diff --git a/TODO-RELEASE b/TODO-RELEASE
index 2935a81..bade6f5 100644
--- a/TODO-RELEASE
+++ b/TODO-RELEASE
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@
 # If any interfaces have been removed or changed since the last public release: c:r:0.
 #library	what			description / commit summary line
 libosmogsm  new header osmocom/gsm/protocol/gsm_44_060.h
-libosmocore ADD     new defines in osmocom/gsm/protocol/gsm_04_08.h (old ones marked deprecated)
\ No newline at end of file
+libosmocore ADD     new defines in osmocom/gsm/protocol/gsm_04_08.h (old ones marked deprecated)
+libosmovty	drop API		drop struct vty_parent_node from public API, it should never have been public
diff --git a/include/osmocom/vty/vty.h b/include/osmocom/vty/vty.h
index 155501e..3a2ec6f 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/vty/vty.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/vty/vty.h
@@ -56,21 +56,6 @@
 	VTY_SHELL_SERV
 };
 
-struct vty_parent_node {
-	struct llist_head entry;
-
-	/*! private data, specified by creator */
-	void *priv;
-	void *index;
-
-	/*! Node status of this vty */
-	int node;
-
-	/*! When reading from a config file, these are the indenting characters expected for children of
-	 * this VTY node. */
-	char *indent;
-};
-
 /*! Internal representation of a single VTY */
 struct vty {
 	/*! underlying file (if any) */
diff --git a/src/vty/command.c b/src/vty/command.c
index a60b544..e67fd86 100644
--- a/src/vty/command.c
+++ b/src/vty/command.c
@@ -77,6 +77,21 @@
 /* Host information structure. */
 struct host host;
 
+struct vty_parent_node {
+	struct llist_head entry;
+
+	/*! private data, specified by creator */
+	void *priv;
+	void *index;
+
+	/*! Node status of this vty */
+	int node;
+
+	/*! When reading from a config file, these are the indenting characters expected for children of
+	 * this VTY node. */
+	char *indent;
+};
+
 /* Standard command node structures. */
 struct cmd_node auth_node = {
 	AUTH_NODE,