diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/AppPartPy.cpp b/src/Mod/Part/App/AppPartPy.cpp
index 1a5b24493..3fab8fd9b 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/AppPartPy.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/AppPartPy.cpp
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ struct EdgePoints {
     TopoDS_Edge edge;
 };
 
-static std::list<TopoDS_Edge> sort_Edges(double tol3d, std::list<TopoDS_Edge>& edges)
+std::list<TopoDS_Edge> sort_Edges(double tol3d, std::list<TopoDS_Edge>& edges)
 {
     tol3d = tol3d * tol3d;
     std::list<EdgePoints>  edge_points;
diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapePyImp.cpp b/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapePyImp.cpp
index c67c84011..8463311e0 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapePyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/TopoShapePyImp.cpp
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ int TopoShapePy::PyInit(PyObject* args, PyObject*)
 
 namespace Part {
 //common code.. maybe put somewhere else?
-Py::Object PartExport shape2pyshape(const TopoDS_Shape &shape)
+PartExport Py::Object shape2pyshape(const TopoDS_Shape &shape)
 {
     PyObject* ret = 0;
     if (!shape.IsNull()) {