diff --git a/src/tl/tl/tlFileUtils.h b/src/tl/tl/tlFileUtils.h
index b6cb7ee4a..32874126d 100644
--- a/src/tl/tl/tlFileUtils.h
+++ b/src/tl/tl/tlFileUtils.h
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ std::string TL_PUBLIC get_module_path (void *addr);
 /**
  *  @brief Gets the line separator (CRLF on windows, LF on linux)
  */
-const char * TL_PUBLIC line_separator ();
+TL_PUBLIC const char *line_separator ();
 
 }