diff --git a/mi/mi.h b/mi/mi.h
index c2a1c4a10..e1d37a285 100644
--- a/mi/mi.h
+++ b/mi/mi.h
@@ -108,15 +108,6 @@ miDoCopy(DrawablePtr pSrcDrawable,
          int xOut,
          int yOut, miCopyProc copyProc, Pixel bitplane, void *closure);
 
-/* midash.c */
-
-extern _X_EXPORT void miStepDash(int /*dist */ ,
-                                 int * /*pDashIndex */ ,
-                                 unsigned char * /*pDash */ ,
-                                 int /*numInDashList */ ,
-                                 int *  /*pDashOffset */
-    );
-
 /* mieq.c */
 
 #ifndef INPUT_H
diff --git a/mi/mi_priv.h b/mi/mi_priv.h
index 7711d4255..bd92ba171 100644
--- a/mi/mi_priv.h
+++ b/mi/mi_priv.h
@@ -15,5 +15,7 @@
 void miScreenClose(ScreenPtr pScreen);
 
 void miWideArc(DrawablePtr pDraw, GCPtr pGC, int narcs, xArc * parcs);
+void miStepDash(int dist, int * pDashIndex, unsigned char * pDash,
+                int numInDashList, int *pDashOffset);
 
 #endif /* _XSERVER_MI_PRIV_H */
diff --git a/mi/midash.c b/mi/midash.c
index 76bd4266d..fa3a02074 100644
--- a/mi/midash.c
+++ b/mi/midash.c
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ SOFTWARE.
 ******************************************************************/
 #include <dix-config.h>
 
+#include "mi/mi_priv.h"
+
 #include "regionstr.h"
 #include "mistruct.h"
 
diff --git a/mi/miwideline.c b/mi/miwideline.c
index 0d81519cf..0498e9cd8 100644
--- a/mi/miwideline.c
+++ b/mi/miwideline.c
@@ -63,11 +63,13 @@ SOFTWARE.
 #undef _XOPEN_SOURCE
 #endif
 #include <X11/X.h>
+
+#include "mi/mi_priv.h"
+
 #include "windowstr.h"
 #include "gcstruct.h"
 #include "regionstr.h"
 #include "miwideline.h"
-#include "mi.h"
 
 typedef struct {
     int count;                  /* number of spans                  */