diff --git a/src/bees-trace.cc b/src/bees-trace.cc
index bc75678..fdb1925 100644
--- a/src/bees-trace.cc
+++ b/src/bees-trace.cc
@@ -8,21 +8,15 @@ thread_local BeesTracer *BeesTracer::tl_next_tracer = nullptr;
 thread_local bool BeesTracer::tl_first = true;
 thread_local bool BeesTracer::tl_silent = false;
 
+bool
+exception_check()
+{
 #if __cplusplus >= 201703
-static
-bool
-exception_check()
-{
 	return uncaught_exceptions();
-}
 #else
-static
-bool
-exception_check()
-{
 	return uncaught_exception();
-}
 #endif
+}
 
 BeesTracer::~BeesTracer()
 {
diff --git a/src/bees.h b/src/bees.h
index 2cbe466..314cbe8 100644
--- a/src/bees.h
+++ b/src/bees.h
@@ -901,5 +901,6 @@ void bees_readahead_pair(int fd, off_t offset, size_t size, int fd2, off_t offse
 void bees_unreadahead(int fd, off_t offset, size_t size);
 void bees_throttle(double time_used, const char *context);
 string format_time(time_t t);
+bool exception_check();
 
 #endif