diff --git a/Modular_arithmetic/include/CGAL/primes.h b/Modular_arithmetic/include/CGAL/primes.h
index aa9c9bf1ea8..fbff306e18e 100644
--- a/Modular_arithmetic/include/CGAL/primes.h
+++ b/Modular_arithmetic/include/CGAL/primes.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 namespace CGAL { 
 namespace internal {
 
-CGAL_EXPORT const int primes[2000] = {
+const int primes[2000] = {
   /*
   * Generated in SAGE with:
   *