
-            temp = jl_get_specialized(linfo->def, linfo->specTypes, linfo->sparam_vals);
+            temp = jl_get_specialized(linfo->def, linfo->specTypes, linfo->sparam_vals, 1);
             jl_type_infer(temp, 0);
             if (temp->code == jl_nothing || temp->inInference) {
                 JL_GC_POP();
@@ -1123,7 +1121,7 @@ void *jl_get_llvmf(jl_tupletype_t *tt, bool getwrapper, bool getdeclarations)
         // normally we don't generate native code for these functions, so need an exception here
         // This leaks a bit of memory to cache the native code that we'll never actually need
         if (linfo->functionObjectsDecls.functionObject == NULL) {
-            temp = jl_get_specialized(linfo->def, linfo->specTypes, linfo->sparam_vals);
+            temp = jl_get_specialized(linfo->def, linfo->specTypes, linfo->sparam_vals, 1);
             jl_type_infer(temp, 0);
             temp->jlcall_api = 0;
             temp->constval = jl_nothing;
diff --git a/src/gf.c b/src/gf.c
index 26c37d3ee922c..b913d4cf8ac0d 100644
--- a/src/gf.c
+++ b/src/gf.c
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ static int8_t jl_cachearg_offset(jl_methtable_t *mt)
 
 /// ----- Insertion logic for special entries ----- ///
 
-JL_DLLEXPORT jl_lambda_info_t *jl_get_specialized(jl_method_t *m, jl_tupletype_t *types, jl_svec_t *sp, int allow_exec);
-
 // get or create the LambdaInfo for a specialization
 JL_DLLEXPORT jl_lambda_info_t *jl_specializations_get_linfo(jl_method_t *m, jl_tupletype_t *type, jl_svec_t *sparams)
 {
diff --git a/src/julia_internal.h b/src/julia_internal.h
index 3097e6d0aa69e..a514a52e7d02b 100644
--- a/src/julia_internal.h
+++ b/src/julia_internal.h
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT jl_array_t *jl_idtable_rehash(jl_array_t *a, size_t newsz);
 JL_DLLEXPORT jl_methtable_t *jl_new_method_table(jl_sym_t *name, jl_module_t *module);
 jl_lambda_info_t *jl_get_specialization1(jl_tupletype_t *types);
 int jl_has_call_ambiguities(jl_tupletype_t *types, jl_method_t *m);
+JL_DLLEXPORT jl_lambda_info_t *jl_get_specialized(jl_method_t *m, jl_tupletype_t *types, jl_svec_t *sp, int allow_exec);
 
 uint32_t jl_module_next_counter(jl_module_t *m);
 void jl_fptr_to_llvm(jl_fptr_t fptr, jl_lambda_info_t *lam, int specsig);