diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/run-remote-query.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/run-remote-query.ts
index b38e20aa9..0b1f4f127 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/run-remote-query.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/run-remote-query.ts
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ async function getControllerRepoFromApi(
   }
 }
 
-export function removeWorkspaceRefs(qlpack: QlPackFile) {
+function removeWorkspaceRefs(qlpack: QlPackFile) {
   if (!qlpack.dependencies) {
     return;
   }