diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
index a64b4d9bb..b17de4cb0 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
@@ -2139,8 +2139,6 @@ void ZSTD_rust_storeLastLiterals(SeqStore_t* seqStorePtr,
 void ZSTD_rust_validateSeqStore(const SeqStore_t* seqStore, U32 minMatch);
 U32 ZSTD_rust_resolveRepcodeToRawOffset(const U32 rep[ZSTD_REP_NUM],
                                         U32 offBase, U32 ll0);
-size_t ZSTD_rust_loadCEntropy(ZSTD_compressedBlockState_t* bs, void* workspace,
-                              const void* dict, size_t dictSize);
 /* Rust owns dictionary-content orchestration and policy. The callbacks below
  * keep configuration-sensitive match-state, LDM, workspace, and matchfinder
  * operations private to C. */
@@ -6231,14 +6229,6 @@ static void ZSTD_loadDictionaryContent_assertInvalidStrategy(void* opaque)
 }
 
 
-/* Dictionary entropy-header loading and content orchestration live in Rust;
- * this keeps the original internal symbol available to C callers. */
-size_t ZSTD_loadCEntropy(ZSTD_compressedBlockState_t* bs, void* workspace,
-                         const void* const dict, size_t dictSize)
-{
-    return ZSTD_rust_loadCEntropy(bs, workspace, dict, dictSize);
-}
-
 /* Package only scalar policy inputs and opaque private-operation callbacks for
  * the Rust dictionary-content orchestrator. */
 static size_t ZSTD_loadDictionaryContent_callback(
diff --git a/rust/src/zstd_compress_dictionary.rs b/rust/src/zstd_compress_dictionary.rs
index fec8140cc..a5af0630c 100644
--- a/rust/src/zstd_compress_dictionary.rs
+++ b/rust/src/zstd_compress_dictionary.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 //! Dictionary entropy-header loading.
 //!
 //! This is the Rust leaf for `ZSTD_dictNCountRepeat()` and
-//! `ZSTD_loadCEntropy()` in `lib/compress/zstd_compress.c`.  C retains the
-//! original symbols through thin compatibility shims and keeps the
+//! `ZSTD_loadCEntropy()` in `lib/compress/zstd_compress.c`.  C keeps the
 //! configuration-sensitive dictionary-content operations on its side.
 
 use crate::bits::ZSTD_highbit32;
@@ -2256,7 +2255,7 @@ unsafe fn read_and_build_fse_table(
 /// truncated entropy headers are converted to `ZSTD_error_dictionaryCorrupted`
 /// just as the C `RETURN_ERROR_IF(..., dictionary_corrupted, ...)` paths do.
 #[no_mangle]
-pub unsafe extern "C" fn ZSTD_rust_loadCEntropy(
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn ZSTD_loadCEntropy(
     bs: *mut ZSTD_compressedBlockState_t,
     workspace: *mut c_void,
     dict: *const c_void,
@@ -2401,6 +2400,8 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn ZSTD_rust_loadCEntropy(
     offset
 }
 
+pub(crate) use ZSTD_loadCEntropy as ZSTD_rust_loadCEntropy;
+
 /// Rust-owned dispatch for C's `ZSTD_compress_insertDictionary()`.
 ///
 /// The callback is the only operation that still crosses back into C. It