diff --git a/plugins/stats_tree/stats_tree_plugin.c b/plugins/stats_tree/stats_tree_plugin.c
index d2c1df9df2..16d65526a3 100644
--- a/plugins/stats_tree/stats_tree_plugin.c
+++ b/plugins/stats_tree/stats_tree_plugin.c
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
 WS_DLL_PUBLIC_DEF const gchar plugin_version[] = PLUGIN_VERSION;
 WS_DLL_PUBLIC_DEF const gchar plugin_release[] = VERSION_RELEASE;
 
-WS_DLL_PUBLIC_DEF void plugin_register(void)
+WS_DLL_PUBLIC void plugin_register(void);
+
+void plugin_register(void)
 {
 	static tap_plugin plug;
 
diff --git a/tools/make-plugin-reg.py b/tools/make-plugin-reg.py
index 63e0c0609b..12bf86ae01 100755
--- a/tools/make-plugin-reg.py
+++ b/tools/make-plugin-reg.py
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ reg_code += """
 WS_DLL_PUBLIC_DEF const gchar plugin_version[] = PLUGIN_VERSION;
 WS_DLL_PUBLIC_DEF const gchar plugin_release[] = VERSION_RELEASE;
 
-WS_DLL_PUBLIC_DEF void plugin_register(void)
+WS_DLL_PUBLIC void plugin_register(void);
+
+void plugin_register(void)
 {
 """