diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 548e0a24f6..e96d7ac1ca 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Sep 29 17:02:45 2009  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* ext/json/lib/json/common.rb (recurse_proc): removed needless
+	  module_function, since visibility is already module_function.
+
 Tue Sep 29 13:48:58 2009  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* vm_method.c (rb_method_definition_eq): non-null definition is
diff --git a/ext/json/lib/json/common.rb b/ext/json/lib/json/common.rb
index 0df8a8995e..b816a66cf1 100755
--- a/ext/json/lib/json/common.rb
+++ b/ext/json/lib/json/common.rb
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ module JSON
       proc.call result
     end
   end
-  module_function :recurse_proc
 
   alias restore load
   module_function :restore