diff --git a/widget.c b/widget.c
index 7c6ebb73a..9fc3e0393 100644
--- a/widget.c
+++ b/widget.c
@@ -129,12 +129,11 @@ luaA_table2widgets(lua_State *L, widget_node_array_t *widgets)
 }
 
 /** Retrieve a list of widget geometries using a Lua layout function.
- *  a table which contains the geometries is then pushed onto the stack
+ * a table which contains the geometries is then pushed onto the stack
  * \param wibox The wibox.
  * \return True is everything is ok, false otherwise.
- * \todo What do we do if there's no layout defined?
  */
-bool
+static bool
 widget_geometries(wibox_t *wibox)
 {
     /* get the layout field of the widget table */
diff --git a/widget.h b/widget.h
index 4cff2ca70..7700386e4 100644
--- a/widget.h
+++ b/widget.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ struct widget_node_t
 
 widget_t *widget_getbycoords(orientation_t, widget_node_array_t *, int, int, int16_t *, int16_t *);
 void widget_render(wibox_t *);
-bool widget_geometries(wibox_t *);
 
 void widget_invalidate_bywidget(widget_t *);
 void widget_invalidate_bytype(widget_constructor_t *);