diff --git a/ges/ges-group.c b/ges/ges-group.c
index 8219cb8e3b..61bbc49512 100644
--- a/ges/ges-group.c
+++ b/ges/ges-group.c
@@ -573,8 +573,7 @@ _ungroup (GESContainer * group, gboolean recursive)
   }
 
   if (timeline)
-    ges_timeline_emit_group_removed (timeline, (GESGroup *) group,
-        children_array);
+    timeline_emit_group_removed (timeline, (GESGroup *) group, children_array);
   g_ptr_array_free (children_array, TRUE);
   g_list_free_full (children, gst_object_unref);
 
diff --git a/ges/ges-internal.h b/ges/ges-internal.h
index d8c4966b3e..d359cac636 100644
--- a/ges/ges-internal.h
+++ b/ges/ges-internal.h
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ timeline_fill_gaps            (GESTimeline *timeline);
 G_GNUC_INTERNAL GList *
 timeline_get_groups           (GESTimeline * timeline);
 
+G_GNUC_INTERNAL void
+timeline_emit_group_removed  (GESTimeline * timeline,
+                               GESGroup * group, GPtrArray * array);
 G_GNUC_INTERNAL
 void
 track_resort_and_fill_gaps    (GESTrack *track);
diff --git a/ges/ges-timeline.c b/ges/ges-timeline.c
index ea8441d385..a29be15698 100644
--- a/ges/ges-timeline.c
+++ b/ges/ges-timeline.c
@@ -2176,7 +2176,7 @@ timeline_add_group (GESTimeline * timeline, GESGroup * group)
  * Emit group-removed signal.
  */
 void
-ges_timeline_emit_group_removed (GESTimeline * timeline, GESGroup * group,
+timeline_emit_group_removed (GESTimeline * timeline, GESGroup * group,
     GPtrArray * array)
 {
   g_signal_emit (timeline, ges_timeline_signals[GROUP_REMOVED], 0, group,
diff --git a/ges/ges-timeline.h b/ges/ges-timeline.h
index 3b2a16f863..5e0b68c9ec 100644
--- a/ges/ges-timeline.h
+++ b/ges/ges-timeline.h
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ GstClockTime ges_timeline_get_snapping_distance (GESTimeline * timeline);
 void ges_timeline_set_snapping_distance (GESTimeline * timeline, GstClockTime snapping_distance);
 GESTimelineElement * ges_timeline_get_element (GESTimeline * timeline, const gchar *name);
 gboolean ges_timeline_is_empty (GESTimeline * timeline);
-void ges_timeline_emit_group_removed (GESTimeline * timeline, GESGroup * group, GPtrArray * array);
 
 G_END_DECLS